Food and Self Sufficiency Blog

Learn new skills and techniques to decrease your food budget, eat a healthier diet, and increase your personal level of self sufficiency.

Topics include raising your own food, preserving food for long term storage and use, collecting foods from the wild, and processing raw foods into other things - like making grapes into wine.

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New items are added every week! See below for the latest topics.

Jun 20, 2010, Freezing Cherries

Freezing cherries for year round use. cleaning and pitting tart (pie) cherries, and packaging for freezer storage.

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Jun 6, 2010, Starting Sweet Potato Slips

Propagating sweet potato slips for your vegetable garden. You don't need to buy sweet potato slips, when you can start your own at home in the spring from a single potato. Here's how it's done.

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May 23, 2010, Freezing Broccoli for Long Term Storage

Freezing Broccoli - how to preserve fresh broccoli for year round use. Blanching, vacuum packaging and freezing of fresh broccoli from your garden or bought in bulk.

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May 15, 2010, Growing Grapes

Growing grapes - planting and care of grape vines. How where and when to plant, as well as pruning, propagation and harvesting of these versatile vines.

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Mar 28, 2010, Growing Green Onions

Have you got the Spring Gardening Fever? Not many garden plants are easier to grow than green onions. They're perfect for a beginner gardener and favorites of experienced gardeners too.

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Mar 14, 2010, Fishing Gear

Fishing gear - Catching fish for self sufficiency. If you're out to put meat in the freezer and food on the table, here is the basic gear you'll need to get the job done.

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Mar 6, 2010, Catching Fish for Self Sufficiency

Catching fish is one of the easiest ways to collect meat and stock your freezer from the wild. This isn't about catching trophies, it's about putting food on the table!

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Mar 1, 2010, Making Maple Syrup

Making maple syrup - How to collect sap from maple trees and boil your own maple syrup at home.

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Feb 16, 2010, Canning Dried Beans

Canning dried beans for quick, inexpensive and easy meals.

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Feb 14, 2010, Growing Gooseberries

Growing gooseberries - information on planting, care & maintenance, harvesting and preserving this tart but wonderfully flavored old time treat.

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