Shelf Life of Food

By Valerie | May 31, 2011

Knowing the shelf life of the food in your stockpile is handy. I’ve already shared this site where you can check the shelf life of foods before, but it bears repeating, because it’s just SO darned handy. Still Tasty: Your ultimate shelf life guide Today’s post by StillTasty was about peanut butter. They confirmed what…

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Growing Potatoes at Home

By Valerie | May 19, 2011 |
blurry photo of spuds growing in my garden

My spring garden is thriving, even the potatoes I planted, which were actually sprouted ones I “re-purposed”. I’d already read a bit about growing spuds and the need to continue mounding the soil around the stems as they grew up, but I still had questions. A quick google search, and I found: How to plant…

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