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How to Feed a Family of Five for only $30 a Week

As this video discusses, it is possible to feed a family of five people for about $30 a week, but you have to focus on certain foods.

The first freeze wipes out many herbs. Here’s how to save the best of the bunch and preserve them for the months ahead.

Elderberry syrup has long been praised by scientists and herbalists as being very beneficial to the body. Here’s how to make it.

Although most expiration date codes on food are easy to read, some of them can be confusing. Here’s how to read them.

Kudzu has earned a bad reputation, but it has some impressive benefits, as well. It can be used for food, medicine, clothing, and more.

You may think planting a fruit tree is as simple as digging a hole, dropping a seed in, and covering it, but there’s more to it than that.

Keeping bees to pollinate your garden and apothecary crops is just one of the important reasons to add beekeeping to your prepping routine.

Baking soda is one of the most versatile and economic supplies you can have on hand. Here are 101 homestead uses for baking soda.

What if you want to bake some bread but don’t have any yeast? As this video shows, you can easily make bread without yeast.

Like other healing plants, chamomile has several health benefits that make it a valuable addition to your garden and medicine cabinet.