Give Away!!

     Seriously been wanting to do a give away for a long time, and now that I have had a recent blessing in my life, I want to turn around and use it to bless someone else. 

     On Tuesday May 1st I'll start taking names of those who would like to be included in a drawing for a book of your choice, of the titles here on this page. Leave a comment with your first name and last initial  ONLY, no email addresses (as I don't know how to keep them hidden).  On the following Monday, one week later I'll have a drawing and announce the winner. You must contact me with your email address at that time to give me your info to have the book shipped to you. Being subscribed and seeing the post on your feed will help notify you if you've won, but it isn't necessary to enter the drawing. If you do not contact me within 48 hours I will redraw for an new recipient.

Herbs to the Rescue-Herbal First Aid

     The choices I'm offering include three books that I know and have myself, and one I'm planning on purchasing soon. I love each one. 

     Herbs to the Rescue, by Kurt King condenses a lot of Dr. Christopher's knowledge and formulas down to a "pocket" size book that is easy to take with you in the car or on camping trips. It gives recommendations for herbs and plants around you in the woods as well as Dr. Christopher's formulas if you happen to have them with you. Excellent and very practical. 

Healthy Choices Cookbook

     The next book I offer is Healthy Choices Cookbook. This is such an awesome book for those that wish to exclude processed anything. Excellent recipes that include herbs from your garden like chickweed and  more. Wonderful garden hints, canning recipes and alternatives to meats. Really does a stellar job in offering an array of meals that your family will REALLY EAT- even for picky eaters like mine.

Putting Food By 2010 Edition

     Putting Food By has been a wonderful standby to many over the years. For a long time it only rivaled my other well loved book: Root Cellaring  Updated in 2010 it is a book that covers all areas with all safety precautions accounted for. Really a timeless book.

Great Meals Dutch Oven Style

The last choice is actually one that I don't have just yet, but will be ordering one. That way we can learn together! This book discusses outdoor dutch oven cooking (the kind that has legs on it). Since I got a dutcth oven for my birthday on the 27th I'm going to really work on developing my outdoor cooking skills. I love using my many pieces of cast iron in the house, now its time to break out of the box!

So come join me this week and be sure to pass the word along to make it fun!

--Jamie

PS- Im willing to send it out of the country too if you folks would like- I know there are a number of you that visit my blog. You help make this blog what it is too, and I appreciate it!

Home Made Oxygen Absorbers

     Well lets just say its good to be back! First off I'd like to post a couple of links this week which were awesome finds- first up, home made O2 absorbers.

     Oxygen absorbers basically suck out the O2 from the packaging which helps create a bacteria un-friendly environment and also prevents oxidization. This is pretty important to the average prepper, and excellent for those who want to make food storage last as long as possible.

     I haven't actually got a chance to make these yet, but they are high on my list of to-do's. One day I was curious to see if there were any way to make your own and I did a search and what do you know. Tightwadery wins again! HERE is the link where I found it. So 6 grams of iron filings ( link to a source is provided in the aforementioned thread) and 6 grams of sea salt is all it takes and viola! you are in business on the cheap. 

     Being someone who dehydrates I would love to have all the neat toys that Tammy does at Dehydrate2store.com but I couldn't see spending so much money on things that will eventually get used up like O2 absorbers. So here is a solution that I'm satisfied with. I can know that the absorber is fresh and new and no chance of accidental breaches that produce ineffective products or shortened lifespan. I can also regulate how much I use if I have a larger or smaller container as well.  I hope this is helpful for those like me with limited funds. 

     My plan is to use some white tissue paper cut in 1.5" squares, about 2-4 layers thick and scotch taped around the edges. We'll. see, I'll update when I have the chance to try it out.  

     Next post will be soon and its all about a free yes I said FREE book download site to old-timey ways of doing a lot of things that preppers will find fascinating, useful and informative. Till then!

-Jamie

I am BACK!

There have been times when I have lain awake in bed at night thinking about all the wonderful things I want to tell all of you folks!. It has been since what, September? November? I cant recall how long, but boy do I have lots of things to share with you! Will be announcing a Come Back giveaway here in this next week, so tell those you chat with to start checking back in, and keep their peepers peeled. Hope to have lots to put up, so we might have some marathon posting coming up in the next couple weeks, we'll see how things go time wise.

Let me also say a great big THANK YOU to all of you who kept checking in and those of you new subscribers- 60! I will try to comment back to those who have commented while I was away (yes I saw that I omitted the measurement for the cocoa on the chocolate cake -Whoops). Will try to have my first post up by Sunday, See you then!