Here’s a big welcome to our newest advertiser–Ready Made Resources. They have worked with us here on giveaways in the past and have some fantastic gear and the knowledge to go with it, so if you’ve got any questions on the products they sell, the folks at Ready Made Resources should be able to help […]
Archives for August 2010
Tattler Reusable Canning Lids
We do a lot of canning here. And the thought has always followed that in an emergency situation, canning things would be impossible without a good supply of canning lids. The jars and rings can be re-used, but the lids are supposedly a one time use deal. So we stock canning lids in the food […]
Interesting Little Tidbit
Now here’s an interesting (albeit kind of disgusting) bit of information for you. If your kids find a corn worm while you’re all shucking corn and decide to keep it as a pet in a jar with a bit of corn so it has something to eat and then put it somewhere that you don’t […]
Squash Bugs
Let me just begin by saying I despise squash bugs. I don’t remember having any trouble with them in our garden when I was growing up in Colorado, but they have been a constant nuisance since I’ve been gardening in Utah. The first year sweet husband and I planted a good sized garden, we found […]
Family Survival Training with Airsoft
Today we have a special guest post from John Durfee. I’m not experienced with airsoft much and he’s got some real good ideas here. Thanks, John. Enjoy :) Family Survival Training You’ve been watching him from your post for about ten minutes now. Your ingenious buddies knew of an old deer stand, which has made […]
Catch Up–Mostly on the Garden
Holy buckets! Things have been a little crazy here lately. I keep thinking maybe after (insert event, month, etc. here) things will slow down, but it seems they never do. Things just change and I get a different kind of crazy. The garden this year is fair. I’ve got peas that have gone to seed […]
Dehydrating Pineapple
Pineapple is one of those foods that are really well suited for dehydrating. They are easy to prepare and get super sweet when they’re dried. Great for snacking or putting in trail mix, granola, breads, etc. I’m sure you want some, so here’s how you do it. First, get a pineapple. Or two or three. […]
Dehydrating Blueberries
This is one of those projects that was really so easy it shouldn’t deserve its own post, but here it is anyway. Dehydrating blueberries. First, get some blueberries. It really doesn’t matter how many, but the more the merrier. Wash them and pick out any that are squishy or bad. Now get a pot of […]
Mountain House for Breakfast: Breakfast Skillet Wrap Review
Remember Monday’s post on our Mountain House dinner? Well, the next morning we had freeze dried Mountain House breakfast that the sweet folks at Mountain House sent us to sample. The kids wanted oatmeal, so we heated up water for mom and dad’s Mountain House Breakfast Skillet Wrap and for the kids’ oatmeal and for […]
Mountain House for Dinner: Review of Wraps and Macaroni and Cheese
The folks at Mountain House sent me some samples of their freeze dried meals to try, and really I was pretty excited. I’ve had some Mountain House before and actually had compared it to a couple of other brands of “backpacker” foods and for flavor and texture, the Mountain House was my favorite. So in […]