The summer starts with putting in: putting in the garden, putting in the time and energy to ensure it produces well. And now it’s time start thinking of putting by. This is what your grandmother called it: preserving all the surplus from the garden and putting it by for future use. As much as I…
Top this yummy chocolate cake with your favorite chocolate icing and it will be the star of your dinner. No one will ever guess that it has lentils. Even when you tell them, they still won’t believe you. Ingredients: 1/3 C Lentils 1 C Water 3/4 C sugar 1/4 C oil 1 egg 3/4…
It’s time to talk about protein. Protein is the building block of life. Whether we’re talking about a 3-month food storage or a long-term one year food storage, it’s important to have a good supply of protein-rich foods in your food storage. Imagine if you were unable to go grocery shopping for two weeks or…
Is canning safe? If you’ve done any reading on social media about canning, you’ll find a whole lot of strong opinions on whether or not canning is safe and a good thing to do. There are two extremes on the spectrum of whether or not canning is safe. On the one side is the Nervous…
[Part One of a three-part series. In this first installment I’ll help you decide if raising chickens is right for you and what breeds you might want to get.] Even though I’ve had chickens for eight years, I’ve never really pushed the idea of raising chickens as a part of prepping or self-reliance. Until now.…
The news is alarming: reports of food shortages around the world, world leaders confirming there will be even more shortages to come, food warehouses and production facilities burning down and more transportation bottlenecks. In the last month or two I’ve received several emails and phone calls from people asking if it’s too late for them…