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11/07/2018 / By Zoey Sky

How to store fresh produce for the long-term

As a homesteader, there’s nothing more reassuring than seeing crops thrive in your home garden. For added food security, you can also learn more about long-term food storage. This way, you have access to produce even if the vegetables you want to eat aren’t in season or if there’s a food shortage when SHTF. However, one […]

08/07/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

An easy guide to starting your own organic garden in your home today

If you want to eat the best fruits and vegetables, you can’t go wrong with organic produce. However, their price can be too prohibitive, especially when compared to farmed, mass-produced fare. Instead of going down the easier, cheaper road and risking your health and your family’s in the process, you can opt to build an […]

05/29/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Fruits and vegetables to store in your root cellar

Before we had access to convenient food storage through refrigerators, people stored produce in root cellars. Root cellars allowed pioneers to have access to fresh produce throughout the whole year. Modern preppers know how valuable root cellars are, especially if your garden produces more fruits and vegetables than you can refrigerate or preserve. (h/t SurvivalSullivan.com) Apples (Ideal temperature: […]

03/26/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Health experts: Stop peeling your vegetables

Good news for the lazy cook: you can, and should, stop peeling your fruits and vegetables. Nutritionists and dieticians say that doing so actually removes essential vitamins and nutrients needed by the body. Current data show that keeping peels on gives the most health benefits. Peels contain more fiber and vitamins than the actual fruit or […]

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