More than four years have passed since Russian tanks crossed the Ukrainian border, and the war shows no real sign of ending. Peace talks have stalled, ceasefires last a day and fall apart, and the diplomatic ground keeps shifting under everyone’s feet. But while the world watches the front lines, Russia is making moves that […]
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Browse any prepper forum or scroll through enough survival gear content online, and it won't be long before you're looking at $3,000 generators, $500 water filtration systems, and pre-made bug out bags that cost more than a month's rent.
The prepping industry has a vested interest in making you feel completely helpless if you don't have that one piece of survival gear, and that pressure pushes people to either spend way more than necessary or give up on preparedness altogether.
The truth is that many of the scenarios most likely to affect everyday people — things like burst pipes, long power outages, water supply disruptions, and minor injuries — can be mitigated with cheap, low-tech solutions. Being smart about preparedness means thinking in terms of ROI (return on investment): what's the cheapest item that solves the most expensive problem?
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In this video, J.R. from DIY Prepper TV talks about practical, overlooked items that deliver massive value when things go wrong. He covers 15 cheap preps that could literally save you thousands. You can watch the video and view his list below.
A burst pipe doesn't just cost you the repair bill; it costs you everything the water damages on its way out. Flooring, drywall, insulation, and furniture can all be ruined in the time it takes to get a plumber on-site, and if that moisture lingers, mold removal can cost thousands more.
A pipe repair clamp is a simple sleeve device that you can slap over a burst or leaking pipe to temporarily stop the flow until a proper fix can be made. They're inexpensive and easy to store, and you'll be glad to have them if you ever need them.
If a pipe bursts and you can't patch it immediately, the next best move is cutting off the water supply to your home entirely. Utility shutoff tools, which can shut off your water meter, gas line, or both, are what make that possible without calling anyone.
There are basic multi-use versions that handle both water and gas, and more heavy-duty dedicated water shutoff tools that will hold up better under real force. Having one stored near your emergency gear means that when something goes wrong at 2 a.m., you're not standing in rising water waiting for help.
Caulk and silicone sealant pull double duty as both a prep-now and prep-for-later item. Right now, sealing up leaky windows can noticeably cut your energy costs. In an emergency, especially during a heavy rainstorm, they can seal gaps and prevent water from getting into your home and causing damage.
Keep a tube or two on hand and you've got a really cheap solution for a problem that can get expensive fast.
This one serves two very different purposes. First, security: the screws that most builders use for door hinges and strike plates are short, shallow fasteners that won't stand up to someone kicking in your door. Swapping them out for 3-inch or 3.5-inch deck screws drives the hardware all the way into the stud behind the door frame, making forced entry far more difficult.
Second, storm prep: if you live in a coastal or storm-prone area and you're boarding up windows with plywood, screws are far superior to nails. They're less likely to pull out during high winds, and when the storm passes, you can remove the boards with an impact driver without tearing up the wood, which means you can reuse those boards the next time around.
Standard zip ties are fine until they're not. Exposure to UV and weather turns them brittle and causes the plastic locking tab to snap under stress. Ty-Rap style cable ties solve both of those problems with a stainless steel locking tab and a weather-stabilized band. They also use a textured grip rather than ratchet notches, giving you finer adjustment.
When something breaks and you need to rig a fix in a hurry, having ties you can actually trust makes a real difference.
In a long-term emergency, sanitation becomes a serious health concern. Poor waste management opens the door to diseases like dysentery and cholera that most people in the developed world don't think about. History is full of examples of those diseases spreading rapidly through otherwise manageable disaster situations.
A bucket toilet lid converts a standard 5-gallon bucket into a covered field toilet. The lid matters more than you might think: it keeps odors contained and prevents insects from landing in the waste and then spreading contaminants around the house. It's one of the cheapest items on this list and one of the most important for a long-term grid-down scenario.
A garden sprayer is useful in a surprising number of ways. For sanitation, it can disinfect large surface areas quickly, which is a huge advantage if someone in your household gets sick and you need to decontaminate a room efficiently. For personal hygiene, the pressurized spray is strong enough to function as a field shower.
In the absence of toilet paper, a small sprayer filled with water works as a makeshift bidet, a common and effective practice in much of the world. The key is keeping dedicated, labeled sprayers for each use (pesticides, cleaning, personal hygiene) so there's no cross-contamination.
