Food Storage Recipe - Potato Soup Mix

This is a great recipe that you can mix together and store up in mason jars. Always have it on hand in your pantry.

Potato Soup Mix

1 1/2 cup instant potato flakes

1/2 cup powdered coffee creamer

1 package chicken gravy mix

2 tablespoon dried parsley flakes

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

2 teaspoon seasoning blend ...like Mrs Dash

1teaspoon dried minced onion

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 1/2 cup instant potato flakes

1/2 cup  powdered coffee creamer

Layer each item in the order listed into a wide mouth one quart canning jar. Pack each layer before adding the next. 

To make add the whole jar to 8 cups of boiling water. Mix well and let sit until it thickens. Serve

Vegetable Container Gardening: 7 Easy Steps To Healthy Harvests from Small Spaces

When I wrote this Vegetable Container Gardening: 7 Easy Steps To Healthy Harvests from Small Spaces was free for the Kindle(which I am hosting a giveaway for now.). Almost everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be grown in containers - and container gardening is a whole lot easier!

In fact, anyone, anywhere can enjoy container gardening: children, adults, people with limited mobility, people who have never planted anything before, ever, can see amazing results.

This step-by-step guide covers everything you'll need to get started, including:
- sun, soil and water
- types of containers to use
- equipment needed
- seeds and propagation
- dealing with challenges of sun, wind and watering

Seasoned container gardener Mary Verdant shares her expertise the art of container gardening. Armed with this step-by-step guide, frustrated apartment dwellers can indulge their passion for growing fresh food.

If you have a balcony, porch, or even some steps that get some sunlight, you'll find growing edible plants in containers easy and rewarding. You can even grow your own food in window boxes or inside!

Written for the beginner and those with gardening experience, these directions are complete, clear, and easy to follow.

Dental Floss - A Survival Tool?

Dental floss can be an extremely cheap and useful survival tool to have on hand. Small enough to keep in your pocket or handbag all of the time. Survival tool to always have on you in an emergency.

You can use it for these alternative uses and more:

Sewing - Use the floss like regular thread to mend clothes, outdoor equipment, and backpacks, or to sew on buttons.

As a clothes line - Double up on the string and use it as a clothes line when you are camping

 

D.I.Y. fishing rod - Are you stranded in the middle of nowhere and feel hungry? Tie the dental floss to a stick to make a fishing rod or to replace a broken line on your rod.

Fish or animal net - Knot the floss in a criss-cross pattern to make a net which can be used to scoop fish out of water or catch animals. Hold the "net" or attach it to a sturdy branch. You can also make a snare with nylon string.

Climbing plants support - Climbing plants, beans, and other vegetables often need to be supported. Tie them to a structure with a bit of floss. Great for use with a trellis.

 

Wind break - Use it to hang a blanket or tarp to make a wind break or temporary shelter.

 

Rope - Don't have actual rope on hand? Use this dental floss to tie things down or secure things. 

 

Shoelaces - This is an excellent quick-fix for shoe laces in a hurry! 

 

This is just a short list of what you could use dental floss for in an emergency situation. I am sure that you could come up with some other awesome ideas. 

Food Storage Recipe - Peanut Butter & Granola Wraps

Peanut Butter & Granola Wraps

•1 cup peanut butter

•1 cup granola

• ¼ peanuts (chopped)

•2 tablespoons honey

•1/2 cup dried cherries

•4 ten inch tortillas

In bowl, combine peanut butter, granola, chopped peanuts, and honey and mix well. Stir in dried cherries. Spread tortillas with peanut butter mixture. Roll up tortillas and cut in half.

dutch oven cooking

dutch oven 

Dutch Oven cooking is the best! Easily done when camping over a fire.