Thermal Cooker Giveaway Ready for another giveaway? This Saratoga Jacks Thermal Cooker works very much like a wonder oven, conserving a lot of fuel while cooking your food. It comes with two stainless steel pans and one lid that fits right inside the thermal cooker. You can use this for either hot foods or […]
Archives for October 2014
Sweet Cox’s Honey Giveaway
Cox’s Honey Giveaway Are you a fan of using honey in your nightly tea, in baking or in cooking? If so, you don’t want to miss today’s post. We’re giving away an incredible amount of honey to one lucky reader! We’re not just giving away any honey-Cox’s Honey is pure, unfiltered, raw honey; so rest […]
Make Your Own Super Simple Wallet-Sized Fire Starters
I love the dryer lint fire starters, but they’re kind of bulky to carry around with you every day. So today I’m going to show you how to make a fire starter that is lightweight, flat, and easy to carry with you every day based on one I was given by Leon Pantenburg of Survival […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 72: Live Free or Die with Tony and Amelia
Episode 72: Live Free or Die with Tony and Amelia Listen here! Have you caught the new series on National Geographic called Live Free or Die? It features individuals who have chosen to leave the rat race and nine to five of regular life and live life on their own terms. Today I get to […]
Canning Homemade Peach Peel and Pit Jelly
What do you do with your peels and pits when you’re canning peaches or using them for jam? Mine used to go straight out to the chickens, but I’ve found a new way to get one more delicious use out of them before passing them off to the birds. Peach Peel and Pit Jelly! To […]
Fall FoodSaver Giveaway!
Those of you who have followed along on my blog for a while know that I love my FoodSaver vacuum sealer. I have one of the OLD models and at about 15 years old it still seals bags, so I’m still using it. FoodSaver vacuum sealers are great for sealing food to go in your […]
Practically Free Egg Carton Dryer Lint Firestarters
Here’s a fire starter that’s easy to make from materials you probably already have floating around your house. These little balls of fire will burn for approximately 15 minutes after being lit, giving you plenty of time to get a fire going even if you have to dry out some of the wood. I keep […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 71: Eight Great Uses for Honey
Episode 71: Eight Great Uses for Honey Listen here! It’s time for extracting honey from our hives here and today I share our honeybee experience, how we extract the honey from the hives, and eight great ways to use honey! Mentioned in the show: Extracting Honey Honey Onion Cough Syrup Honey Bandage Keep preparing! Angela […]