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This Week’s Harvest: Pumpkins

The crisp autumn chill signals that it’s time to walk through the crunchy leaves back to the garden to harvest ...

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This Week’s Harvest: Carrots

The leaves are beginning to turn, the air is crisp, and the current harvest is root vegetables.  This week the ...

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The Pantry Primer: Stocking Your Supply of Fruits and Vegetables

A major challenge when living from your stockpiled foods is getting enough fruits and vegetables.  Without produce, your family can ...

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The Pantry Primer: Building Your Protein Stockpile

One area in which many pantries are lacking is protein.  Because meat is so perishable (and also expensive) it is ...

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How to Create a Root Cellar for Food Storage

In our agrarian past, we didn’t have  a grocery store in every town receiving shipments of fresh fruits and vegetables ...

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This Week’s Harvest: Pears

Pears are a late summer delight.  Sweet, juicy, and easy to eat, they are ready in abundance right now. If ...

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The Pantry Primer: Expanding Beyond “Groceries”

  This week, I’ve expanded beyond “groceries” – the week to week purchases that are made with meals in mind ...

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This Week’s Harvest: Peaches

Nothing says summer like taking nibble from a peach, still warm from the sun, that is so juicy it runs ...

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The Pantry Primer: Building Your Pantry on a Budget with Home Canning

One of the best ways to build your healthy stockpile is to preserve local organic foods when they are in ...

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Sunflower Seed Pesto

Visit this article and others like it on our new website: the Frugalite  What better way to celebrate basil season ...

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Canning Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs (Grocery Store Version)

Want to turn $10   into 7  entrees? It’s easy – just can some spaghetti sauce with meatballs!  Canning your ...

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The Pantry Primer: Meal Planning While You’re Building Your Stockpile

It’s really easy to get sucked into purchasing food for the here and now, and to forget about creating a ...

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Rose Hips: Nature’s Vitamin C

 The Nature’s Vitamins series Sometimes the sources for  elemental nutrients are, quite literally, right in your own back yard.  This ...

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