I’m a lucky guy. Like many Americans, I have a modest suburban home, with a decent sized yard. A yard big enough that a 15×30 patch in the back corner, separated by old railroad ties from my lawn, serves as a vegetable garden. We also have a few cherry and peach trees and a small …
Category: Food Storage
Field Test of Freeze Dried Food
Last weekend, I took the chance to get up into the local hills for an overnight snow camp and snowshoe hike. Most people think I’m nuts to forsake a perfectly good bed for the chance to curl up in a small tent pitched on top of several feet of snow, but I enjoy tremendously getting …
Survival cooking options | Do you know how to cook in an emergency?
OK, that was crazy. What you prepared for and worried about all these months actually did happen. You had to grab your family, snag your “bugout bag”, and make a run for it. A close call, but everyone is safe from the fire/flood/earthquake/hurricane/riot/tornado/whatever. Now your evacuated, you have found a sheltered spot where your family …
Five Staples of Any Food Storage Supply
Food Storage Staples. When planning long term food storage for disasters or an emergency such as job loss or illness, it’s important to know the five staples of an emergency food storage supply. These five staples will be responsible for supplying the family with nourishing food so it’s important to not only store these food …
Spicing Up Your Emergency Food Storage Supply
Food Storage Tips: Whether we are storing food for long term disasters, or, a short term power outage, you need to be prepared with a handy food supply. Eating from emergency food storage supplies can be pretty boring. It’s bad enough the electricity is off, but we don’t have to turn off our taste buds while …
Freeze Dried Foods For Your Emergency Food Supply Kit
Freeze Dried Foods: My grandmother always said “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!” Her self-reliant spirit preserved and empowered our family over the years. When the imaginable crises or unthinkable event happened she was not only prepared, but willing and able to survive in any unusual circumstance. Technology can …
5 Tips for putting an Emergency Water Supply together
Emergency Water Supply – As I am sure you are aware, there are many disasters facing our families each and every day. While we cannot see the future, we can prepare for some of our basic needs if we find ourselves facing an emergency. While many of us are not experts in survival preparations, we are …
5 ways to put a food storage supply together for emergencies
Planning for an emergency can sometimes be a challenge because it is so unexpected. When the unexpected natural disasters occur like a power outage, earthquake, snow storm or typhoon, depending on which side of the world you live, you must take preventive measures for storing food. One of the main things people need when all …
Food Supply Depot 1 Week Food Kit Review
I’m a dad. It’s still a little crazy to think about it sometimes. That means I have responsibility. I have someone to take care of beside myself. Someone who relies on me for their safety, their health and their nourishment. Recent events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods make me think about my family and …
Essentials for any 72 hour kit
Do not rely on others or the government to meet your family’s basic needs, especially in the first 72 hours following an emergency. It will take at least that amount of time before you can receive any kind of aid. Therefore, it is necessary to carry a 72 hour emergency kit with you at all …