This was a Murphy’s Law kind of week on our survival homesteading retreat. If ever, just once, all the vehicles and equipment remain in full working order at the same time I am going to see if I can still pull off a cartwheel to celebrate! On my way back from picking up my wedding ring from getting repaired I…
It is harvest time here on our survival homesteading retreat. We picked and then began processing, about 620 ears of corn on Monday. I was so tired I lost count, even though I was tasked with keeping it. We ended up giving a good bit of corn away to tribe members and then cheated a little bit – at my…
Salsa is super easy to make and allows you to use of the odds and ends from your garden in quite a delicious way. There are many different types of salsa recipes floating around in cookbooks and on the internet, but this is my very favorite. Our prepping tribe member Matty came up with this concoction, and is is incredible…
This week on our survival homesteading retreat was not as active as usual, we are all still reeling from the loss of Matty. Bobby purchased the small yet strong tractor Matty had here from his family – glad it will be staying here for both useful and sentimental reasons. I want to apologize for the delay in getting the interactive…
Chickens are a perfect survival livestock, no matter where you live or how much land you own. They provide both meat and eggs, while helping rid your garden area of bugs that can destroy your crops. Most cities and small towns allow chickens to be kept, but may place restrictions on the number of birds, breed types, and the possibility…
It has been a very sad week on our survival homesteading retreat. We suddenly, and without warning, tragically lost a member of our tribe – a man everyone would probably agree was the most valuable member. My husband’s childhood buddy Mark, although everyone called him Matty (and I never really grasped why) or Mad Dog, collapsed at the local pharmacy…
Are you stockpiling baking soda? If not, you should be. The incredibly inexpensive little boxes of sodium bicarbonate compound boasts copious amounts of medical, household, and outdoor uses. Baking soda contains nahcolite (a mineral) and is recovered from dissolved mineral springs. It consists primarily of organic oils and crystalline grains. Getting rid of refrigerator odors and stirring it into baking…
Since canning season will soon be under way and all of your dedicated Pack members have been asking about recipes (Dan is working on a recipes section) I am going to share my great grandmother’s piccadilly recipe. It is a great way to use up what is left over in the garden and to make great use of your typical…
Hello again, all of my new virtual prepping pals! I am so glad everyone is reconnecting and welcoming new members to the online survival community. This week we made a major prepping purchase – a new to us hay baler. Last year we cut the fields with a bush hog attachment to my husband’s beloved old Massey Ferguson tractor and…
This is a super simple and quick recipe that makes great use ingredients that come fresh from the garden, are inexpensive shelf-stable commodities – or even foraged from the wild. This dish might not look like the most delicious 1-pot meal you have ever seen, but just wait until you bite into it – the combined flavors over a bed…