Preparedness
Preparing for an unknown future: food storage, emergency supplies, prepping resources, and much more.
Sweet Potato Chili
The color in the trees, the smell of wood smoke, a cool breeze—autumn is my favorite season! In September and early October, the days are still warm...
Preparedness and Homesteading Resources
In today's world, with information at our fingertips and a twenty-four-hour news cycle, we can learn almost anything on a whim. But what if we...
5 Ways to Prepare for a Recession
Great, something else to think about? As if the last several weeks haven't been enough of a whirlwind, we now need to prepare for a recession? Yes,...
Introduction to Food Storage: Heat and Eat Bin
Three days is the minimum recommended amount of food the federal government recommends you to have on hand at all times. You probably already have...
5 Reasons Not to Rely on Beans and Rice
I'm a huge fan of beans of just about any kind. We also rely on beans and rice as part of our food storage. But are beans and rice the best choice...
5 Survival Foods for Everyday
I know, I know. Survival Foods. Those two words sound completely scary and overwhelming. When I first started learning about food storage and...
Survival Rule of Three
Winter weather has me thinking about outdoor survival. Have you heard of the survival rule of three? Knowing these rules can save your life. What is...
An Easy Step to Prevent Catastrophe
September is National Preparedness Month, when FEMA and Ready.gov promote planning ahead for emergencies. Many times when we think of an emergency,...
Never Leave Home Without It (My EDC)
There are certain things I remember about my Grandpa Dick. He always wore a grey button shirt with a pocket and a pocketed t-shirt underneath. He...
Love Those Rice and Beans!
Just before Christmas one of the community Facebook groups that I'm a part of had a post from a family asking for assistance to help replenish their...
Apple Recipes ~ A Baker’s Dozen!
It's fall in Wyoming and I have apples on the brain! Each fall we like to stock up on apples. I often order these by the case from Azure Standard or...
A 2nd Cold War?
With the news of Russia having drills for a mock nuclear attack or other large scale catastrophe some are suggesting we are entering a new cold war....
Stock the Pantry: Planning for Frugal Soups and Stews
As I'm writing this post it's late-June and I have a pot of soup on the stove for supper. Two days ago it was quite warm and more salad weather than...
Homemade “French” Salad Dressing
We're definitely coming up on salad season. Salad greens are one of the things we tend to grow well in our garden and find easily at the natural...
Staying Focused on Preparedness
It's easy to get distracted when there is a large task to be completed. Preparedness is one of those tasks for me. Mainly because it's a task that...
Preserving Milk
This post was originally shared on my short-lived homesteading blog. Things have changed for us since I originally wrote this post. Did you...
5 Favorites
For the past several months I've been involved, behind the scenes, in an amazing project. My friend Wardee from GNOWFGLINS put together the Ultimate...
Black Beans: Cooking and Favorite Meals
You may know that I have a slight obsession with beans. Beans are a wonderfully frugal whole food, they have an excellent nutritional profile, and...
Book Review: Real Food Storage
"Then the phone call came. One cold February afternoon, Jeff called to tell me his company did a 20% pay cut across the board. Two months later,...
Introduction to Food Storage: Make a Plan
I like making lists. I make a 'to do' list almost every morning of the things I need to accomplish that day. I make a menu plan nearly every week....
Introduction to Food Storage: Why?
What would you do if you could not go to the grocery store? If you were not able to go to the farm and pick up your eggs, meat and milk? And your...
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