(Nun's Orchids in my garden; 2020.)
GARDENING
Composting 101 from David the Good
Offgrid with Doug & Stacy (homesteading videos)
Roots & Refuge Farm (gardening, especially tomatoes)
Becky's Homestead (chickens & more from a single mom)
Rob Greenfield (eating only what you grow/forage for one year)
Shade Vegetables (so my friends can't complain that they have no sun in their yards)
Shade Vegetables (CaliKim has tons of gardening videos.)
Easiest Vegetables to grow (Self-Sufficient Me has awesome gardening videos.)
Fastest Growing Vegetables (because prices are skyrocketing)
Composting throughout your garden Part 2 (Robbie & Gary Gardening Easy)
Another Composting throughout your garden Part 3 (Robbie & Gary Gardening Easy)
Deep South Bama With Mr. Tom (old timer gardening)
Deep South Homestead (old timer gardening & GREENHOUSE)
How to Plant FRESH Bell Pepper Seeds (using what you have left from processing a meal)
Starting ONIONS from Scraps (using what you have left from processing a meal)
Vegetables you can REGROW from SCRAPS in Water (Great project for kids!)
Grafting Fig trees (Just try grafting one to one.)
3-in-1 Apple Tree (You can always buy one!)
Fruit Salad Tree (saves space and bears fruit at different times)
Columnar Apple Tree (patio apple tree)
Historical Homesteading & Cooking
And, FYI, I have cooked a brisket in a solar oven. I tell everyone just to set up their ovens and give it a try. Solar ovens are kind of magical. My daughter has baked cookies inside canning jars.
Wartime Kitchen & Garden (video series)
Prairie Yard & Garden (enlightening)
Homesteading (a history)
Prairie Yard & Garden (enlightening)
Homesteading (a history)
Rebel Canners (great cookbook too!)
Power Hungry Blog (free power bar recipes)
Homemade Antibiotics (put in gel caps)
Homemade Neosporin (comfrey)
$5 Solar Oven (I haven't made one yet. I own 3 types.)
FORAGING TEXAS (just take a scroll)
Edible Wild Plants of Texas non-woody species (worth the $50 for the photographs)
Primitive Texas (The Suters have free classes in state parks twice a year.)
MY FAVORITE RECIPES
Pickling Eggs (OMG, these are just the best!)
Canning Breads & Cakes (DO THIS!)
Watermelon Pickles (A family friend made these pickles when I was five. I taught myself to can at 26 so that I could make these pickles. You don't have to hot pack these. Just put them in a jar and keep in the fridge. This recipe is different. I do not add the ginger. Also, I always look for a half a watermelon at the store so that I can find one with a thick rind. You can use the 4oz jars if you don't want to keep big opened jars in the fridge. Small jars usually are eaten at one meal. You will need many jars because everybody wants these pickles.)
FARM REPORTS (national & international)
Ice Age Farmer
Adapt 2030
Yanasa Ama Ranch (comparing solar activity & stock market with agricultural reports)
Weather/Grand Solar Minimum...
Oppenheimer Ranch Project
BEST BOOKS
I bought hundreds of books. I sold most at Half Price Books after finding what I wanted. These books are the keepers...
Spuds, Spam, and Eating for Victory...Rationing in the Second World War (reads like a dissertation but incredible) There is a Kindle version.
Welcome to the Darkside Rebel Canners Cookbook (worth having on hand)
Grandma's Wartime Baking Book (how to adjust your thinking)
Feeding the Nation...Nostalgic Recipes and Facts From 1940-1954 (excellent look at what you need to eat)
Pollination with Mason Bees (how to keep an alternative pollinator happy)
The Forager's Harvest (a book worthy of your time)
The Essential Wild Food Survival Guide (IT'S LIKE OWNING A WAREHOUSE OF FOOD)
Eat The Trees (5 trees that might fill your gut)
Wild Fermentation (Just keep this mini recipe collection on hand instead of buying the large textbook.)
Backyard Foraging (edible landscaping plants in your yard)
The Front Yard Forager (even recipes!!!)
American Indian Food and Lore (You have no idea! Incredible information)
101 Things to Do With Grits (1 of a whole series of books about quickie cooking--check other books people bought)
Tart and Sweet (canning condiments; the best chapter on canning that everyone should read)
The Complete Book of Small-Batch Cooking (awesome recipes, some international)
RAW Chocolate (Cookbook--just buy a print copy)
Greene on Greens & Grains (how-to eat what you never thought was food)
The Grains Cookbook (a collection of grain recipes based on ethnic origin; how to use ancient grains)
Power Hungry (make your own power bars with all these recipes)
