To Garden or Not To Garden?
Gardening is an extremely popular hobby around the world. You can get a lot of satisfaction out of becoming more self-reliant, and growing healthier yummier food for your family.

Benefits of Gardening

  • Delicious, organic produce at relatively cheap prices
  • Can plan to grow enough to preserve your own foods
  • Good exercise for you, good chores for the kids
Downsides of Gardening

  • Can be expensive initially
  • You only get results if you put in the time and effort
  • Things can go wrong that are out of your control
If you decide that a garden is in store for you this year, you definitely want to check out these great resources to help you on your journey!

  Garden Seeds  
News / Sales / Events
Emergency Essentials March Sale Items
55 Gallon water barrels, year supply of food, heirloom seed pack, disaster kit, freeze-dried cheeses, six-gallon buckets, etc.

FoodSaver ® V2222 Vacuum Sealer Kit
On sale for just $79.99, includes 1 bag roll, 5 bags, and FREE shipping!

Self-Reliance Expo
Coming up April 8-9, 2011 in Denver, Colorado.

Giveaway from Auguson Farms
Enter to win a 1-year supply of food, giveaway ends April 7th.
Highlights From the Blog

Tax Refund Week:  If I Had a Million Dollars
Introduction to Tax Refund Week
Long Term Food Storage Part 1:  Assessing and Making a Plan
Long Term Food Storage Part 2:  BUYING Food Storage
Emergency Foods
Food Storage Appliances

Shelf Stable Saturday Recipes
Apricot Oatmeal Bars
Garden Chicken Stew
Peanut Butter Bread
Tarragon Chicken Casserole

Other Fun Posts
10 Reasons You Might NOT LOVE Food Storage
If you aren't in love with food storage ... it's OK!

Cooking Fuel Overview
Different fuels you may consider storing for emergency cooking

Introducing Insta-Fire (Emergency Cooking Fuel)
Fantastic new emergency fuel that we discovered

Book Review: Cooking with Food Storage Made Easy
See why this is one of Jodi's FAVORITE food storage books

My Grandma Shirley's Food Storage Tour
Take a tour of our Grandma's food storage and see why she rocks

Valentine's Day and Food Storage 2011 - aka Jodi's Hot Date!
Jodi's "hot" date idea for Valentine's Day this year.
Featured Book

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Coming Up Next...
On the blog in March:

  • Homemade detergents
  • Brand new Wonder Junior
  • Reorganization projects
  • CanOrganizer tutorials
  • More book reviews
  • Gardening fun
  • Spring surprises

    • Tip of the Month
    Diversify your food storage. Have some frozen, some dehydrated, some canned, etc. You never know what type of emergency situation will arise and it's better to be safe than sorry.  Don't forget to have some food in portable form for your Disaster Kits as well.
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