Once you have completed all of the BabySteps you are ready to move on to some more difficult concepts. Some of them are just advanced areas of some of our steps, and others move completely beyond the steps into new topics. As we cover these topics we will be filling in this page. If you haven’t finished the BabySteps yet, stop reading! We don’t want you to get overwhelmed by thinking about these things until you are ready.
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Chemical Toilet
72 Hour and Disaster Kits for Babies
More 72 Hour Kit Ideas
How to Make a Coffee Can Heater
Emergency Heat Sources
BabyStep 1: Shelves
Labels for your shelves, cans, or buckets!
BabyStep 2: Water
Water Purification
Alternate Water Sources
Evaporation Still
BabyStep 4: Long Term Food Storage Education
Food Storage Shelf Lives
BabyStep 5: Grains
Let’s Talk About Wheat
Alternatives to Wheat
Using Wheat WITHOUT a Grinder
Let’s Talk About Barley
Let’s Talk About Oats
Let’s Talk About Cornmeal/Popcorn
BabyStep 6: Legumes
How to Grow Lentil Sprouts
Beans … the Magical Fruit?
Let’s Talk About Beans
Let’s Talk About Split Peas
BabyStep 7: Baking Ingredients
Let’s Talk About Powdered Eggs
BabyStep 8: Fruits and Vegetables
Homemade Applesauce Recipe & Canning
Basics of Food Dehydration
BabyStep 9: Comfort Foods
Condiment Craziness
Spice Up Your Comfort Foods
I have completed the baby steps and am interested in receiving additional information on more advance subjects. thank you
I have a print out list for items needed in the emergency car kit. It says a “coffee can heater” as one of the items. Where can I go to see how to make one?
love your website it had help me a lot
can you tell me how to storage chop garlic?
You could try dehydrating it yourself, or buy bottled minced garlic from the spice section at the grocery store.
Thank you for putting together a great tool for home storage. I enjoy the babysteps approach and have used several ideas to improve my own storage system. You're the greatest!!! Thanks AAH
A friend just introduced me to your website. I can hardly wait to forward it to my children and friends. I'm well into food storage but I would like to know how to keep track of my food inventory. Are there any really neat programs available? Something I can load onto a computer to keep in my kitchen? I hate it that I'm no good at rotating my storage.
You could try trackmyfoodstorage.com
How can prescription medications be stored if you can only purchase a 1 month supply at a time? Pharmacies will not allow getting prescriptions refilled ahead of time.
Thank you
How can prescription medications be stored if you can only purchase a 1 month supply at a time? Pharmacies will not allow getting prescriptions refilled ahead of time.
Thank you
This is becoming a real “preparedness” problem with the control the insurance companies maintain on not refilling until under the threshold amount “left”. You can ask your doctor for extra samples they receive. If you let them know why you want extras, most will be delighted to help you be a little extra prepared. As always, it depends on the medication and the doctor.