Preserving Guide

The Gardening Dad (www.thegardeningdad.com) educates dads (and moms!) on how to grow, garden, and feed their families in a simple, easy, and cost-friendly way. I'm your average guy: late-thirties, wonderful wife, kids, a dog, chickens and bees! I work a 9 to 5 job, and I absolutely love spending all my free time fine-tuning my gardening skills. I enjoy everything about gardening. I am a fourth-generation American gardener (and before that my family had gardens in southern Italy). I have almost 20 fruit trees, a large vegetable garden, several raised herb gardens, numerous berry bushes, and a greenhouse. My blog, TheGardeningDad.com is an easy-to-use resource for all things garden related.

I'm Darcy, and I'm a dehydrating fiend! I love talking about food preservation through dehydrating, and all the ways that it can be used to create a stocked pantry and wonderful meals for your family!

Nearly 20 years ago, we set out to create a self-reliant homestead. Now we produce our own food and our own power, and can tackle whatever craziness this wild world throws at us. If you’re ready take back control from Big Pharma and Big Food and feel confident facing Everyday Emergencies, join us.

Certified Master Food Preserver & award-winning author, Kris Bordessa, focuses on growing and preserving a seasonal harvest. With decades of experience gardening, canning, and cooking from scratch, she helps those new to the idea of self-reliant living embrace small changes.

Helping driven women design a life that gives them time, income, and freedom—without the hustle.You are created to have balanced ambition and not settle for less.I believe that even though we live in a world that tells us we have to be in the camp of stay at home motherhood or a career driven 9-5ers we can create a life well-designed and have our own Intentional success that honors our calling.