When you're in a physically demanding emergency like bugging out on foot, working through a natural disaster, or doing manual labor without rest, minor sprains and joint injuries that you'd normally walk off can become serious liabilities. A sprain that gets no support and no rest in those conditions will keep getting worse.
A basic collection of ankle braces, wrist wraps, and elastic bandages is cheap, takes up almost no space, and can keep you functional through situations where stopping to heal simply isn't an option.
Those small green 1-pound propane canisters have gotten expensive, and once they're empty, they're garbage. A refillable system like the Fuel Keg kit changes the equation entirely. These kits usually run around $30, and the refillable tanks are a modest additional cost, but the tanks are purpose-built for repeated use, with reinforced construction and proper valves.
Over time, the savings stack up considerably compared to buying disposable canisters. If camp stoves are part of your cooking backup plan, this is a straightforward upgrade worth making.
D-cell batteries are expensive and hard to find during emergencies when everyone's buying them at once, but a lot of emergency lighting gear runs on them. Battery spacers solve this by letting you run a AA battery in a device designed for a D cell.
The tradeoff is reduced runtime since a AA battery holds less capacity than a D, but the advantage is that you're standardizing on a single battery format that's cheaper, more available, and compatible with far more devices. These are specifically designed for use with rechargeable AA batteries, making them even more cost-effective in the long run.
Solar pathway lights are usually sold in multipacks, which means you can pick up several light sources for less than the price of one decent flashlight. In normal times, they live outside as landscape lighting and charge themselves daily. When the power goes out, you bring them inside.
They won't flood a room with light the way a lantern would, but they're more than enough to navigate safely without running into things or resorting to candles, which start more house fires than most people realize. They run cool (no heat from LEDs), which matters in a summer outage, and there's virtually nothing that can go wrong with them.
Not everyone can afford a generator, solar or otherwise. But most people have a vehicle sitting in the driveway, and that vehicle is essentially a mobile power source for small devices. If you keep a set of charging cables in your car, then even in a total grid-down scenario, you can maintain communication and access outside information as long as you have fuel.
If your car doesn't have USB ports built in, a simple 12-volt to USB adapter handles that for a few dollars. It's a minimal investment that keeps your most essential communication tools operational.
Most people can't realistically store the volume of water needed for a true long-term emergency. A large stainless steel stock pot bridges that gap by giving you the ability to boil large quantities of water collected from natural sources. It also lets you cook large batches of soup, stew, beans, or rice in a single go, which is important when you're feeding multiple people and trying to conserve fuel.
Stainless steel earns its place here because it's compatible with virtually any heat source: glass-top stove, propane camp stove, rocket stove, or open campfire. That versatility matters when you don't know exactly what conditions you'll be cooking under.
Washing dishes takes more water than most people realize. In a water-scarce emergency, every gallon counts, and paper plates and disposable utensils eliminate dishwashing entirely.
This is especially important if your water storage runs lower than expected. Having a supply of disposable plates and utensils gives you a buffer and stretches what you have further. They're cheap, and they make a real logistical difference when water is at a premium.
Coffee filters are an underrated prep that earn their place in a kit for at least three reasons. First, they act as a pre-filter for water from ponds, streams, puddles, and lakes, which is typically full of sediment and debris that will quickly clog a water filter. Running that water through a coffee filter first removes most of the large particles before they ever reach your main filter, which will extend its lifespan significantly.
Beyond water filtration, coffee filters work as disposable bowls or plates in a pinch, can be used to collect small foraged items like berries, and can even make storage pouches when tied off with a zip tie or bread tie. For a couple of dollars, the versatility of coffee filters is hard to beat.
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Do you feel like time is slipping away? It seems like the bucket list gets shorter as the years go by. There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles over a person somewhere in their fifties or sixties. The kids are grown. The mortgage is nearly paid off. And somewhere in a drawer, or maybe just in the back of the mind, there is a list. A bucket list. A collection of dreams that were written down in a moment of inspiration and then gently, almost imperceptibly, set aside.
For many of us, that list has gotten shorter over the years. Not because we checked things off. But because time passed anyway. This isn’t a post meant to make you feel guilty. It’s meant to make you feel awake.
