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5 Different Ways for How To Preserve Food

Knowing how to preserve food is a bit of a lost art and it’s a shame. What do you do when you come across a

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Basics of lasagna style gardening

If you are new to gardening, you may not be familiar with advanced techniques like tilling the ground and digging for certain types of drainage.

Regrow vegetables from kitchen scraps

If you intend to grow your own vegetables in your backyard or on your patio, you can always start from seeds or use plants that

Different types of compost

As you begin to learn more about growing your own food and starting a vegetable or herb garden, you will find that composting is high

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Knowing when to plant different vegetables

When growing your own fruits and vegetables, the first thing you need to know is when to plant different vegetables. Planting at the right time

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How to improve your soil naturally

Where I live, the soil is thick with clay and is generally considered to be nutrient poor. I had to figure out ways to combat

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Basics of the square foot method of gardening

There’s no disputing the health benefits of growing your own food, but how do you decide which method to try? There are many ways to

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Seasonal Spring Produce at the Farmer’s Market

Now that the weather is starting to warm up it’s safe to venture out of your house and grab some seasonal spring produce at your

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Easy Things to Grow in Your Beginner Garden

If you are looking to start growing your own food, vegetables will probably be a large part of that. While you can grow just about

Health Benefits of Growing Your Own Food

You may have wondered in the past if growing your own food is worth the effort. The short answer is yes. In fact, there are

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Why you should garden

Well, spring is well underway. It’s a great time to start a garden from scratch. Maybe you’ve thought about it, but still aren’t sure whether

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A complete family preparedness plan: Considering other emergency supplies for your pantry

As a prepper, the biggest and most immediate concern is starvation. However, if your family preparedness plan is to be complete, there are a lot

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How much food to store: when do you have enough?

For what length of time should your stored food last if there were an emergency? One of the most common questions you will come across

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Best Ways to Store Food

There’s nothing worse that diligently adding to your store of food only to have it become inedible by the time you eat it. You need

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Locations for your prepper pantry

Possible locations for your prepper pantry need to meet only three necessary qualifications: cool, dry, and pest proof. The rest is up to you as

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How to customize your prepper pantry for your family

A prepper pantry is more than just some extra food you have on hand. You can’t customize your prepper pantry if you are grabbing stuff

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What to stock in your pantry: The essentials and why you need them

Knowing what to stock in your pantry is very important. You want to make sure you have things that will last a long time until

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How to stock your pantry

Building up a prepper pantry is not something that happens overnight. You need to have a plan in place for how to stock your pantry

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How to Start Your Pantry in 5 Easy Steps

Now is the time to learn how to start your pantry! But, where to begin? If you have done any research on how to be

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Two Types of Pantry: Working Pantry or Long-Term Emergency Pantry

There are two main types of pantry in the spectrum of prepper pantries you can create. The first one is called a “working” pantry, and

What Is A Prepper Pantry and Why Should You Consider Starting One?

Lately, I’ve seen lots of folks hoarding toilet paper and paper towels, rice, beans, hand sanitizer, and ramen noodles (huh?). You might think all these

How to start a garden from scratch

Now is the time to learn how to start a garden from scratch! Having a garden has a lot of advantages. Growing your own fruits,