Having enough fuel to keep warm and cook food in an emergency is an often overlooked area of preparedness. One way to preserve fuel is to use an insulated cooker like the Wonder Oven (also known as a Wonderbox). The Wonderbox was developed in the … [Read more]
Freezing and Dehydrating Corn: Choose Your Own Adventure
You know I could post this as two posts, but the only difference between freezing and dehydrating corn is the last step, so for simplicity I'm just doing one post with two possible endings. Kind of like the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. You … [Read more]
It’s My 1 Year Bloggiversary! And another crazy idea . . .
I was thinking of doing something spectacular to celebrate the fact that one year ago today I wrote the first post on this blog. But I really can't think of anything, so I'm just writing a post--my 157th post.I am amazed that I've had this much to … [Read more]
How to Can Peaches
Today we'll be canning peaches. Yummy. The first thing you need to do is get some peaches. There are lots of different varieties of peaches, but they come in two types: cling and freestone. If you've got a choice, you want a freestone variety. They … [Read more]
More Sun Oven Cooking
Last night's dinner: Ribs and rice cooked in the Sun Oven. Amazing. You need one of these. And I'm a dealer for them. Shoot me an email or use the link on the right side to order :) … [Read more]
Cookies in the Sun Oven
I've borrowed a Sun Oven from a sweet friend, and since it's been sunny, I've been out experimenting with it a bit. I got it out Monday, intending to cook some bread in it since I was baking bread anyway, but it had never been out of the box, and the … [Read more]
Emergency Kit Giveaway
Here's a quick heads up about a giveaway my friend Lisa at The Survival Mom has going on this week. She's just redesigned her site and is celebrating with a giveaway for an emergency kit that retails for over $100! Now you know how I feel about … [Read more]
Drying Corn
I planted some corn this year that was supposed to dry and be ground for cornmeal. I didn't read that it has a 110 day growing season, which we barely have here, and I didn't plant it right at the beginning of the season, so when it wasn't dry by the … [Read more]
The Small Town Post Office Produce Exchange
In our town, there are no mail trucks or mail delivery people. There is no "on demand parcel pickup" or vacation mail holds. There are not any mailboxes on the streets because there is no mail delivery. There is only the Post Office. If you want … [Read more]
Growing and Harvesting Dry Beans
Here's a post I put up on Utah Preppers about Growing and Harvesting Dry Beans. Check it out. Maybe you'll want to give it a try in your garden next year. :) … [Read more]
