Seed Saving Tips & Techniques

This was a free kindle book when I wrote this post. Hopefully, Seed Saving Tips & Techniques, still is free. This is something that I want to learn how to do. I am going to have a bigger garden this season and want to be able to seed save!

Most keen gardeners decide at some stage that they want to save their own seed. Raising your own seedlings is extremely satisfying. I still find it so exciting and heart-warming when I grow beautiful, healthy plants from seed that I have collected myself. Watching a seed germinate, become a seedling, and then mature gives me such joy and deep satisfaction. It is witnessing and participating in the miracle of life!

I want to share with you how to save yourself a small fortune by collecting your own seeds and saving them for the next gardening season. This is a guide to getting the best results when saving your own seeds.

In this book you'll learn:

How to avoid common mistakes

Know that you are growing totally organically

Learn about germination requirements for plant families

Plant life cycles

Seed viability, pollination and isolation distances

Best ways to store your seeds

Since this is free for your Kindle , you ought to get it! Great thing to know how to do to be more self-sufficient and also a great addition to your survival book library. My Kindle is full of survival and cooking books.

Quick Tip - Fresh Garlic Oil

We all have been pretty lucky in my household and havn't had any colds or the flu that it going around, but we have all had earaches. It is pretty hard to go to the doctor - it is so high just to get looked at and then get anti-biotics that do not even work. So I used this. It is great for earaches and you use it as an ear drop for the pain.

Fresh Garlic Oil

Fresh Organic Garlic

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1. Place 1-2 Cloves of garlic in a clean glass jar. 2. Add enough oil to cover. 3. Tightly cap and shake. 4. Place the jar in a paper bag to protect from light, and place in a sunny window. Allow to infuse for four days, shaking frequently. 5. Strain out the garlic and continue as with the heat method.

Food Storage Recipe - He-Man Meat & Vegetable Soup

Great vintage recipe that I found and tried. It is actually really good and it is hearty. Fill you up and stay filled up. A very satisfying supper.

He-Man Meat & Vegetable Soup

1 pound soupbone

1 cup of dried lima beans

1 large carrot, diced

1 large turnip, diced

1 can of corn

1 bay leaf

3 stalks celery, sliced

2 potatoes, diced

1 onion, sliced

2 cups chopped cabbage

1 16 ounce can of whole tomatoes

salt and pepper to taste

Put lima beans on to soak. Wash the soupbone, cover with cold water. Cook slowly for about 3 hours. Add the seasonings and beans the last half hour. Remove the bone and skim of the fat. Return to a boil and add the vegetables, EXCEPT the corn and cabbage. Cook about a half hour and then add the corn and cabbage. Cook about 15 minutes more. Remove the bay leaf. Add any meat pieced from the bone and serve very hot.

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Food Storage Recipe - No-Knead Oatmeal Bread

Easy bread recipe. Anyone can make this.

No-Knead Oatmeal Bread

1 cup oats

2 cups of milk

1 tablespoon melted butter

1 package of yeast dissolved in half a cup of warm water

Half a cup of molasses

2 1/2 teaspoon salt

4 1/2 cup of sifted flour

Pour the hot milk over the oats and let stand until it is lukewarm. Add the yeast, molasses, salt, butter, and half of the flour. Beat this well. Stir in the remaining flour. Cover this and set in warm place, allow it ro rise. When light , pour into greased bread pans and let rise again until they are doubled. Bake in a hot 425 degree oven for 15 minutes and then reduce the heat to 350 degrees. Continue baking for another 35 minutes or until golden brown.

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Food Storage Recipe - Chicken A La King

This is a great way to use up left over chicken or to use your freeze dried chicken in. Like I have before. Just make the chicken up like it says to do on the #10 can. You could also use canned chicken in this recipe too, if that is all that you have on hand. I have used my Keystone canned chicken before in this and it was yummy. But this is a great recipe and good on toast. I had some Texas toast in the freezer that really worked good too.

Chicken A La King

3 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup

3 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup

2 cups water

1 (15 ounce) can peas

1 pound boneless chicken breast , cooked and diced or use your freeze dried chicken. Or canned chicken.

Combine cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup and water in a large pot or saucepan over medium low heat. Add chicken and cook, stirring, until heated through. Stir in peas, heat through, and serve over toast. This is such an easy and quick recipe. Serve it with a salad and you have a meal that your family will be asking for often. This is so easy though, that your kids could even make it for you.

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