Homestead Basics

Water Storage Info: I am sure that if you are reading this you already know how important it is to have water storage. After I read about Iowa City having to use bottled water it reminded me that perhaps we should talk on the subject some more. Store shelves can literally be emptied in hours! [...]

WALTON FEED bulk orders are back in Colorado!

It’s been a while in the making and we missed them too.
Now the same great products you know and trust are
available at the Homestead Basics Store!

A short video explaining who Shelf Reliance is.

Learn what features to look for in a pasta maker! For more information or recipes for using food storage, visit www.everydayfoodstorage.net

I found this when cleaning up our camping gear. My wife made this and I thought it was so handy that others might be interested. The lid completely removes. All we did is empty out a few sprinkles we had left and washed it. We then added all our favorite spices. There it is, just [...]

A short movie comparing two of the most basic and most popular grain mills on the market today. Both well suited for your food storage needs. See us compare and contrast the Back to basics vs a corona style grain mill.

Bulk Tomato powder might be a nice addition to your food storage system. This 30 pound box of tomato powder cost me 129 bucks. I imagine at my usage rate it should last me about 6 years. Since the manufacturer says it’s shelf life is only 1 to 2 years (depending on the climate) I [...]

With our square foot garden producing at a rapid rate, food storage is important. Although we have little experience with dehydrating food, we found this video from Dehydrate2store very useful! Thanks guys!

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION !! please visit my website www.dehydrate2store.com and ask me through the contacts section, I will respond much faster! Also [...]

I was a little surprised at the shelf like for freeze dried food. I had no idea it lasted 30 years! That makes a great food storage product as long as you eat it now and then to keep you body used to the diet.

www.thereadystore.com Freeze-Dried-Food from Mountain House is the perfect way to store [...]

Here is another great video from Shelf Reliance. Great job guys!

www.shelfreliance.com Shelf Reliance is your premier source for food storage, emergency preparedness supplies, and informational tools. Featuring freeze dried foods, food rotation systems (food storage shelves), and our revolutionary calculators for food storage and emergency kits, Shelf Reliance offers the tools you’ll need to create [...]

My wife and I store our onions this way. Works great putting them in the freezer and makes them handy for cooking. A side tip is that we also store our peppers this way. Great for cooking with green and red peppers.

www.survivalistboards.com Growing onions at home can be an easy and satisfying project. Onions are [...]

www.Shelfreliance.com -Shelf Reliance is your premier source for food storage emergency preparedness supplies and informational tools. Featuring freeze dried foods, food rotation systems (food storage shelves), and our revolutionary calculators for food storage and emergency kits, Shelf Reliance offers the tools you’ll need to create a comprehensive, customized emergency preparedness plan.

MMMMMM, this looks really good. Probably doesnt help that I found this while I was hungry!

www.Shelfreliance.com -Shelf Reliance is your premier source for food storage emergency preparedness supplies and informational tools. Featuring freeze dried foods, food rotation systems (food storage shelves), and our revolutionary calculators for food storage and emergency kits, Shelf Reliance offers the [...]

www.Shelfreliance.com -Shelf Reliance is your premier source for food storage emergency preparedness supplies and informational tools. Featuring freeze dried foods, food rotation systems (food storage shelves), and our revolutionary calculators for food storage and emergency kits, Shelf Reliance offers the tools you’ll need to create a comprehensive, customized emergency preparedness plan.

Learn how to make tortillas. It’s easier and definitely much tastier than you think! For more information about using food storage in your own recipes, visit www.everydayfoodstorage.net

Don’t know what youtube has changed in the uploading process but this is the SIXTH try in uploading this video. Been at it for nearly a full DAY…… Part 1 of our new series on raising rabbits looks at equipment needed for rabbit raising as well as helpful hints in getting started. This series has [...]

The Ready Project has survival food storage products worthy of a Chef’s Banquet. Visit our site for full details on our food storage.

Here is a quick tour of someone else food storage. You can see that even in a small room, you can fit quite a bit of stuff in there.

A short tour of our food storage room.

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 [...]