Homeschool Minute - Pumpkins!

Want to learn about pumpkins? Give your little one a couple of pumpkin seeds to watch grow. We are using this time to learn about classifying plants - non-flowering and flowering. Tons of free printables online.

Lifecycle of a Pumpkin Free Printables

I Have To Have Coffee!

Coffee is the thing that I have too have stockpiled. Got a great deal on those packets of single serve coffees. Ten packs with 6 single servings in them for .39 cents each. Usually are $1.29! So great item to put back. Going to put 5 of these boxes in the car!

Traps For Survival - Setting, Baiting and Running a Trap Line

Traps For Survival - Setting, Baiting and Running a Trap Line was a free Kindle book when this post was written!! It is a huge one!!!

From the book description:

This book details constructing, setting, baiting traps and all the finer details of what to do with your catch as well as a solid primer on basics of backwoods day to day skills. Easy to grasp and illustrated on the finer points of woodsman ship this is a great reference manual to throw in the go bag or stash in the cabin. Here is the information that never goes out of date and can keep you warm dry and fed if you put it into practice…. Inside you’ll find…
• Instruction on crafting cabins and make shift shelters
• How to build boats and canoes
• Food preparation and making utensils
• How to construct dead falls
• Building gun traps of various types
• Archery traps and selecting the best materials for their construction
• Downfall traps
• Bear traps
• Pitfalls/tiger traps
• Net traps for catching flying prey
• Snares and how to find martials in the field to construct them
• How to cover your own scent so that your trap will not be detected by wildlife
• Setting live capture traps
• Selecting fishing spears
• Skinning and tanning techniques plus hide stretching
• Infield natural bug repellants
• Fire starting
• And much, much more….

After all of the rain...

We've had buckets of rain here and flooding. But, this iis what appears after the rain stops. Beautiful sky! Just had to share! Have a great week!

Food Preservation & Storage at Home - A Step by Step Guide to Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating, Freezing & Safely Storing Food for Later Use

Food Preservation & Storage at Home - A Step by Step Guide to Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating, Freezing & Safely Storing Food for Later Use was a free Kindle book when I wrote this post.

 

 

Book Description

 

LEARN:: Step by Step Strategies for 4 Food Preservation and Storage Techniques (Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating & Freezing)

Do you wonder ANY of the following: How can I take advantage of in-season produce prices and eat them all year long? How can I safely prepare meals for my family for the week or month ahead of time? How can I be prepared to feed my family in case of a natural disaster or other state of emergency?

If you find yourself asking any of these questions, then it's important for you to know these food preservation and storage techniques.

YOUR GOAL:: Establish a 3 Month Food Storage Supply for You & Your Family

I want to challenge you to gather enough food for you and your family to survive on for 3 full months, preserve it using canning, pickling, dehydrating and/or freezing strategies, and safely store it.

Any number of things could happen today that could potentially leave you without an ample food supply. You or the primary income earner of your household could be laid off and unable to find work. There could be a natural disaster that contaminates our water supply and leaves us without food. These are just to name a few.

If you are smart and start preserving and storing food at home to get you through these potentially devastating times, you and your family will have a greater chance of surviving any situation.

DOWNLOAD:: Food Preservation & Storage at Home - A Step by Step Guide to Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating, Freezing & Safely Storing Food for Later Use

Inside "Food Preservation & Storage at Home" you'll get step by step strategies for these top 4 methods of preserving foods at home.

Inside this guide you’ll learn:

Why preserving your food at home is now more important than ever

How to avoid food-borne illnesses when canning

What tools you will need for each food preservation technique

A step by step canning strategy

A step by step pickling strategy

A step by step dehydrating strategy

A step by step freezing strategy

A 3 month food storage supply challenge

How to buy the freshest food possible for preserving food at home

Preserving food at home using one of these 4 methods and storing it for later use doesn’t have to be difficult. What you need is a simple, proven strategy for each food preservation technique that you can easily understand and begin to follow today. That’s exactly what is provided in this book.