Guest post by Alex Grovenstein. Originally posted on his blog, Back ‘er Down: In pursuit of a more simple life Note from Angela: Living in a place that Sugar Cane does not grow, I’ve never even attempted making pure cane syrup. This is fascinating and an absolutely priceless experience! Thanks for sharing, Alex! Photo: Casey Jones The […]
A Reader’s Attempt at the Homemade Survival Bars and Some Troubleshooting
I had a reader try out making the Homemade Survival Bars and graciously agree to have his experience shared with all of you. Thanks, Robert! Here’s how it went. I made the recipe according to instructions. After reading some of the comments, I decided to make flat bars instead. I used a 1/2″ thick jelly […]
More Hot Rocks–The Baking Stone
After the Essene bread fail, I took a reader’s advice and bought a baking stone. Here’s how it went: Hubby: What did you get in the big box? Me: A baking stone so I can try that Bible bread again. It’s supposed to work better than a pan. Him: What did that cost you? Me: […]
Homemade Survival Bar Update–2+ Years Later
Can you believe it’s been two years since we made these homemade survival bars? If you weren’t around for the homemade survival bar post, go ahead and check it out, I’ll wait. We checked on them last year here. Well, I had a sweet reader ask about their condition now, over two years later, so […]
How to Make Homemade Yogurt at Home
Have you ever wanted to make your own yogurt? It’s really not that hard and saves a ton of money if your family likes to eat yogurt (like mine does). Today we’ve got a step by step tutorial for making your own yogurt from scratch. As a side note, this was also my son’s science […]
Essene Bread Fail
Have any of you ever tried making Essene bread? There are instructions for making it in John Hill’s How to Live on Wheat that are copied straight from some ancient text–the same instructions are on this Wikipedia page. I thought I’d try it out and see if it was any good, since those bible folks […]
Baking Bread in a Solar Oven in the Utah Winter
Solar ovens have a very good reputation for cooking things on hot, sunny days, but what if it’s not a hot day? Have you ever wondered how well a solar oven cooks in the winter? Me too. So I’ve spent a few days with the Global Sun Oven in the Utah winter. I’m kind of […]
Saving Seeds: Radish
If you have an heirloom garden going with non-hybrid seeds, usually the point of going through the extra trouble of getting the non-hybrid varieties is so that you can save seed from your plants to plant again the following spring. Right? Saving seeds is not always as easy as it sounds, with some plants being […]
Book Review: How to Live on Wheat 3rd Edition
You know wheat is recommended as a vital part of any long term food storage plan, but after you have those buckets or cans of wheat in the food storage room, what are you going to do with it all? Even if you have a grinder and can grind it into flour, that will certainly […]
Dehydrated Baby Food: Sweet Potato, Pumpkin, Squash
Last week I had some leftover pumpkin from making a pumpkin roll and just happened to have sweet potatoes left over from Christmas dinner at the same time, so I pulled some frozen “squash” out of the freezer (why I labeled it with only “squash” and not the variety, I do not know) and let […]