The most common regret people carry into their later years isn’t something dramatic. It’s not a betrayal or a catastrophe. It’s simply the belief that there would always be more time. More time after the project at work, more time after the kids finished school. Maybe once the debt was paid down. More time when things slowed down a little.
But time doesn’t slow down. It does what it’s always done. And somewhere between the years of working hard and meaning well, a lot of living got quietly postponed.
One day, I was rushed by ambulance to a hospital on 4-12-2024 and have been on oxygen 24/7 from then on and always will be. You may think I can still travel, but it’s not that easy. I tried it for a “Family Reunion.” I dragged my portable oxygen concentrator and another oxygen concentrator in a suitcase. Yes, Mark helped, but it’s not fun. Plus, we had two suitcases. I realized if I lived in California (sea level), I wouldn’t need oxygen. Well, house prices wouldn’t fit our budget there, so after the vacation, we came back to Utah, oxygen in tow. My dream of seeing Niagara Falls is no longer an option. Please, my friends, do what you can now while you have the strength, health, and finances to do so. Just do it.
She and I have been great friends for well over 15 years. Well, within a month of my oxygen fiasco, my friend ended up on Kidney Dialysis. Not fun. She’s on the kidney transplant list at two hospitals; she kept telling me, “Linda, I don’t know if I can do this.” I learned so much about kidney disease and what she went through to be prepped for Dialysis. I had no idea what it was like to go through the chills, the coldness, and the pain. Now we talk about how we used to go out to lunch and laugh so hard in Southern Utah, and now we both rarely leave our homes in different states. This is the reason I wrote this post today, my sweet friends. Do what you want to do now. Don’t wait.
Work is honorable. Providing for a family is one of the most loving things a person can do. But there is a version of hard work that tips into something else, a kind of sacrifice so total that the person doing the sacrificing disappears into it.
Many people look back and realize they were physically present in their homes but mentally somewhere else, thinking about deadlines, budgets, and performance reviews. The family dinner was eaten, but the conversation was distracted. The vacation was taken, but the phone was always nearby.
It’s worth asking honestly: Did work fill the space where life was supposed to go? And if so, was that truly the trade we wanted to make?
Parents who sacrifice for their children are doing something beautiful. But sometimes that sacrifice goes so far that the parents forget to live their own lives, and ironically, they may not be doing their children any favors either.
Children who watch their parents deny themselves joy, travel, and adventure to leave a larger inheritance often grow up with a complicated relationship with money and guilt. They may feel burdened by the sacrifice without having asked for it.
What if, instead of leaving behind more money, we left behind more stories? More proof that life, fully and joyfully lived, is available to ordinary people who simply choose to reach for it?
A child who watches a parent book that trip to Portugal, take that painting class, or finally learn to sail learns something no inheritance can teach. They learn that their own dreams are worth chasing, too.
This one is tender to talk about, but it matters. Many of us moved through our younger years with a quiet assumption that our bodies would simply continue to cooperate. We skipped the checkups, and we let the weight creep up. Maybe we said we would start exercising next month, next year, or after the holidays.
Health is not guaranteed. And one of the most painful discoveries a person can make is that the window for certain adventures closed not because of money or time, but because the body is no longer able to do what the heart still wants to do.
This is not meant as a warning dipped in fear. It’s an invitation. Whatever your age and whatever your current health, the best time to begin caring for yourself is right now. Every good choice made today is a gift to your future self.
Research on human longevity and happiness consistently points to one of the most underappreciated factors in a good life: the people around us.
We are deeply, biologically social creatures. The moods, habits, attitudes, and outlooks of the people we spend time with seep into us whether we notice it or not. Spending years surrounded by chronic complainers, pessimists, or people who are stuck does something to a person. And spending time with curious, joyful, generous people does something very different.
It’s worth looking around at the social landscape of your daily life. Are the people in your inner circle lifting you up or quietly pulling you down? Are your conversations mostly about problems, grievances, and the past? Or do they sometimes venture into wonder, possibility, and what is still ahead?
Community matters enormously. If yours needs refreshing, that isn’t a failure. It’s simply an opportunity.
For many families, especially those shaped by the experience of scarcity, there is a powerful pull toward saving, accumulating, and leaving something behind for the next generation. That instinct comes from love.
But travel isn’t an indulgence. It’s an education. It stretches the mind in ways that no book, documentary, or conversation can fully replicate. Maybe it teaches humility, curiosity, adaptability, and gratitude. It shows us that there are a thousand different ways to be human, and most of them are fascinating.
