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...
20 Ways To Preserve Eggs
Eggs are a relatively cheap and highly nutritious meal. They are also fresh foods that may be difficult to acquire in a crisis unless you happen to...
How To Pickle Beef
Pickling is an ancient and great way to preserve meat and add flavor at the same time. The process of pickling meat involves soaking the meat in a...
How To Dry-Cure Meat At Home
Updated: 09.07.2025 Dry curing meat is an ancient method of preserving food. It has been used for centuries across many different cultures,...
What Is the Best Canned Meat?
Every homesteader’s pantry has canned food in it. It’s the first line of defense against starvation in a disaster scenario. While canned foods...
Canning VS. Freeze Dry
You might be one of those in a dilemma whether to can or freeze-dry your foods. Because when it comes to canning and freeze-drying foods, both have...
Pressure Canning 101
We're all facing some interesting food issues these past few years and many of us have taken this as a prompt to go ahead and start looking back at...
