Food with a Long Shelf Life

Straw Bale Gardening

This post comes from a blog written by a good friend of mine.  I am going to try this next year.

What is straw bale gardening?  You use straw bales as the soil for your garden plants.  They don't have weeds and you eliminate a lot of bending.

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Save on Prescription Drugs

The cost of prescription drugs can be an enormous drain on the budget. Enjoy this great article which gives some excellent suggestions on how to treat the high cost of prescription drugs.

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What Is Food Storage?

The Utah State Extension Service defines food storage this way “Proper food and water storage can assist families in case of a disaster. When a disaster strikes it may be impossible to obtain food and water, even at the supermarket. Therefore it is important to have adequate food storage and water available in case of a disaster. The Civil Defense recommends storing food and water adequate for each family member for two weeks.” In a nutshell food storage is food that you store for a time of need. In today’s world we see many needs for food storage either with a natural disaster or a disaster of an economy lurking all around us

How Long Do All Your Favorite Foods Last After They're Opened?

After you’ve opened a jar of pasta sauce and put in the fridge, it’s good basically forever, right? Sorry, Andre 3000, it’s not good forever, or even forever ever. Because we’re often confused about how long our favorite packaged food, fruits, and veggies are good for, we talked to Chris Bernstein from the Food Safety Education arm of the Food Safety Inspection Service/USDA.

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Beginning Food + Water Storage

While many of us may not experience a natural disaster in our lives, there are still many reasons to prepare now with emergency food and water storage. Loss of a job, economic crisis, dangerous weather conditions, and experiencing a homebound sickness are just some of them.

It can seem daunting to provide for your family in this way, but food storage blogger Valerie Albrechtsen breaks it down easily for us here:

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4 Ways to Kill Your Food Storage

Another great article from Misty Marsh.  Building a “home store” of food and other supplies isn’t easy: it requires a lot of time, effort, expense, and dedication.  It takes work.  I doubt that any of you want to waste the time and effort that you’ve put into building this supply.  Am I right?  Continue reading 4-ways-to-kill-your-food-storage

19 Unbeatable Deals You Can Only Find at Costco

Every time I get my Costco membership renewal notice in the mail, it’s these 19 items that keep me writing that $55/year check.  Read more  19-unbeatable-deals-you-can-only-find-at-costco

5 Tricks To Reduce Food Waste (And Save Money!)

When I open the refrigerator at the end of the week, my mood can turn sweet or sour. Either I get a feeling of immense pleasure and satisfaction when I see that I have used up almost all of the food I bought the previous weekend, or I feel disappointed with myself when I toss a head of broccoli that has turned brown into the compost bin or throw out salsa that grew mold before we finished it.

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Self Reliance: Beginning Food + Water Storage

While many of us may not experience a natural disaster in our lives, there are still many reasons to prepare now with emergency food and water storage. Loss of a job, economic crisis, dangerous weather conditions, and experiencing a homebound sickness are just some of them.

It can seem daunting to provide for your family in this way, but food storage blogger Valerie Albrechtsen breaks it down easily for us here:

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How to De-Crapify Your Home: A Start-to-Finish Guide

While it's no epidemic, it's hard to argue that most of us have a little "too much stuff". Whether you've got a little or a lot more clutter than you'd like in your home, here's a start-to-finish look at how to streamline your Spring cleaning.

Getting rid of your stuff can be difficult. Things have value to you, whether you've formed a personal attachment to your stuff or you believe you'll have a practical use for it... someday. Most of the time, "personal value" means guilt and "someday" never comes.

We're not talking about going ultra-minimalist here, but rather making a concentrated effort to only keep the things in your life that you use and actually matter to you. To do this, we're first going to take a look at identifying the crap in your home, then how to get rid of it so you're not always just throwing it away, and finally discuss some methods for actually maintaining your crap-free lifestyle. Let's get to it.

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