Food – Make & store food
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…)
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…)
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…)
How to make pancakes from basic homestorage items
By Roydon and Eva Knox
We would like to share this recipe with you for Blender Pancakes. We have made it for many years, the grand children love making them and eating them too of course… (more…)
Food Storage Calculator – How to be organised
I’ve been using Sister Keung’s easy method of calculating how much food I need to store. (more…)
Prepare in Peace
Prepare in faith, in hope, in obedience, in love, in wisdom and in peace. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (more…)
Ezipeelers make bottling easier
Children love to use one of these hand-operated fruit peelers.
They can same time and speed up the preserving process. (more…)
