Ever thought about storing beans long-term? Beans are the primary food I recommend people store up for emergencies. Beans can be stored for years in mason jars, 5-gallon buckets, and vaccum-packed...
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Between grains, beans, and dehydrated foods, we have several months worth of food stored in buckets and I've become picky about which buckets we use. The Best buckets for food storage are the Life...
We include vinegar in our long-term preps because it's one of the most useful kitchen ingredients on a homestead. To store vinegar long-term, keep it unopened in a cool, dark location. Vinegar...
Corn is a single species with 6 main variations. Although, these two make up almost all of the US corn supply. While both are nutritious, they couldn't be more different. Sweet corn is high-sugar,...
Tomatoes are the crop that started me into gardening. Now I grow several hundred plants every year. The best raised bed for tomatoes is natural wood, 2 feet tall, and a maximum 4 feet wide. The...
We buy 100 pounds of flour every three months or so and keep an extra 100 pounds in the pantry. Storing it is easy. The best way to store 50 pounds of flour is in two food-grade 5-gallon buckets...