Category: Canning

Canning His Garden,The Canadian Prepper!

It’s harvest time folks, and for a lot of us that means canning season has begun. I’ve done plenty of blog posts about water bath canning high acid foods, so I figured it was about time to take a look at pressure canning. Pressure canning is great for putting up all the produce that is…
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September 7, 2013 0

Colder days, ready your garden and your stores!

Frosty nights and cold days are just around the corner and approaching us fast. As with all seasons winter is no different when it comes to preparedness and for many it can be the most important season of all. Winter is that time for many of us that have not already started to begin our…
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September 5, 2013 2

What you should consider and know about dehydrating, rehydrating, and canning!

There are many out there that are preserving their own foods or are just starting and are on their way to learning the ends and outs of long term food storage. There is a lot to learn along the way and like any other endeavor you enter into it takes a lot of research and…
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August 27, 2013 0

Canning to off-grid toilets and the “Prepping Unplugged Challenge”

We’ve covered a lot in the past 6 months for new peppers’ and you’ve shared so much valuable information. So tonight on Preparing for Life’s Storms Tuesday May 7th 2013, 8 pm central time I’d like to answer any questions you may still have, whether it canning or off-grid toilets or just simply share resources. We’ll also spend some time talking about the…
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May 7, 2013 3

Canning vs. Dehydrating What Method is the best approach?

You found this great sale at the store, roast beef and carrots and you’re not sure what method would be the best approach. That’s a question that many people have; how do I know which method to utilize for with product? Come join BexarPrepper on Preparing for Life’s Storms Tuesday February 12th at 8 pm…
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February 12, 2013 0

Tasty dishes from foraged edibles.

This Friday evening on “Foraging For Life” we are going to go over some of the very tasty dishes you can make with your foraged edibles. I will go through what I did to process those items and then a step by step with recipes on different dishes you can make with them as well…
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February 8, 2013 0

The top 10 in must have food storage!

If you do nothing else what are the minimum items you should have in your food storage. Tonight on “Preparing For Life’s Storms” with BexarPrepper we will go over her list of must haves of food storage. What are your top 10? This hour BexarPrepper will devote the time to basic food preparations for the…
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January 8, 2013 0

We are prepared and no one goes hungry on the mountain!

I was asked if I would write an article on “Prepping and Self-Reliance in Northern Idaho”. I laughed and replied, “But I can’t write!” However, truth be told, writing is one of my many passions. Mushroom hunting is another. I love being out in the great outdoors…exploring, treasure hunting, taking in the fresh air and…
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December 20, 2012 1

Don’t forget the delicious, nutritious, and important part of your food storage!

Just hear those sleigh bells jinglin’ ring ting tinglin too!  Come on and join the girls for another episode of the Homestead Honey Hour.  The holidays are upon us and there is no better time of year to take advantage of great buys on all sorts of ingredients to stow away in your food storage…
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November 29, 2012 0

Katzcradul, and a variety of ways to preserve meat.

“Following this summer’s drought, the price of animal feed has soared, as have the prices for hay. In order to cope, many ranchers are selling off all, or portions of their livestock. Likely, you’ve read the reports that meat prices are going to drop as we head into winter. Get it while you can, because…
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November 1, 2012 1

Gardening and Food Preservation Strategies for Hard times!

For much of the country, it’s the END of gardening and canning season. And many of us are ready for a break from the endless gardening, (watering!) harvesting, and preserving we’ve been doing these last few months. But it’s never too early to start thinking about, and planning next year’s harvest. I have a few…
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October 25, 2012 0

Preparing For Life’s Storms talking about dehydrating!

So on “Preparing For Life’s Storms” we’ve covered gardening, canning and communications. About now your exhausted from all the gardening and canning and you want to do something easy with those end of season harvest that are just to small to can. So this week were going to be talking about dehydrating. What can you…
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August 21, 2012 0

Now that I have all this food storage, what do I do with it?

This week on The Homestead Honey Hour, Noreen (Atticus9799 on YouTube) was your Honey Hostess!  The topic of the evening was, “Now that I have all this food storage, what do I do with it?” We may all agree that having a food storage is an important step in our security and feeding our family…
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July 26, 2012 0