Root cellars have long been used to extend the harvest. There is so much you can do to make veggies last longer no matter what space you have to utilize….
When planning your food storage one of the major goals should be to store items that are of the highest nutritional value and with a long, stable shelf life. Enter…
Camp Chef sent me a bit of gear to test, and I have been impressed with the quality and value you get. For this review we are testing…
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There are two kinds of food bars that are useful for preppers. The first are high-calorie and plain food bars meant to provide daily rations in emergency situations. You usually…
During an emergency or survival situation, having some fruit can be nice. Recently I was sent a variety of Valley Food Storage Freeze Dried Fruits to test out. For this…
Asparagus is an easy to grow vegetable that offers a good source of vitamins and a whole lot of flavor. This is a short production plant so the focus here…
When we first began our food storage adventure about 50 years ago I had no clue about the right way to set about doing it. I would buy an extra…
We’re not used to cooking the whole animal these days. Even if you wanted to buy many of the undesirable parts of an animal, you’d struggle to find them in…
The idea that we need a seed vault is real, but do you need one that is store-bought? Not so much. There are few things in the prepper “industry” that…
Take a minute and reflect on what you have in your food storage. There are probably areas of strengths and weaknesses, things that have been overlooked and items that have…
If you’re bugging out to the wilderness, or if you’re bugging in near the wilderness, trapping can be a great source of food. The major benefits are that once you’re…
Editor’s Note: This is an updated and revised edition for 2018. Legacy Food Storage has earned itself a spot in many prepper’s pantries, and the reasons are simple. Their food…
There are quite a few good reasons to grow elderberry; those range from the many medicinal benefits to the culinary delights such as elderberry syrup, jams, and it is even…
Editor’s Note: This is an updated and revised edition for 2018. Editor’s Note: Special Contribution by Donna “All good things are wild and free.” – Henry David Thoreau 1. Purslane…
Kohlrabi is a highly prized plant in home gardens and hales from Germany where the name means turnip cabbage. In fact, you can think of Kohlrabi as odd cabbages with…
Where I live in California, the growing season is generally from mid-March until Mid-October. This has more to do with the intensity of the light which shifts around the fall…