Please note: This is part of a series of reviews we are doing on food storage, emergency preparedness, and self-reliance type books. For more reviews click here. In The Trenches Financial Survival During Times of Hardshipby Carol Schultz-Weil Background: For those of you who have followed Julie and I on our food storage journey […]
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Grandma Lori’s 3 Month Food Supply Game Plan
Welcome to our 3 month supply segment with Grandma Lori and the: Last week we posted the “Questions to Ask Yourself” when planning your 3 month supply. Julie got together with Grandma Lori and asked her those questions so they could formulate a plan. Watch the video to see what Grandma Lori’s answers were, and […]
Food Storage Classes: We’re coming to YOU!
Ever since we started this blog we have been asked if we would be willing to come and teach classes. In the beginning we didn’t feel qualified, and in recent times we have been so busy with families, jobs, and blogging, that we could not fit it into our schedules. However, for the next few […]
5 Questions to Ask Yourself – 3 Month Supply of Food
When it comes to getting a 3 month food storage together, we have found that a lot of people get so much anxiety over the whole thing that they don’t do it at all. We’re getting ready to help Grandma Lori with her 3 month supply in our Extreme Food Storage Makeover. In doing so we […]
Square Foot Gardening 101
One of the BEST and CHEAPEST ways to store fruits and vegetables is to garden and/or preserve them yourself. If this feels overwhelming to you, don’t worry, we understand! Check out Jodi’s Gardening Failures post from last fall for example 😉 However, if this is something you really WANT to learn more about, we are […]
Food Storage WAKE UP Call
With the recent earthquakes, I have been thinking about my food storage and preparedness plan and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I am guilty of a little procrastination over here! It seems like anytime Jodi and I do progress updates, they turn into confessionals, but bit by bit we make improvements and feel […]
Attic Storage Space
One of the biggest concerns people have when getting started with their food storage is “Where do I store all of this food???”. A while back we posed this question to our readers and we got some fabulous results which we compiled into the Small Spaces Storage Solutions handout. My husband (the handyman who helped […]
GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCED + Your Feedback
Last week we had a giveaway for a Trekker 2 Disaster Kit from Emergency Essentials. A 3 day supply for 2 people, retail value $99.95 on sale this month for $84.99. The lucky winner is the person with the username (we’ll email you to get your address): We were so thrilled with the feedback we […]
Food Storage and Fondant
Julie used powdered milk from her food storage to make fondant for her sister’s wedding cake. See her beautiful creation!
Disaster Kits … and a GIVEAWAY!
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED – RESULTS WILL BE POSTED SOON! Our Grandma Lori Food Storage Makeover project has led to quite a few questions from readers on the different types of “ready-made” Disaster Kits that are available. We initially outlined three disaster kit options and chose our recommendations based off of Grandma Lori’s preferences. We […]
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