Food / Water / Gardening

Are our readers practicing long term food storage preparation? I am sure most of our readers do in some way or another. Food is usually the first thing to come to mind when attempting to prepare for a disaster scenario. A great example of this is when someone races to …

Christopher Parrett the editor of the LDS Preparedness Manual has announced  the 2012 edition, which is the most current release. While released a few years ago I recently now stumbled upon this so I suppose others may find it of use as well. If you click over to the LDS Another …

If you ask around about food storage you will find the same answer more often than not about eating what you store and rotating your food.  Rule number one: store what you eat and eat what you store. Rule number two: rotate your stock from oldest to newest as to …

An empty fridge and hungry stomach may lead you to eat some crazy things. We don’t need a SHTF scenario in order for this to happen. Lets keep in mind that nothing will stay good for ever if not kept in the proper environment. Lets take a look at 11 …

I don’t know a lot about bee keeping and wish I knew more. I know a lot of the positives however: A lot of tasty honey. Raw honey is one of the most nutritious foods out there full of vitamins and antioxidants. You also help the struggling bee population and …

Here is a quick and easy way to make a self-watering, sub irrigated planter out of a handful of things you can pick up locally in just a few minutes.  Keep in mind this is my first attempt. I expect it to work well. I believe this method will conserve …

Water. In tough times it is easily the key between life and death. Most disaster preparedness plans consist of bleach to use as an emergency method in making your drinking water safe to consume. Bleach does destroy most (not all) organisms that cause disease by chemically disinfecting it. While bleach …

Eggs go bad after a few weeks even with refrigeration right? Or is that just what we are lead to believe? Keeping eggs fresh even in a refrigerator for months at a time is hard to swallow I know. With a little time and some mineral oil you can preserve …