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Use Old Fashioned Food Preservation to Eat Local, Seasonal Foods

Summer and early fall are a great time to prepare for eating local, seasonal food. What do you do when the gardens and farms around you stop producing as much food? Old Fashioned Food Preservation is a key to prolonging the harvest into other seasons year round! You...

3 Simple Ways to Use Lemon Essential Oil

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When you start gathering different essential oils to use for natural health and other purposes, lemon essential oil should be one of the first ones you get. Instead of coming from the plant itself, lemon essential oil is unique in that it is pressed from the peels of...

Enjoy this Winter Weather Treat! Snow Cream

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It may seem odd that on a preparedness blog we are talking about the Winter Weather Treat of Snow Cream. To be sure, preparedness is our main goal, but making good use of time and resources also applies to living with what life hands you and making the best out of a...

Building the Alternative Medicine Cabinet for Preparedness

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As we prepare, one roll is to be prepared for any unfavorable circumstances that may happen within the family, particularly with the children. Remember, that first aid and health care are two of the most important responsibilities for your family. There are unexpected...

Easy Ways To Get Started With Canning

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At first glance, Canning sounds like one of the scariest ways to preserve food. With freezing, you toss food in freezer bags and store it in your deep freezer. With dehydrating, you stick it in a machine that slowly dries it out. With canning though, you need a...