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How To Can Fresh Peaches

How To Can Fresh Peaches

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Fresh peaches are truly a summer delight! I usually buy a few bushels for eating, baking, and preserving throughout the summer. One of my favorite ways to preserve peaches for eating later is to can them. Canning peaches is pretty straightforward. You can use your water bath canner which makes the process easier. Supplies: PeachesWater bath cannerJars, lids, and ringsA pot for blanching the peachesA large bowl of cold water to cool the peaches downA large bowl to put peeled…

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7 Reasons To Stockpile Oats for Food Storage

7 Reasons To Stockpile Oats for Food Storage

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If someone asked me about the core foods I store for my food storage, oats would be in the top ten. I like to store them in various forms to have more versatility, but that is certainly not a necessity for everyone. I want to keep my options open in my food storage which means I have food ready to eat quickly while also having from-scratch ingredients. Right now, in my food storage, I have oats stored as:– Steel-cut oats–…

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Why You Need to Grow Food One Year and Preserve Food for Two Years

Why You Need to Grow Food One Year and Preserve Food for Two Years

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Gardening can be fickle sometimes. One year you can grow enough for seven families and the following year, you barely have enough for your own family. Many factors can play into this like weather, watering, and neglect. Some years you will have the perfect growing conditions and plenty of time to weed, water, and tend to your plants. The following year could be a drought year or you have more things planted than time you have to work on the…

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Three Prong Approach to Food Storage: How to Make Sure You Are Covered For All Situations

Three Prong Approach to Food Storage: How to Make Sure You Are Covered For All Situations

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Updated 5/17/2025 When you first start preparing, food storage is usually your starting point. Depending on your preparation, you gear your food storage towards that direction. What if I told you you could have your food storage covered in just about any situation? I believe in the three-prong approach to food storage: In my experience, you should have all three kinds of food storage. You might be preparing for natural disasters and think #1 is all you need. However, you…

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How and Why You Should Be Stocking Up on Baking Supplies This Holiday Season

How and Why You Should Be Stocking Up on Baking Supplies This Holiday Season

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The holiday season can be a dream season for the prepper. The sales are usually pretty good during this time which makes it an excellent time to stockpile. This becomes especially true for baking supplies.  One of the keys to stockpiling for your food storage is to use the sales to your advantage. During the holiday season, you can count on a few things being on sale: canned vegetables instant mashed potatoes stuffing mixes gravy baking supplies We will be…

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Why and How You Should Use Back-to-School Sales To Get Prepared and Stockpiled

Why and How You Should Use Back-to-School Sales To Get Prepared and Stockpiled

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Back-to-school sales in August are some of the best sales all year to get prepared. The variety of things for sale and the low prices can be a budget-friendly way to get your home prepared for whatever could come in the next year. You don’t usually see sales like this any other time of the year. This next school year, we could see more lockdowns, schooling at home, inflation, supply disruptions, and more. Any one of those things means you…

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