Yes! You can make your own brown sugar. When I show you how easy it is to combine the ingredients for brown sugar, you are going to wonder why nobody told you this sooner. Why Make Your Own Brown Sugar? Making your own brown sugar is much less expensive than purchasing brown sugar. November is when the big baking supply sales begin. Last year I was able to score … [Read more...] about Make Your Own Brown Sugar: 15 Minute Prepper
Preserve blackberries for long term storage
I love to preserve blackberries. It's so easy to insure the great taste of summer in your food preps with just a small amount of work. Rich in bioflavonoids, vitamin C and antioxidants, blackberries are nutritional power houses perfect for long term food storage pantries. Here are my favorite ways to preserve blackberries. How To Freeze Blackberries One way to … [Read more...] about Preserve blackberries for long term storage
5-Gallon Food Grade Buckets
I received a bit of a jolt when entering a local food storage store in search of 5-gallon food grade buckets for several bags of rice and beans I recently purchased for emergency prepardedness. Over SEVEN dollars for a bucket and lid. And we aren't talking gamma lids, here. Nope. We are talking just the plain old hammer it down with a rubber mallet type of lid. As I … [Read more...] about 5-Gallon Food Grade Buckets
How To Make The Most Of Survival Seeds
"I bought these survival seeds so that I can grow all my own food when the SHTF". I hear this a lot. Often from people who have never planted a seed in their entire lives. Experienced gardeners must be doing a terrific job of making their work look super easy for so many people to figure that if the world were to explode, they could just till up a little bit of dirt, … [Read more...] about How To Make The Most Of Survival Seeds
Suburban Homesteading
While talking with a group of friends, each of whom expressing a wish to buy land to homestead on. I couldn't figure out why my friends felt the need to wait until they had a bigger plot of land to begin their journey to self sufficiency. Why not start homesteading in your own backyard? Right now! Suburban Homesteading. It really is a 'thing'! Let's face it. Not … [Read more...] about Suburban Homesteading