There are various types of water filters on the market that range from small to large, hand pumped, gravity fed, suction powered, inexpensive to very expensive and everywhere in between. There are so many types of water filters it can be difficult to decide which you want for your emergency plans. Really. I’ve had the […]
Archives for October 2011
A Trip to the Range with Lucky Gunner Ammo, or “How to Get Some Range Time with a Baby”
I went shooting the other day with some ammo from LuckyGunner.com. If you carry a firearm for self defense as I do, you’ll need ammunition for it. Lucky Gunner has ammo available for purchase online which makes finding what you want a lot easier that hitting every gun store around. They have ammunition available […]
Video Review: Daily Bread Freeze Dried Lasangna with Meat Sauce
Welcome to my house for a video review of some freeze dried lasagne from Daily Bread. The process is the same for rehydrating most brands of freeze dried meals, so even if you are not interested in Daily Bread’s meals, you’ll at least see how easy it is to “cook” freeze dried food. Sorry the […]
Reusable Canning Lids Update
After canning with the Tattler Reusable Canning Lids last fall and more this year, check out my reusable canning lid update post on Utah Preppers today. I’ve got some fun product reviews still coming up, so stay tuned. Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to my email newsletter for updates and special deals. Please be sure […]
Cutting Corn Off The Cob the Easy Way
Here’s an easy way to cut corn off the cob for freezing, bottling, or dehydrating. Power tools involved! I think you guys will especially enjoy this one. In the past we’ve used a knife to get our blanched corn cut off the cob. It works pretty well although the straight knife cutting on the round […]
Blog Business–Comment and Link Policy
I moderate comments on this blog for a couple of reasons, but one of the most important is so that I can weed out spam comments. I understand SEO enough to know that a link from my site is a pretty good deal and could do something to boost ranking on another site. To leave […]
Using the Dehydrated Baby Food
Last fall I had a little too much fun making dehydrated baby food. For how to make your own, check the first post on carrots and this one where I made more from squash, pumpkin, and sweet potato. Well, baby brother is finally big enough to be eating solids, so we’ve been using some of […]
Book Review: The Forgotten Skills of Self Sufficiency used by the Mormon Pioneers
I recently received a copy of Caleb Warnock’s new book, The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers and of course was quite interested in finding out what I could learn. Forgotten self sufficiency skills? Right up my alley. I live in Utah and I’m a Mormon. With my own Pioneer ancestry, I […]
Garden Freeze and Other News
Well, we made it back alive from our nice long warm trip down south to my sweet sister’s wedding and here’s the report: Leaving for 10 days when you own a bunch of animals is kind of tricky. We split them up–the dog went to one friend’s house because she gets too lonely if she’s […]