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Making and Canning Delicious Apricot Syrup
It's apricot season here! I love apricots and one of my favorite canning products of apricot season is apricot syrup! This stuff is to die for. Tangy and sweet and perfect on french toast, pancakes, or German pancakes. And it's...
How to Make and Can Apricot Nectar
It's apricot season! If you have access to an apricot tree, you know they can produce plenty of the sweet tart little guys. Where we live, apricots are a luxury, only producing on years where there is a mild enough...
Solavore Sport Solar Oven Review: Pasteurizing Water and Baking
It's summer and to celebrate the sunshine, Solavore sent me their Solavore Sport solar oven to test out. Having a powerless cooking method is important if there is an emergency and you aren't able to use your normal stove or...
Our Favorite Super Easy Banana Applesauce Bread Recipe
My kids love bananas. Until they don't. And they never tell me when the banana consumption will spontaneously shut off, so occasionally, I'm left with a bunch of over ripe bananas. When there are 4-5 of them, we make this...
Join the Abolishionists One Day Event–May 16, 2016
Today I'm sharing with you a cause I feel very passionate about. Part of being prepared is being prepared to help others. Especially those who cannot provide for or protect themselves. The Abolitionists is a documentary that shows how one...
2 Minute Preparedness Tip: Practice Makes Perfect
I recently had the opportunity to act in a play with my local community theater. Although I was a theater major in college, I studied the tech end, not the acting end, and hadn't acted in front of a real...
25 Ways to Prepare Without Spending a Dime
One of the recurring excuses for not getting prepared is that preparedness costs too much. It's true that some aspects of preparedness are going to require an investment of money, however, cost is no excuse for not doing something! There...
The Successful Survivalist’s Rules of Life
The Successful Survivalist's Rules of Life 1. Carry a pocket knife. 2. Get comfortable with lighting a fire. 3. Learn to shoot and clean a gun. 4. Be able to perform basic first aid. 5. Keep your blades sharp. 6....
Food Storage and Survival’s Top 10 of 2015!
It's that time of year when we look back over the past year and reflect on what has happened in our lives, how far we've come, and what the highlights of the year were. And on the blog, we look...
