Freeze Dryer vs Dehydrator – Choosing the Right Tool for a Self-Sufficient Home
When you begin preserving your own food, it’s natural to wonder which tools truly belong in your home. Two names come up again and again: freeze...
Best Ways To Preserve Your Fall Harvest
For most of us, Autumn is harvest season. One reason is that the fruits and vegetables in our gardens have ripened. Another reason is the onset of...
20 Foods You Can Preserve in Pantyhose
Wearing pantyhose is something that has more or less gone by the wayside with the traditional 9 to 5 – but you shouldn’t toss your favorite pair of...
Add This to Your Pantry to Keep Pests Away This Winter
The good news with a refrigerator or freezer is they’re basically bug-proof. Even if a fruit fly or ant finds its way in the cold temperatures soon...
Ingenious Ways to Freeze-Dry Your Food at Home for 10+ Years Shelf Life
Most people think a deep freezer is the key to long-term food storage, but what happens when the power goes out? There’s a reason pioneers and...
Canning Myths Debunked By The Amish
The Amish have been safely canning for generations — without pressure gauges, modern recipes, or fear. So what do they know that we don’t? For most...
Big Mason Jars: The Self-Sufficient Kitchen’s Best Friend
If you’ve ever tried stuffing an entire summer’s worth of pickles into a tiny jar, you know the pain—and the brine all over your counter. That’s why...
How to Store Meat Without Refrigeration
Most of us rely on refrigeration to keep our food safe, but when it comes to meat, the stakes are much higher. Without proper storage, meat can...
Fermentation 101
Many homesteaders are nervous about using fermentation as a method of preserving their harvest simply because they are unfamiliar with it, so I...
Home Canning Sausages for Maximum Shelf Life (10+ Years)
As a homesteader, ensuring the long-term shelf stability of your food supplies is a top priority. One essential protein source that deserves your...
How Long Do Potatoes Last?
Have you ever harvested potatoes on your homestead? It’s a feeling of pride, knowing that the fruits of your labor are about to become part of your...
Deadly Canning Mistakes You Probably Make
If you ever need to rely on your own supplies for the long haul, home canning is a must-have skill. You can’t grow vegetables year-round—every area...
Canning Recipes Grandma Made Every Fall
People have been canning for generations. Whether it be in true cans or glass jars, once we figured out how to preserve food, we were doing very,...
Foods That Are Safe To Preserve In a Water Bath Canner
When you want to can your favorite produce, water bath canning is the best way to do it. However, it’s not meant for all foods because the food is...
Ingenious Ways To Preserve Cheese At Home
Perhaps you've had an extremely bountiful milking season and you have nothing to do with the excess milk as you clean out your freezer (probably in...
Why Haven’t You Canned This?
Canning is a great way to preserve food and make it shelf-stable. If you are like most people, you think canned foods are primarily jams, jellies,...
Canning Bone Broth That Lasts For More Than 2 Years
Whenever I see someone throw away a chicken carcass after making a nice roast, I cringe a little bit. Just because you’ve picked all the meat off,...
Tomato Preservation Recipes
When we start to talk about preserving, we usually end up with a canner on our counter. That will be the case for this article, but I must note that...
How To Pickle Watermelon Rind The Amish Way
The Amish are famous for a few things: they live without modern technology, care about nature, and cook fantastic food. They lead a basic life and...
Why You Should Dry Your Food Instead Of Canning It
Being prepared for hard times is a vital part of homesteading. One way to store food for later use is to can it, but many of us are now turning to...
How To Preserve Foods In Honey
Honey has been used in food preservation for centuries for its many microbial-fighting properties that keep food from spoiling. Many people believe...
