If You Don’t Have a Root Cellar Do This
Storing food for survival situations is essential for any homesteader. It's crucial you have enough food supplies to last until the next harvest or...
25 Pantry Foods That Actually Expire Quickly
Stocking up your pantry with a diverse selection of delicious eatables can be an exciting and rewarding experience. However, the real disappointment...
How To Make Condensed Milk That Can Last More Than 2 Years
When you start making lists and taking inventory of the products and foods you’ll want to have on hand in the case of an emergency, the items you...
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...
Deinfluencing You: Stop Stockpiling These 14 Items Right Now
In light of recent unexpected events impacting the United States and the world, there has been a growing awareness among Americans regarding the...
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...
Corn Pone – The Pioneers Bread
This may differ from the food you eat regularly, but the classical Corn Pone should be on every homesteader's list of go-to recipes for various...
10 Civil War Foods Every Homesteader Should Know And Try
The American Civil War was fought between the North and the South, divided only by the Mason-Dixon line on a map. This war was a major turn in...
If You Have This In Your Pantry, Throw It Away Immediately
Having a fully stocked pantry for everyday life or for emergency situations is not always an easy task, there are often so many different variations...
Pioneer Recipes Every Homesteader Should Learn
Ah, howdy! I’m glad y'all just pulled your wagon on up and asked us for some cookin' advice. Okay, I can't write the whole post like that, but we're...
7 Foods You Can Cook From Scraps You Normally Throw Away
Did you know that each year, about 119 billion pounds of food is wasted in the US? That equals about 130 billion meals and $408 billion in food...
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...
Pig In A Jar
Maybe you've just gotten a new canner or you're excited to see what your pressure cooker can do. I'm the same way when I get a new kitchen gadget: I...
What The Amish Ate During The Great Depression
The Amish people were known for their resourcefulness and ability to make do with what they had. During the Great Depression, when many families...
Haybox Cooking
Cooking can be an energy-intensive and time-consuming activity. Whether homesteading, or living off the grid, you always look for ways to save time...
How To Make The Hoover Stew Of The Great Depression
Feeding a family in tough times can be a difficult task. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, people had to get creative to put food on the...
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...
23 Overlooked Survival Foods You Need To Add To Your Pantry
Most pantries have a variety of foods, and many of these are common. Why are some of these foods recommended for an emergency pantry? First off,...
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...
Strange Meals People Ate During The Great Depression
Mealtime is an often-unappreciated time that we take for granted. Today, food is plentiful and readily available on a whim. But can you imagine...
Chicken In A Jar
When you think of canning or jarring chicken, the first thing you think of is probably soup. That, or a stew; something with noodles that sticks to...
