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  • Best Canned Food for Survival | 2023 Definitive Guide

    Best Canned Food for Survival | 2023 Definitive Guide

    The best-canned food for survival situations is that which makes you the healthiest and, hopefully, tastes good, too. Read on to learn about the food canning process, how it affects the nutritional content of the foods getting canned, and which foods are best for stockpiling in your emergency food supply. We shall make this an…

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  • Best Foods to Stockpile for Emergencies In 2023 [+Free Checklist!]

    Best Foods to Stockpile for Emergencies In 2023 [+Free Checklist!]

    Which are the best foods to stockpile for emergencies in 2023? Well – we are never picky in a food emergency. We want it all! Because especially since 2019, the world has become a more dangerous place. Freak viruses, high crime, political unrest, and the possibility of WWIII weigh on our minds.  And we need to get…

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  • 18 Best Homesteading Books for Beginners In 2023

    18 Best Homesteading Books for Beginners In 2023

    Whether you are new to homesteading or just want to refresh on the basics, it’s always best to have a reliable homesteading book in your library. The homesteading lifestyle prompts families, both young and old, to become more self-reliant, which has a lot of benefits. But – finding reliable information about homesteading isn’t as easy as…

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  • 7 Best Fermented Tomatoes Recipes! Homemade DIY

    7 Best Fermented Tomatoes Recipes! Homemade DIY

    Naturally fermented foods are a healthier option for you to consume because of the way you preserve them. Your gut will be thankful that you consume fermented foods because it will receive an abundance of healthy probiotics, which are live microorganisms that call your digestive tract home. The same principle applies to tomatoes. If they are…

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  • Pickle Fan? Grow Your Own With These 5 Best Cucumbers for Pickling!

    Pickle Fan? Grow Your Own With These 5 Best Cucumbers for Pickling!

    Summer in the USA is just around the corner, and that means a number of things. It means long, lazy sunsets under the warm buzz of insects. (Or the blaring roar of ten thousand cicadas – watch out, East Coast!) It means summer sports or summer camp for the little ones, and college-aged kids coming…

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  • 11 Ways of Storing Meat Without Electricity

    11 Ways of Storing Meat Without Electricity

    So, you’ve picked out your animals and they are happily on your homestead now, grazing and laying and doing their thing. What happens when the time comes to butcher the animals and turn them into meat? Homesteaders who have refrigeration might vacuum seal their cuts of meat and put them into the refrigerator or freezer…

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