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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 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 as well as plenty of time to weed, water, and tend to your plants. The following year could be a year of drought or you have more planted than time to work on the garden. …

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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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When you first start preparing, food storage is usually your starting point. Depending on what you are preparing for, you gear your food storage towards that direction. What if I told you that you could have your food storage covered in just about any situation? I believe in the three-prong approach to food storage: Quick, easy foods that do not need to be cooked or minimally cooked Long term food storage like freeze-dried foods, rice, and beans Cook from scratch…

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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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What Causes Food Supply Shortages and What Can You Do About It?

What Causes Food Supply Shortages and What Can You Do About It?

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There is this idea that most of our global systems are infallible. Because we have always had food at our disposal, we don’t like to think that our food systems will collapse. However, food supply systems rely on a few factors to keep moving.  Transportation is the most important factor in keeping a food supply system going. If there is a breakdown in transportation, food supply systems will either be delivered late or not at all. That creates problems for…

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12 Canning Supplies You Should Be Stocking Up On All Year Round

12 Canning Supplies You Should Be Stocking Up On All Year Round

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Food shortages (or the threat thereof) have driven more people to grow and preserve their own food. This trend has caused shortages of many canning supplies and ingredients that we have always had good luck finding in the stores. If this year has proven anything, it has proven that people who stockpile goods are not crazy.  While things seem to be in short supply now, you can still find these items if you are creative. Thrift stores, garage sales, Amish…

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