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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 [...] January/February 2012 This article was featured recently by our friends at BackWoodsHome.com. This is just one of the reasons I enjoy their magazine. It provides insight into Self-Reliant living, educational articles, along with humor & classifieds too! Author: Dietmar Berg Here’s a gadget I developed to run barb or barbless wire. You mount [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Laurie Gawronski of G & R Foods, Incorporated. Laurie heads the sales of Ballantyne Butter and Bega canned cheddar cheese. Although G & R is based in Wisconsin, they are the largest domestic wholesaler of New Zealand’s Ballantyne butter brand and the nation’s exclusive importer of Australia’s [...] 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, [...] Lehman’s-”the world’s purveyor of historical non-electric merchandise technology”- is hosting a drawing for a recipe which utilizes cast iron cookware in one of four possible categories: Main Dish Dessert Bread Breakfast I want to point out that this is a drawing and not a contest to select a preferred recipe. All submissions/entries must be received [...] 
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. [...] The following post quotes an original article written by Emily Guy Birken at CashMoneyLife.com. I am posting my thoughts on her points in that article titled Mistakes Frugal People Make. Emily’s first example of attempted frugality does a great job at reminding us that many times cheaper is more expensive! After my son was born, [...] 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. [...] The following article is a featured post by Donovan Baldwin. He covers the essential principle of frugality, a practice ALL homesteaders cherish! Enjoy: One of the things that takes some getting used to, especially as a senior citizen on a fixed income, is living on that fixed income. credit: moneysense.gov.sg Even if you have [...] 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! 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. [...] First of all I do NOT like beets. My wife has tried for years to find a recipe that I would like. We grow them every year in our garden, yet she is the only one that will eat them. After making this recipe I am in love! This recipe was sooooo good! So if you need to do something with all those beets in the garden, or from the store, give this one a try. [...] My daughter made her first pie. Her mom guided her through it. Turned out delicious! Here are the pics and recipe: You’ll need your favorite Pastry for Double-Crust Pie. Stir together: 1/2 cup sugar 3 tablespoons flour Add: 7 cups of sliced, peeled peaches (3 1/2 pounds) 1/8 teaspoon almond extract Toss gently until peaches [...] As promised here is the strawberry freezer jam recipe. Here I thought my wife came up with this awesome recipe and I asked her for it. She just laughed and said she would email it. Here ya go, straight off the Sure Jell site [...] I get ear infections quite often. I am not sure why, but since I have been an adult I seem to get them a couple times a year. While in Texas several years ago I was dealing with another ear infection. [...] Use a Power Drill with a 5/8th in. bit to core the apples and then bake. Visit my blog for more dutch oven cooking : jpodbuild.wordpress.com 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: [...] Its dead winter, but it is always a good time for ice cream! I find that we carry less ice cream in the freezer during winter months, but there are those cravings that come along. [...] makeanelectrolytedrinkforchildren-main_fullThis recent disaster in Haiti has got me thinking. One of the big problems in natural disasters is lack of simple medical care. Electrolyte drinks are needed to replace fluids after diarrhea, vomiting and certain injuries. [...] Save money with this less expensive substitute. If you have any left over, pop it into the freezer to use later. [...] |
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