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The following article from Backwoods Home Magazine has inspired a contest over this next week. We are looking for pictures of your cast iron cookware. Please post your pictures to the Self-Reliance Expo Facebook Fanpage. The winner will receive a FREE year subscription to Backwoods Home Magazine. The article is available online and in the print [...]  The following clips are from Christropher Nyerges‘ appearance on National Geographic’s “Doomsday Preppers” show. He’s a smart guy who is also extremely resourceful…he should be, considering he’s living in Los Angeles, California! Christopher also attended the Self-Reliance Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah last fall, promoting his School of Self-Reliance. Meet Christopher Nyerges Video [...] Join Colorado Ron & Bubba Davinci on their show tonight 8 pm Central on the Preparedness Radio Network. (Click the image for the link or click HERE.) This week 1/27/2012, on Self-Reliance Expozed, the official Self-Reliance Expo radio show, your hosts Colorado Ron and Bubba DaVinci will be introducing themselves and discussing what the [...] I, for one, am super-excited to pick up Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy’s new book: Check out the trailer for the new book: We look forward to reviewing this book & posting that review here…Stay Tuned!
-David SafeWater [...] With the Dallas’ Self-Reliance Expo right around the corner February 10-11, we want to give individuals and families the opportunities to win FREE tickets to the Self-Reliance Expo! (It’s actually gonna happen in Mesquite, just east of Dallas). What we are looking for: Entertaining videos which highlight/demonstrate your most innovative Self-Reliance Creations, Contraptions, [...] Our friends Wilson & Chaya at PantryParatus.com wrote a great article, and we are featuring it here with their permission. Enjoy! Convenience is pretty expensive. The just-in-time logistics system has changed our shopping experience in the Industrialized world. If you pick up the last bottle of ketchup on the shelf, there is no such thing [...] Texas Shelf Reliance® For those of you out there who enjoy the free samples given out at Costco, Farmer’s Markets, or In-Home Presentations, you’re in for a treat at the upcoming Self-Reliance Expo just outside of Mesquite, Texas in three weeks. A team of select Independent Consultants from Shelf-Reliance® & Thrive™ Foods will be there, [...] 
This is a great & simple video on planting sugarcane stalk from an experienced farmer. These are the kinds of basic skills that we need to preserve in order to foster greater self-reliance for generations to come. [...] Cinnamon serves uses beyond bread pudding, french toast, and tea. In fact, Pliny the Elder referenced an unknown native people’s guarding of a pricey cinnamon by “a terrible kind of bats,” circa 77 AD.1 Both bark and flower have their practical application. Following are some important facts about cinnamon which should prove useful to you. [...] 
Kate Ferry is a beekeeper in Custer, Washington. Her blog is SacredBee.net and offers great information about beekeeping, as well as many matters focusing on self-reliance. She writes: Are you fascinated by the honeybee? Do you have access to a bit of land? Anything over about 20 feet by 20 feet will do just fine. [...] Today’s featured post comes to us courtesy of Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy from Doom & Bloom! He has wonderful articles full of practical information for homesteaders, preppers, and the rest of open-minded folk! “Have you ever wondered how likely it is that you’ll be able to produce all the calories you’ll need on the [...] Colorado Aquaponics gives us a tour before the Self Reliance Expo [...] This looks soo good! www.thecasualgardener.com – – Shawna Coronado andChef Ryan Hutmacher, “The Centered Chef”, prepare a healthy meal for four with a Moroccan Chicken and Pasta Salad Dinner for $10 or less. Each meal in the Living Lean & Green cooking series is prepared utilizing fresh, sustainably grown, organic vegetables from Shawna’s front [...] I don’t know if they taste sweeter when you grow them yourself, but this one tasted great! This was our first watermelon from the garden. It had some separation, or splitting, inside but tasted great nonetheless. [...] Corn is a great product and can easily be save on the cob or off. You can also freeze or can it. We prefer freezing ours as its alot less work. [...] I love Fall! The leaves are changing, the weather is cooler, we get a nice breeze, and RASPBERRIES!!! This was not even half of the berries ready today! Yummm Here is a pic of the beets that my wife used for her famous beet recipe we posted a little while back. Looks like it’s time for some more great eats! Our family went out a little while back and picked fresh sweet corn at our local church farm. We had alot of fun and the kids really enjoyed the experience. It was also a great opportunity to get our one year supply of corn! In a future post I’ll show you a cool way my [...] Ok so here is our first recipe that is 100% from our garden our made from scratch. The bread crumbs are made from bread that was made from wheat that we ground ourselves. The eggplant, tomatoes, and herbs are all from the garden. Actually its not 100% as the cheese was the only thing that was store bought. Either way this is our favorite recipe for using our eggplant! Hope you enjoy. [...] So we have been extremely busy around here with school starting an alot of corn to go through. It caused us to wait a little too long to pick some veggies out of the garden. This thing is out of control! We harvested our first bit of carrots from our square foot garden. They turned out great and, as always, much better than anything at the store. My wife washed them off and the kids made short work of them. Luckily there are ALOT more than just what you see here in the pic. [...] Peak Moment 87: In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house. Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system – watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the [...] Here is a pic of our strawberries. We are getting a bowl full about every three days. They are on the small side, but taste delicous! They are about the size of a large rasberry or blackberry. Not sure why, will have to research. My wife loves making freezer jam out of these. Recipe will [...] urban farming Here is another update on our square foot boxes. It’s been six weeks and we are eating from it daily. It is so nice to just walk outside and grab your salad. |
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