The parents who travel, who experience other cultures, who sit at tables in foreign cities and try to order food in a language they barely speak, come home changed. They have more to offer the people they love. They have more stories, more perspective, more life. And the money spent on those experiences? It wasn’t wasted. It was invested in becoming a fuller, richer, more interesting person.
This is the real question, and it deserves a real answer. Most people, when asked this with enough honesty and enough quiet, say some version of the same things. They would have worried less. Not about important things, but about the small everyday anxieties that consumed so much mental energy and came to nothing in the end. They would have said yes more often. Invitations. Adventures. To experiences that felt a little outside the comfort zone.
They would have taken better care of themselves earlier, not out of vanity, but out of a recognition that the body is the vehicle for everything else. They would’ve had more honest conversations with the people they love, said the hard things sooner, and expressed appreciation more freely.
We would have spent more time outside, more time in nature, more time doing things that had no practical outcome but filled the soul. And many, though not all, would have traveled more. They would have seen more of the world and trusted that the money would work itself out, because it usually does.
Here’s the thing about time slipping away: it only slips away in one direction. What’s behind us is behind us. But what is ahead is still unwritten, and it belongs entirely to the choices being made right now.
The bucket list doesn’t have to keep getting shorter. It can grow again. It can be rewritten with the wisdom that only comes from having lived long enough to know what actually matters.
Whatever age you are reading this, whether you’re forty-five or sixty-five or seventy-five, there are still mornings ahead that belong to you. Still places you haven’t been. Still, conversations you haven’t had. Do you have versions of yourself you haven’t yet become? The question isn’t whether time is slipping away. Of course it is. Time always slips away. The question is what you’re going to do with what remains.
You don’t have to book a flight anywhere or make any dramatic announcements. You just have to begin. Call the friend you’ve been meaning to call. Look up and register for the class you keep thinking about. Say yes to the thing you’ve been quietly wanting to do. The bucket list isn’t a document of regret. At its best, it’s a compass. It points toward the life that is still possible, the one that’s waiting patiently for you to remember it’s there. Time is slipping away, but some of it is still yours. Use it.
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If I could do anything differently, I would have spent less time preparing for life and more time actually living it. We are remarkable creatures when it comes to planning. We plan for retirement, plan for emergencies, plan for the kids, plan for the house, plan for next year, and the year after that. And somewhere in all that careful, responsible planning, the present moment often slips by largely unnoticed.
I would’ve sat longer at the dinner table. Not to finish the meal but to finish the conversation. I would have said I love you more, and I would have meant it in the small everyday ways, not just the grand gestures. A cup of coffee was brought without being asked. A hand held during a forgettable Tuesday. I would have worried less about what other people thought of my choices, because the honest truth is that most people are far too occupied with their own lives to spend much time judging yours.
Almost every time, I would have taken the trip. I would have quit the things that were draining me sooner and invested that energy in the things that were filling me up. I would’ve called my parents more before the calls became impossible to make.
And perhaps most of all, I would have understood earlier that a life well lived isn’t measured in what you accumulate or what you leave behind. It’s measured in the depth of the moments you were actually present for. The good news is that most of us still have some runway left. The question isn’t what we would have done differently. The question is: what are we willing to do differently starting right now? That’s the only answer that still matters. May God bless this world, Linda
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Ducks are once again becoming popular as livestock, especially on the small scale for homesteaders, but we’re also starting to see a lot of interest in them as pets. It might seem strange, but they have a lot to offer: ducks are intelligent, friendly, playful, and tend to be quite healthy. You’ll see plenty of ... Read more
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Can’t grow potatoes? Buy freeze-dried or dehydrated. If you’ve ever wanted to stock your pantry with one of the most versatile and nutritious foods on the planet but simply don’t have the space, time, or growing conditions to raise your own, you’re not alone. Millions of families find themselves in exactly the same situation. The good news is that you don’t need a garden, a farm, or even a backyard to enjoy the incredible benefits of potatoes. Freeze-dried and dehydrated potatoes make it possible for anyone to keep this powerhouse food on hand for everyday cooking and long-term emergency storage. Potato Peelers
Before we talk about the best ways to store potatoes without growing them, it helps to understand just how valuable this humble vegetable really is. Potatoes have been feeding families around the world for thousands of years, and for good reason.
