Last week, we began our discussion on 5 Ways to Make Water Potable – Part 1. This week, we’re going to continue this discussion with more – SIMPLE, CHEAP, and even SUPRISING ways to take any water and make it drinkable. *** Have you ever noticed that you don’t see […]
Preparing Our Food and Water
Want to know how to provide your family with both food and water so that you know you will always have food to eat? This is the category for you.
How to Make Water Potable – 6 Simple or Cheap Ways – Part 1
The US suffered a period of prolonged drought from 1934 – 1940. This was part of what caused the Dust Bowl – a period of severe dust storms. As I’m sure that you can imagine, six years of drought made it hard to find water. The problem wasn’t just that […]
5 “Inexpensive” Food Storage Proteins AND Recipes
When I teach people how to set up their short-term food storage menu, I tell them to have each family member write down their 5 favorite meals. Once they have that list of meals, I teach people to look at each meal’s recipe. Does the recipe require ingredients that are […]
Get Ready for Summer with Homemade Barbeque Sauce!
We are one week from officially being in summer. One of my favorite things about summer in the outdoor cooking, and what condiment goes better with summer than Barbeque Sauce! So today, I’m going to share a super simple recipe with you that we’ve used in the past and plan […]
Gourmet Food Storage – So Easy it’s Magic (Mix)
I spent a lot of time learning about food storage before I knew food storage was a thing. Back then, I just thought I was being prepared and frugal. Even when you take a look at my Meyers Briggs personality type (ESTJ) we are known for having contingencies for our […]
Freeze Drying – A Guide for Long Term Food Preservation
I think no other words inspired my interest in food preservation, especially historic methods, more than the Little House series. Reading those books as a little girl started a lifelong journey of studying culinary arts and researching cooking and preservation methods – including freeze drying. “The little house was fairly […]
7 Water Storage Tools to Enhance Your Usage of Stored Water
I’ve read that you can live 3 minutes without air; 3 days without water; and 3 weeks without food. A few weeks ago, we talked about storing water long-term. While I was writing that article, it got me to thinking about tools that enhance the usage of your stored water. […]
How to Properly Fill Your 5-Gallon Bucket for 30 Years of Food Storage
Here on the blog, we’ve been doing a lot of talk about five-gallon buckets recently. We’ve discussed how to get 5-gallon buckets for free or at least cheap. There was also a recent post on using a five-gallon bucket for a container garden. Today, we’re going to talk about how […]
How to Get FREE to Low-Cost Five-Gallon Food Storage Buckets
When people talk about what you need to buy as a prepper, I once heard it boiled down to: “Beans, Bullets, Bandaids.” I believe it was James Wesley Rawles of The Survival Blog that coined the phrase. The “Beans” in the saying represent your food storage. And if you have […]
Gourmet Food Storage – 5 Minute Way to Delight Your Sweet Tooth
Have you ever been to one of those little towns with a bunch of little boutique shops? You know the one. They have a hot sauce shop, a quilt material shop, a bookstore, a sweet shop, and about twenty shops with decorations for your home. I love finding those little […]