How To Wax Food For Long-Term Storage
You’ve probably noticed how shiny your cucumbers, apples, or other smooth produce looks when you buy it. That’s because it’s coated in a wax. Though they pretty appearance is one… Read more »
Category: Self-Sufficiency
337 lbs of Potatoes! NO digging, NO watering, and VERY LITTLE work!
Growing potatoes must qualify as one of the vegetable gardener’s favorite pursuits. I’d guess that it’s one of the first vegetables that new gardeners go for, even if only in… Read more »
Vegetable Jams: Long Forgotten Recipes Grandma’ Used To Make
Many of the vegetables that we usually cultivated in our lands, are used to cook delicious jam. Sometimes they are a bit unusual and surprising or enriched with a curious… Read more »
Ways of Curing Meat & Smoking During the 1800s
During the early 1800s, cooking dominated the time and energy of the average housewife. There were no big grocery stores where families could go to purchase food, and eating out… Read more »
Things You Didn’t Know About Beef Jerky
Beef jerky is an incredibly popular snack food, and while it may be high in sodium, it’s lean and full of protein. Things you might not know about this popular… Read more »
How To Store Meat For Years Without Refrigeration
From the time people roamed the earth as hunter-gatherers, their very survival might have depended on preserving meat — their main source of protein — to tide them over in… Read more »
How To Preserve Food For Winter Like The Pioneers
During the winter months, pioneers did their best to keep warm. They would keep the fire in their log homes going all day and wear warm clothes made of flannel… Read more »
Raising Livestock Off-Grid: Everything You Need to Know
Many off-grid homesteaders choose to raise livestock somewhere along the path to self-sufficiency. Guest Author Raising your own livestock allows you to avoid the additives and potential diseases found in… Read more »