Calculating Supplies/Food Storage for the New Year

If you are like me, you struggle trying to determine how much is “enough” for your supplies and food storage.  How many rolls of toilet paper should you have put back?  How many cans of green beans?  These are the questions many of us who stockpile lay awake at night thinking about.  Although the food [...]

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Buying beef wholesale

We have been getting several hits on our blog with folks searching for bulk meat purchases, so I thought I’d offer some suggestions on what worked for us.
For the beef we bought and put in the freezer, we knew someone who had calves for sale, and he arranged delivering it to the slaughterhouse where they [...]

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Product review: The Cansolidator

I recently had the opportunity to review several products offered by the company Shelfreliance, including their Cansolidator Pantry.  I’d like to thank Shelfreliance for their generosity in allowing us to sample their items and give our readers our honest opinions.
The Cansolidator Pantry is a front-loading system which will hold up to 40 cans and automatically [...]

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Prep a little every day…

If you look at everything that needs to be done to prepare your family for hard times, it can be almost overwhelming.  I’ve decided to break my “to do” list down into more manageable tasks, and focus on what I can realistically accomplish in a day.
Today, I’m dehydrating a#10 can of mixed vegetables.  The can [...]

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Cornbread Dressing

If you live in the south, it ain’t “stuffing” we serve on the holidays, it’s “dressing”.     I know there are variations on the recipe, but it’s basically the same principle. Go easy on the sage – it can really do a number on the tummy!
Some people use a [...]

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