Homestead Basics

Forget the stock market! Invest in food and supply storage and rotate it out! It is not like you aren’t going to be eating many months and years from now! Great food for thought! This was put together by What You Ought To Know .com and I give them kudos and full recognition to this [...]

Good Housekeeping tested a variety of food storage containers and found that Tupperware fared well.

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Here at Homestead Basics we have a one year supply of food, six months of water, and a decent financial reserve. Today I was down at NAPA purchasing everything to do an oil change on our Project HOSS. I cant believe I never thought of this, but I don’t have many supplies for vehicle maintenance. Remember that your food storage and other reserves are not just for if the world goes down in flames, but what if your job goes south? What if you get injured enough, you cant work full time? NAPA was running a sale on filters, so I purchased a case. I also purchased eight cases of oil. That is enough to change the oil every two months for each of my vehicles (My wife’s suburban or HOSS).

I love fruit. I really love Cuties during the winter months. I eat up to four a day. I have been throwing the orange peels into the compost bin all winter. I peeled one last week while driving around and left the peel on the floorboard and forgot to grab it as I got out. The next day, my truck smelled very pleasant, so that got me thinking about other uses for the peel. I hit the world wide web and came up with this:

GrainMaker is based out of Montana and builds one of the best quality grain mills that I have ever had the privileged to use. Their mill is designed to make quick work of grinding grains of all types.

www.emergencyfoodstoragepros.com Food storage: It’s important that you don’t forget to include meat in your food storage plans. The proper proportions of meat will give you the protein needed to carry out your daily routine. Freeze your meat, but rotate it out and eat it in stews, chili, or just steaks. Meat in your food storage [...]

The Associated Press reported early October, 2009, that when Health Officials tested the quality of drinking water in public schools across the country, almost every school scored positive for the presence of heavy metals (lead), pesticides, pharmaceutical drugs, nitrates, bacteria and other toxins. Contaminated water supplies showed up in all 50 states, big cities and [...]

I am merely showing this article as something to think about in a preparedness sense. I really do not care about the commodities market, but this “FOOD SHORTAGES COMING” part really caught my eye! It is very important to note that analyst are saying that a food shortage is certain to happen in the near future. This is critical! Make sure you go to our food storage, gardening, how-to, and equipment links to make sure you are prepared. This is not to scare anyone, just to get you thinking about it NOW!

Now this post is right up my alley! Chocolate! Just saying it makes my mouth water, but did you know the true benefits of chocolate? I found a great article over on the Survival Spot blog explaining the benefits of chocolate.

I was back in Utah last week and had a chance to finally visit an Emergency Essentials store. It was great! I look through their catalog every time it comes in the mail, but to actually visit the store was a real treat. They had everything that was in their catalog, but it was nice [...]

Food storage: A family is dry-packing long-term food storage in #10 cans at an LDS Home Storage Center (LDS Dry-Pack Cannery). It is easy to do. Involve your children in this process so they can learn about food storage. Self-reliance is intelligent living.

This video is NOT mine. It is a reload of another YouTuber’s work.

Short video showing the basics of pressure canning green beans. One of the goals to work for with self-sufficiency, homesteading and/or preparedness is growing and putting up (preserving) enough food to last from one season to the next. This is how the pioneers and early settlers did it. They grew enough in the spring and [...]

One of the easiest ways to stretch a grocery bill is to buy in bulk and use longer term storage. These Food Grade pails are the best I’ve found for doing just that. They are for sale now at our website at: www.grainbucket.com SEPTEMBER 09 PRE-SHIPMENT SALE GOING ON NOW - 20% OFF Best Blessings! [...]

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Learn about the first-in, first-out approach to kitchen and food storage for your own food storage system in thisfree health video on how to store food. Expert: Christi Ferretti Bio: Christi Ferretti is currently the co-owner of Pine Valley Market in Wilmington, North Carolina. She has prepared style-food featured in major motion pictures as part [...]

Here is another food storage video showing Mylar bags and food grade buckets. What I really like about this one is the use of oxygen packets. While others have shown use of them, non have put them in the bucket AFTER sealing up the Mylar. I like this just in case you don’t get a [...]

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Robert Henry of the Survival Report brings you the first of a series of videos on starting out with fruit trees. He includes tips on buying the right types of trees for your area, how to care for them, irrigation solutions as well as information on diseases and treatments. With the ever growing possibility of [...]

Since we have moved into our new place we are looking at planting our own orchard. I wanted to get some apple trees, among other fruit. I have seen cases where too many apples results in attracting unwanted wildlife or other obvious issues. I ran across a great article that explains the art of juicing to help save those half bad apples.

Long term food storage is essential in Homestead Basics. This video is part 3 and shows long term storage of food using mylar bags and 5 gallon buckets. Its really easy and keeps food fresh for a long time.

This video is part 1 of 2 showing the important ingredients of a food storage program. Some topics are rarely taught but make all the difference

A short film on how to seal your food storage Mylar bags with a clothing iron. An easy and cheap way for any survivalist or preparedness minded person to seal their bags for long term food storage.