A single medium potato contains a remarkable collection of nutrients. You get a solid dose of vitamin C, which supports your immune system and helps your body absorb iron. Potatoes are also rich in potassium, a mineral that most Americans don’t get enough of and that plays a key role in heart health and healthy blood pressure. They provide vitamin B6, which supports brain development and helps your body make the hormones serotonin and norepinephrine. They even contain folate, magnesium, and a range of antioxidants.
Potatoes are also one of the most satisfying foods you can eat. They contain a type of fiber called resistant starch, especially when cooked and cooled, that feeds the beneficial bacteria in your gut and helps you feel full longer. For families trying to stretch a food budget without sacrificing nutrition, potatoes are one of the best tools available. They’re naturally gluten-free, making them a safe staple for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivities.
Perhaps most importantly, potatoes are endlessly adaptable. Soups, stews, casseroles, side dishes, breakfast hashes, and even some baked goods all welcome potatoes with open arms. When you have potatoes in the pantry, you always have the foundation for a satisfying meal. How To Make Donuts.
Growing potatoes sounds straightforward enough. You plant seed potatoes, water them, and eventually you dig up a harvest. In practice, though, it isn’t always that simple.
Potatoes need well-draining, loose soil that is free from diseases like blight and scab. They require a consistent water supply, plenty of sunlight, and enough space for the plants to spread out underground. They’re also susceptible to a long list of pests, from Colorado potato beetles to wireworms, that can devastate a crop. For gardeners dealing with clay-heavy soil, limited outdoor space, drought, or short growing seasons, producing enough potatoes to meet your meal prep needs can feel like an uphill battle.
If you live in an apartment, a townhouse, or a home without usable garden space, growing potatoes may simply not be an option at all. And even for those who do garden, potatoes take up a lot of real estate relative to other vegetables and require specific storage conditions after harvest to keep them from sprouting or rotting.
The encouraging truth is that not growing your own potatoes doesn’t mean you have to go without them. The freeze-dried and dehydrated food industry has made it easier than ever to keep a substantial supply of potatoes on hand without ever touching a shovel.
Freeze-drying is a preservation process that removes nearly all the moisture from food while keeping the cellular structure largely intact. The food is first frozen solid, then placed in a vacuum chamber, where the ice sublimates directly to vapor without passing through the liquid phase. The result is a lightweight product that retains an impressive amount of its original nutrition, flavor, and texture.
Freeze-dried potatoes can be stored for an exceptionally long time, often 25 years or more, when kept in proper conditions, meaning a cool, dry location away from direct sunlight. When you’re ready to use them, simply add water and let them rehydrate. Many freeze-dried potato products rehydrate so well that they’re nearly indistinguishable from freshly cooked potatoes in dishes like mashed potatoes, soups, and stews.
The main trade-off with freeze-dried potatoes is cost. The process is energy-intensive and requires specialized equipment, so freeze-dried products tend to be more expensive than dehydrated alternatives. However, given their extraordinary shelf life and the convenience they offer, many families find the investment worthwhile, particularly when building a long-term food storage supply. Check out the ingredients before you buy any long-term food storage. It’s sad Thrive Life has closed; they had the best food on the market.
Dehydrated potatoes are made through a different process. Heat and airflow are used to draw moisture out of the potato over several hours. You have almost certainly encountered dehydrated potatoes without realizing it. Instant mashed potato flakes and slices found in grocery stores across the country are forms of dehydrated potatoes.
Dehydrated potatoes are more affordable than freeze-dried potatoes and still offer a respectable shelf life, typically 5 to 10 years when stored properly in sealed containers. They’re widely available and come in a variety of forms, including slices, dices, shreds, and flakes. Each form lends itself to different kinds of cooking. Augason Farms cans say 25 years under favorable conditions. I personally question the 25 years, but I have about 20 cans on my shelves and will use them before the 15-year mark. Augason Farm Dehydrated Sliced Potatoes. This product is potato slices with freshness preserved using sodium bisulfite.
Potato flakes, for example, are perfect for quick mashed potatoes and can also be used as a thickener in soups, a coating for meats, or an ingredient in bread and rolls. Slices and dices work well in casseroles and soups. Shreds are ideal for hash browns, potato pancakes, and breakfast dishes.
