A Good Face Mask by Breath Healthy.
I get to see and play with many preparedness products and most of them will serve their intended purpose. So its pretty rare when I get excited over a product, especially one as simple as …
The Storage Life of Seeds
I spent part of today talking to a retire Professor from the California University system. His expertise is in plants, particularly tomato plants. The subject we discussed was the long-term storage of plant seeds. Based …
Convert Your Old Maglites to Work with LED Bulbs
I have written before about how I love flashlights. They fascinate me. As a result, we have more than we really need. Everytime a new one comes out, I have to have it. Because of …
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Nature’s Medical Chest
I have a box of 4×6 plant identification cards that was sold under the name Nature’s Medicine Chest. The set contains approximately 250 cards with many color photos. Each card has photos on one side, …
Making Bean Flour and Cooking with Old Beans
Earlier today, I received the following question on beans, it was in a comment on a post about bean flours. I think it may be of interest to many of you. The question is “Can …
What do You do When There is No Dentist?
The other day I had to go to the dentist for a filling. This always makes me think of the first experience with a dentist that I can remember. It was in South Africa in …
What do You do When Your Yeast Runs Out or Gets Old?
You are getting ready to make a few loafs of bread from your freshly ground wheat and you grab your yeast and see it is a few years old what do you do? You don’t …
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Finding Directions by the Stars
A compass is something that all of us should have in our bug out bags or survival kits. But being human we make mistakes and either lose or forget things. If you can see the …
Cooking with Bean Flours
Since our blog on grinding grains with the Wonder Mill Junior, I have been thinking about all the different legumes that can be used for flour. Storing whole beans is as easy as storing whole …
The Wonder Mill Junior
I have spent good part of a day trying out a Wonder Mill Junior. Now I already have a Country Living Mill that sells for over four hundred dollars and it is a good mill. …