After a successful year of living more providently, it’s time to share the goodness. The goal this month is to share what you’ve accomplished this year with others, giving gifts from your garden, home canned or home made gifts or gifts that will help others to live more providently. With the holidays, it’s very easy…
Another year is almost gone. How did you do? Are you happy with how this year went? This is a good time to sit down and evaluate how much you’ve accomplished so you can go in to the new year with a better idea of what you want to improve and build upon. Sit down…
Here are gourds, peppers, tomatilloes, zucchini, purple and white eggplant and fresh dill. I know I said that tomatoes are the reason we garden and that’s mostly true. But the thing I REALLY love about gardening is that we have healthy, chemical-free food year round. The food from our garden is more nutritious, tastier and…
I just completed my seventh batch of dried tomatoes. Each batch of tomatoes fills all nine trays in my Excalibur Dehydrator. I get about 20-22 lbs into each batch. That’s the equivalent of about 7 quarts of canned diced tomatoes. It takes about 24 hrs for a load of tomatoes to dry, give or take…
A 72-hr kit works hand in hand with our October Goal to have alternative heat. This is a good time to check the contents of your 72-hr kits: are the food and water still in good condition, do the extra clothes still fit or need to be replaced? Is the flashlight fully charged? Is all…
Winter is the real test of our emergency preparations. In our area winter can be very unforgiving. A power outage that lasts just 1-2 days can be more than an inconvenience. If you do not have alternative power or heat sources, it could be dangerous. At best, you might lose a water pipe (or two…