DIY Spice Mixes And Herb Tips

     A good post from Are We Crazy or What? about DIY Spice Mixes and herb Storage.  A lot of really usefull information and a couple of good Ball products featured in the article.  Enjoy!

The Pantry Primer: Stockpiling Grains

     Good information on different grains and deciding how much to store.  Enjoy!

Build a Basement Root Cellar

     An article with advice on how to build a root cellar in your home.  Not a bad project.  Enjoy!

5 Reasons why you should include freeze-dried meat/chicken in your food storage

     Good information on why you hsould include freeze dried meat in you food storage plan.  Enjoy!

Nesting Box Herbs - Chicken Aromatherapy

     A good article about the benefit of adding herbs to your chickens nesting boxes and brooders.  Definitely trying this one.  Worth the read!

10 things to buy every time you shop

Good short article. Every time you shop may be a bit excessive once you have a good stockpile started, but you get the idea. Enjoy!

Rendering Lard

A short but informative post on how to render lard in a slow cooker and process it for long term storage.

How much do I need?

     A very good article designed to help you figure out how much of each kind food and other items  you use to put aside in case of emergency.  Well worth the read!

A Canning We Will Go: Apple Pie Filling

     A good article about canning apple pie filling.  I only hope my wife reads this entry!

How to Use and Store the Most Versatile Item In Any Emergency Stockpile

A good article about salt. The different types, sonme uses, and how to store them. Enjoy the read!

The Pantry Primer

     A good series of articles about building up your pantry and efficiently using the items located there including getting started, meal plans, home canning, and much much more.  Read them all as a good source of excellent information.

17 Great Ways to Utilize 2-Liter Soda Bottles for Survival

     Seventeen different ways to utilize 2-liter soda bottles in your preparedness plan.  I'm not sure about filling them with water, capping them, and placing them in a camp fire to boil water, but hey...whatever floats you boat!  Also discusses the SODIS method of water purification (which I had never heard of, very interesting as well).

     Enjoy!

5 Myths about Water Storage

     Here is a good article debunking several myths about storing water.  Check it out and make your water storage plans as safe as possible.  Well worth the read!

How to Make and Use Zeer Pots to Keep Your Foods Cold

     Preparedness Advice details how to make an eco-friendly "refrigerator".  It's a very interesting concept.  I'd like to know from any readers if they have tried it and what their results were.