Food – Make & store food
How to eat your wheat – Daily
The simple trick is to cook 1/2 cup of wheat every day in a food thermos.
I learned this simple way to get the family accustomed to eating whole wheat. Add a little cooked wheat as an ingredient to most meals. Especially breakfast. (more…)
How to store wheat in dry ice
I think that storing grain using dry ice, CO2, is the easiest method to preserve wheat. I have stored 4 or 5 sacks of grain by myself but it’s easier with two or more people working together. (more…)
How to dry your wheat
Sometimes, your wheat may need to be checked for moisture content. On a hot sunny day you can dry your wheat.
I have dried my wheat on the trampoline in the sun. The summer breeze dried the grain in just a few hours. (more…)
Milking goats for fresh milk daily
You can keep and milk a goat in some cities, depending upon the type of city.
Goats need space and daily exercise. They are wonderful pets. I think its a bit like taking on another child in the family, as they are dependent and demand attention when they need it.
We took our dairy goat with us on holiday to Ohope beach, Whakatane. (more…)
Recommended websites
Tell me your favourite website about food storage, family well-being or self reliance.
I’ll add it to this short-list of the best food-storage websites on the net.
Share here! (more…)
How to make marmalade
Does your family enjoy to eat marmalade?
Sister Mary Heremaia shows how to make delicious marmalade from your lemons, oranges and grapefruit.
These step-by-step pictures will guide you to learn how to make marmalade just as if you were in the kitchen with her. (more…)
Automatic hen waterer
Discover this work-saving way to keep laying hens.
Make an automated waterer to supply drinking water to your hens at all times.
Looking after laying hens can be fun as well as provide you with fresh eggs all the time. We keep 6 hens.
Automating water supply is always a good idea for hen care.
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Book-shelf can dispenser
You may make a close inspection of this Book-shelf food can dispenser. This was made by Brother Grant Thompson. Design your shelf width and height based upon the size of the cans you want to store.
Perhaps a similar shelf could be made to store preserved fruit in glass jars. A peg may be needed to ensure the jars cannot drop out without being lifted. (more…)
Sourdough Starter
We do not have to buy yeast. Yeast are free. We can catch them. Yeast are in the air. They can be easily caught resting on grape skins.
You can capture and use that white dusty yeast and cultivate it as a sourdough starter to make bread. (more…)
