Hydroponics: The Good, The Bad, & The Necessary Equipment
Follow me You could realistically grow an entire garden hydroponically in your own home, and with a large enough financial investment, have fresh
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Growing Eggplants Successfully
Follow me Eggplants come in all shapes and sizes, from mammoth 3-pounders to long, slender Asian types, to baby patio varieties. Which type
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Home Canning Makes A Comeback
Follow me Home Canning dates back to the 18th century during the time where Napoleon Bonaparte realized the need to provision his army
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5 (More) Foods That Last Forever
Follow me When planning and storing food for emergencies or survival situations, we have long advocated incorporating foods that will last forever (or
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You Will Never Have To Use Yeast Again When Bread Making With This Old School Trick
Follow me Take the guesswork out of bread making with this old school trick. In times such as these, we are all looking
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How to Grow Tomatoes
Follow me You can’t beat the flavour of home-grown tomatoes straight from the vine – and they’re so easy to sow & grow!
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Is It Time To Revive “Survival Gardens?”
Follow me With a global pandemic circling the globe and fears of food shortages, many are looking more closely at resurrecting the long-ago
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Urban Gardening: Grow Anywhere!
Follow me Just because you live in an apartment, does not mean you have to live without the joys of fresh, homegrown garden
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Food storage tips and tricks for preppers
Follow me Food storage, like learning and mastering various prepping skills, takes time and effort. To ensure that your survival stockpile has enough
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10 Cool Season Plants You Can Grow Today!
Follow me Even though the days are still cool, there are some seeds you can start today. Here are some cool-season vegetables and
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How To Grow Strawberries
Follow me The flavour of warm, sun-ripened strawberries picked fresh from your own garden is something to savour. These delicious and aromatic fruits
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Growing Vegetables in Containers
Follow me If you don’t have room for a garden, or only want to grow a few vegetables, planting in containers is the
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Home Cheese Making
Follow me Do you want to try your hand at some home cheese making but don’t know where to start? You’re in luck!
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4 Crucial factors that affect the shelf life of food in your survival stockpile
Follow me Building up a food stockpile is one of the basics of prepping. People who are new to the preparedness lifestyle may find
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Scientists successfully brew beer and mead using 5,000-year-old “resurrected” yeasts discovered in the Holy Land
Follow me Want to know what ancient Middle Eastern beer tastes like? Try asking this team of researchers from Israel: In a study published
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The 10 best egg-laying chickens for a prepper’s homestead
Follow me Keeping egg-laying chickens offers several benefits. They supply fresh eggs daily, eat insect pests, and make for a steady source of income
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Top 10 Vegetables to Grow Over Winter
Follow me Don’t let your vegetable plot stand empty and neglected over winter. There are plenty of winter vegetables to grow throughout the
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From being expensive to labor-intensive, here’s the truth behind some of the myths about organic gardening
Follow me People who want to try out organic gardening may hesitate because of the negative things they may have heard or read
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Prepare for Disaster with a Portable Generator
Follow me Living or working in a disaster-prone area always requires that you be prepared for the worst. When a natural disaster strikes,
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Nutritious Food Plants You Can Harvest Quickly
Follow me Admit it, we want things to happen fast. We’re a society of fast food, fast internet, and instant gratification. But when
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10 Best Vegetables for Urban Gardeners
Follow me Before you know it, your urban oasis will be bursting with wholesome produce and you’ll wonder why you waited so long
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Alternative Cooking Sources for SHTF Planning
Follow me So, the power is out. You have all of this wonderful food stored away but no way to cook it. Before
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The Case for Hybrid Seeds
Follow me Once we join this prepper culture, we start getting pushed toward heirloom seed stockpiles. There’s definitely value in heirloom and open
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Fermented Foods: And No, They Won’t Get You Drunk!
Follow me Fermented foods are a staple in many cultures and are one of the oldest preservation methods. The earliest evidence of winemaking
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