Category Archives: Food

This category contains everything associated with growing, foraging, harvesting, preparing and storing food. From dried bean storage to planting perennial edibles to find food in the wilderness, it will be here.

Mother Earth Products Review

We received a sample pack of foods from Mother Earth Products a couple of weeks ago and have had the opportunity to try most of the items. If you haven’t heard of Mother Earth Products yet, you should check them … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Starting Horseradish in the Garden

Every year we pick an edible perennial to add to our yard or garden. Most attempts have been successful and we’ve learned quite a bit about raising these foods and herbs even if they fail to propagate. This year’s addition … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Henbit and Purple Dead Nettle, Two Springtime Wild Edibles

Here’s a couple of plants that we’ve overlooked in the past. This year they have grown in such large numbers that we just had to find out if they were edible or not. There are literally hundreds of acres in … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Edible Insects: Field Crickets

This is our first post in what we hope will be an ongoing series on insect foraging. While it may not be a normal foraging food, insects could very well be one of the few foods available in a deep-woods … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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10 Vital Planning Requirements For Raising Backyard Chickens

Backyard chicken raising need not be a backbreaking and arduous activity if done with a good plan at hand. If you have a ready budget, it doesn’t cost too much to purchase a ready-made coop for your little feathered friends. … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Preserving Summer Squash and Saving Seeds

It’s that time of year for us… the summer squash is starting to produce. We usually get more squash than we need with just a handful of plants in our garden. In real good years we often find squash sitting … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Book Review: Maximizing Your Mini Farm

The good folks at Skyhorse Publishing provided us with several books to read and review. Here is our review of “Maximizing Your Mini Farm, Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre” written by Brett L. Markham Before I get into our thoughts on … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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