As with any worthwhile enterprise , planning is essential for a workable food storage program . Following are sheets to help you work out a list of foods to store that suits your family , it can be photocopied then filled using the technique below : -
For each entry work out if you wish to [...]

I first heard of the Maize, Squash and Bean poly-culture method of planting whilst at University studying for my degree in Nutrition and Food Science. It was a method of planting used across the Southern New World most notably the ancient Mayans used in Mexico have been using this method for around the last 700 [...]

Editor note, a lot of soya is grown by chopping down vast areas of rain forest check how sustainable yours is before buying some. You can grow soya in the UK, a strain has been developed so you could consider growing your own.
As a high protein food source that you don’t have to hunt, catch, [...]

After a discussion (email) with Andy, I thought that the “self sufficientish-ers” may be interested in my experience of developing and running a 12 volt (car battery) alternative energy system through a suburban house. What follows is not the only way to do things, and may not even be the best way to do things, [...]

I first heard about the concept of the hay box cooker, which uses stored heat to cook food, many years ago. I made one out of straw, a pine box and a large glass casserole dish but it was not really successful. The main problem was that the casserole dish was too large so that [...]

Thyme grows all over the world and it’s many differing varieties can be found from Greenland to Asia. Thyme is a perennial evergreen and is one of the 3 herbs commonly used in Bouquet Garni, the other two being bay leaf and Parsley. As with many herbs most thyme can be found in the Mediterranean [...]

Sage is a member of the mint family and there are over 750 different varieties of sage scattered across our planet. This family consists of annuals, biannual and perennials. There is even a strange breed of sage, native to Central America, that is hallucinogenic. Known as Salvia divinorum, which means sacred sage or sage of [...]

Sage is a member of the mint family and there are over 750 different varieties of sage scattered across our planet. This family consists of annuals, biannual and perennials. There is even a strange breed of sage, native to Central America, that is hallucinogenic. Known as Salvia divinorum, which means sacred sage or sage of [...]

Some Flat leafed parsley – Click for bigger Image. (picture taken by Genie Blanning)

Flat Leaf Parsley

Parsley is native to Southern Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region. The ancient Greeks associated it with Achromous, the Herald of Death and as such covered their tombs with it. Perhaps because of this association they did not eat, although [...]

The name Lavender is derived from the Latin word ‘lava’, meaning to wash. The common variety (English Lavender/Lavendula Vera) can grow to over 3 feet tall (1m). It is indigenous to mountain regions of the countries bordering the western half of the Mediterranean. Over the last few decades the popularity of this plant has even [...]