Movie Monday – Pioneer Quest (By Popular Demand)

TODAY’S PICK Appropriate Technology: Food Prep and Preservation Paul Wheaton Appropriate technology for food preparation and preservation: Is low tech Re-purposes and reuses materials on hand Uses natural materials Enables you to eat healthy, homegrown, safely preserved food while saving money and the planet!

The hurricane season usually runs from June first to November thirtieth. This year however, we have already seen the first named storm of the season, Arthur, which nearly brushed past the Carolinas on May eighteenth.

Wartime Farm Back by popular demand is the entire series of BBCs Wartime Farm.  BBC’s “Wartime Farm” features the efforts of historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, who run Manor Farm as it may have been run during World War II. The program focuses on all aspects of domestic and farming…

When done properly, home canned food is safe for consumption for years.  However, it isn’t a foolproof process.  Sometimes seals come unsealed due to small bits of food on the jar rim, improper cooling times before removing from the canner, getting knocked around on pantry shelves, and sometimes the pantry goblin buggers it up just…