The nutritional profile of dehydrated potatoes remains solid, though some heat-sensitive nutrients, such as vitamin C, are reduced during processing compared with fresh or freeze-dried potatoes. They remain a good source of potassium, B vitamins, and fiber.
Both options have a real and important place in a well-rounded food storage plan. Here’s a simple way to think about the difference.
If your priority is maximum shelf life and the closest thing to fresh-tasting results, freeze-dried potatoes are worth the higher price. They are particularly valuable for long-term emergency preparedness, camping trips, and situations where access to fresh produce may be limited for extended periods.
If you’re focused on everyday use, building up a practical pantry on a budget, or getting started with food storage for the first time, dehydrated potatoes offer excellent value. Many families keep both on hand, using dehydrated products regularly in weekly cooking and reserving freeze-dried supplies for longer-term storage.
When shopping, look for products from reputable brands that use quality potatoes and minimal additives. Check sodium content, particularly on products that come pre-seasoned. Reading labels carefully ensures that what you’re buying aligns with your family’s nutritional needs. Emergency Essentials® Freeze-Dried Hash Browns (the can says “dehydrated” on Amazon, just giving you a heads-up).
Several well-known companies specialize in freeze-dried and dehydrated foods and have built strong reputations for quality and reliability. Augason Farms, Mountain House, and Wise Company are among the most widely recognized names in the long-term food storage space. Many of these brands offer potato products in bulk quantities, which can significantly reduce the per-serving cost. You can find their products online, at warehouse stores, and at emergency preparedness retailers.
For everyday dehydrated potato options, mainstream grocery brands and bulk food suppliers like Bob’s Red Mill also carry quality products that work well in your daily cooking.
One of the most common misconceptions about freeze-dried and dehydrated potatoes is that they’re only useful in emergencies. In reality, they’re a genuinely practical ingredient for busy families who cook regularly.
Potato flakes can be whipped up in minutes for a weeknight side dish. A handful stirred into soup adds body and thickness without any extra effort. Dehydrated potato slices can go straight into a slow cooker with broth and seasonings for a hearty meal that practically makes itself. Freeze-dried potato dices rehydrate quickly and can be added to scrambled eggs, frittatas, and breakfast burritos.
Keeping a well-stocked supply of these products means you always have the ingredients for a satisfying, nutritious meal, even when your refrigerator is running low on other food items, or a trip to the grocery store isn’t in the cards. Cheesy Potatoes aka Funeral Potatoes
Getting the most out of freeze-dried and dehydrated potatoes comes down to proper storage. Both products do best in cool, dry, dark conditions. Avoid storing them near heat sources such as ovens or water heaters, or in areas that experience significant temperature swings, such as garages or attics.
Oxygen and moisture are the main enemies of long-term food storage. Most high-quality freeze-dried and dehydrated products come in sealed cans or Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers already included to address oxygen exposure. Once opened, transfer any unused portions to airtight containers, use them within a few months for the best quality, and reduce the risk of oxygen and moisture issues.
Labeling your containers with the purchase date and the “best by” date makes rotation simple. The goal is always to use the oldest products first, so nothing goes to waste.
Not being able to grow your own potatoes isn’t a gap in your preparedness or a shortfall in your family’s food security. It’s simply a reality that calls for a practical solution, and freeze-dried and dehydrated potatoes are exactly that. They give you access to one of the world’s most important foods in a form that is shelf-stable, convenient, affordable over time, and genuinely useful in everyday cooking.
Whether you’re building a three-month food supply, stocking a cabin pantry, or simply trying to make sure your family always has the foundation for a good meal, freeze-dried and dehydrated potatoes deserve a place in your home. They’re proof that you don’t have to grow your food to be prepared, nourished, and ready for whatever comes your way. As you know, I’m always promoting the idea that families should try to grow some of their own food. It teaches kids where the food products we eat come from, and they learn that with some planning and work, you can have fun and grow what we enjoy eating every day. But, for some families, that isn’t an option, for several reasons.
You don’t need a garden to feed your family well. Freeze-dried and dehydrated potatoes put one of the most nutritious and versatile foods in the world right on your pantry shelf, ready whenever you need it. Whether you’re building a long-term food supply or simply making sure a good meal is always within reach, this is one of the smartest and most practical investments a family can make. May God bless this world, Linda
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