Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Judi Kingry & Lauren Devine400+ lab-tested canning recipes. The definitive food preservation reference.
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Emergency Food Supply
Growing food
Sprouting jar
A jar, a mesh lid and a spoon of seed: greens in four days on a kitchen counter, with no soil, no window and no power. The smallest step there is from stored food to grown food.
Four daysNo soilNo power
Sprouting jar kit with mesh lids
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Herb garden
Six pods under an LED arm: basil, parsley and mint on a counter, with no soil and no window. It will not feed anybody. Flavour is what makes stored staples edible.
Six podsHerbsMains power
AeroGarden Harvest Elite, six pods
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Countertop hydroponic garden
Twelve pods under a grow light, salad and herbs in weeks with no soil and no window. It runs on mains power, so it is a long-outage crop and no help in a short one.
12 podsGrow lightMains power
iDOO 12-pod hydroponic garden
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Heirloom seed vault
Open-pollinated varieties in a sealed tin, so a crop can be kept for seed and grown again next year. Hybrid seed cannot do that, which is the whole reason to hold a vault rather than a packet.
144 varietiesHeirloomSealed tin
Survival Essentials seed vault, 144 varieties
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What to consider
- Drinking water, 3 L per person per day, 14 daysundefined
- Separate water for washingundefined
- Food grade storage containersundefined
- Purification tablets or dropsundefined
- Water filterundefined
- White riceundefined
- Pasta (dried)undefined
- Oats (rolled or steel-cut)undefined
- Flour (all-purpose)undefined
- Cornmeal or polentaundefined
- Crackers (vacuum-sealed)undefined
- Canned tuna and salmonundefined
- Canned beans (black, kidney, pinto)undefined
- Dried lentilsundefined
- Peanut butterundefined
- Canned meat (ham, corned beef, chicken)undefined
- Jerky (beef, turkey)undefined
- Canned vegetables (corn, peas, green beans, carrots)undefined
- Canned fruit (peaches, pears, pineapple)undefined
- Canned tomatoes (diced, sauce, paste)undefined
- Dried fruit (raisins, apricots, cranberries)undefined
- Dehydrated vegetablesundefined
- Freeze-dried fruitundefined
- Home canned or pickled vegetablesundefined
- Cooking oil (vegetable, olive, or coconut)undefined
- Shortening or vegetable fatundefined
- Ghee (clarified butter)undefined
- Canned or tinned butterundefined
- Rendered fat or lardundefined
- Saltundefined
- Sugarundefined
- Honeyundefined
- Pepper, garlic powder, onion powderundefined
- Stock or bouillon cubesundefined
- Soy sauceundefined
- Vinegar (white and apple cider)undefined
- Hot sauceundefined
- Energy bars and granola barsundefined
- Canned soups and stewsundefined
- MREs (Meals Ready to Eat)undefined
- Freeze-dried mealsundefined
- Cereal (sealed or vacuum-packed)undefined
- Hardtack or dry biscuitsundefined
- Canned fish in oilundefined
- Dark chocolate, 70%+undefined
- Coffee and teaundefined
- Long-life milk (UHT)undefined
- Fruit syrup or drink concentrateundefined
- Electrolyte sachets or oral rehydration saltsundefined
- Baking sodaundefined
- Baking powderundefined
- Yeast (vacuum-sealed)undefined
- Cornstarchundefined
- Manual can opener, and a spareundefined
- Camp stove or gas burnerundefined
- Fuel for it, sealed and stored outsideundefined
- Matches and a lighterundefined
- One pot and one panundefined
- Knife, spoon and a plate per personundefined
- Dish soap and a bowlundefined
- Foil and heavy-duty trash bagsundefined
- Baby formula, bottles, sterilising tabletsundefined
- Pet food, and water for themundefined
- Whatever a medical diet requiresundefined
- Something a child will actually eatundefined
Paranoid Action Plan
Print it, fill it in, and keep copies somewhere everyone can reach.
- 01Cover
- 02Emergency Action Plan
- 03Documents and Financial Checklist
- 04Evacuation Bag Checklist
- 05First Aid Kit Checklist
- 06Emergency Food Supply Checklist
- 07Growing and Preserving Checklist
$9once, for all 7
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