Wisdom Farms

Welcome to Wisdom Farms!

Canning for famine We are an on-line community for those looking to simplify their lives and learn how to live better with less. It is our goal to share with you great information on how you can live a simpler life. It does not matter if you live in the city or if you live in the country. Anyone can learn and apply great lessons learned from our Wisdom Farms website.

We are beginning a new year 2010 and now is a great time to become informed and prepared for what the future may hold.

Springtime is coming and we are going to have some great articles on how you can plant a successful garden so that you can help provide for your family as well as cut down on those costly food bills. Plus by growing your own fruits and vegetables, you know where they came from as opposed to "guessing" where your local grocery store gets them.

Another focus that we have here at Wisdom Farms is once you have grown all those wonderful fruits and vegetables, what do you do with them now? It is our goal to help you learn more about better nutritional cooking as well as learning how to can, dehydrate and store up your harvest.

We also want you to know that we are a Christian website geared towards Biblical Christian living, morals and ideas. There are many out there in the "homesteading" and "self sufficient " community that promote more "earth centered / paganistic" lifestyle. Although we have no personal problems with how others wish to believe, here at Wisdom Farm we stand upon God's Word to guide us in our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. We attend a small country church here in the Texas Hill Country where the pastor still teaches from the King James Bible and we sing the old fashioned hymns. I say all of this because our information leans more towards an old fashioned conservatism that has been long forgotten in days gone by.

It is our goal to recapture much of the lost information that was common knowledge to our grand parents and great grand parents. They had a love for God , a love for the land and a love for this nation. Somewhere along the line we took a turn for "change" and have lost much of the "get your hands dirty" happiness our grand parents and great grand parents understood.

SO....If you are new to the Wisdom Farms website, please take a moment to register with a log in and password. Many of our website articles are for Wisdom Farm registered members, it only takes a few moments and then you will have access to many of our informative articles. Please also know that we care about our readers, so we will protect your information that you provide.

If there is something special you would like to see us cover or information you would like for us to research, please contact us and we will look into that. All of us here are looking to simplify thier lives and we welcome articles, information and anything you would like to share.

In His Service,

Tracye Gano
Wisdom Farms

Q&A - What is the Shelf Life of Flour?

Hi Ray & Trayce, Do you know what the shelf-life is of flour, and how do you keep it from getting weevils? - Peg

Hello Peg,

This is a great question, specially for folks who are setting up their food storage.

To give you a short answer, it depends on where you store it.

You can store it in your freezer for up to 12 months

You can store it in your refrigerator for up to 6 months

Or you can store it at room temperature (your cupboards / pantry) for up to 3 months

Crisis Meltdown Greece - Sheep, Sheepdogs, and Wolves

If you have not been paying attention to what is going on in Greece, you need to be.

Why?

Because this is a foreshadow of things to come here in the US.

Here is a new acronym you need to learn. SHTF = Shcumar (crap) Hits The Fan.

Folks, many people out there have bought into the Hollywood scenario of the apocalyptic world of Mad Max and the Thunder Dome.

When the SHTF, we are not going to resort to being Will Smith in "I am Legend" world.

You know what is going to happen?

Always Be Ready - Thoughts after the storm, flood and tornado

Well this has been an interesting week. In one night we got close to 12 inches of rain and flooding takes place everywhere.

If you are ever watching CNN or FOX News and you see flooding in Texas, nine times out of ten it is here in New Braunfels.

What makes New Braunfels so famous is that fact that we have the greatest waterslide park in the entire nation, Schlitterbahn. What also make New Braunfels so great is that we have several rivers, primarily the Guadalupe the flows right through our little town. People from all over come here to go "tubing" and float down the river on a hot Texas day.

Why is Being Prepared Important to Me?

The science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

This statement is commonly known as Clarke's Third Law. We now live in a world that is so completely immersed in advanced technology that we depend upon it for our very survival. Most of the actions that we depend upon for our everyday activities -- from flipping a switch to make the lights come on to obtaining all of our food supplies at a nearby supermarket. If one would have viewed modern technology a mere 200 years ago, it would consider magic and may have even been burned at the stake.

I often get asked "why are you always talking about being prepared?"

A Farm Store Can Work For You

It started almost by accident a few years ago.

Terry, one of my neighbors (well, he lives about a mile away but that's a neighbor in the country!) said he was tired of having to wait until I was home to ring the doorbell to buy my "fresh eggs from happy chickens."

He had an old refrigerator in an out building that he wasn't using so he brought it over and we hooked it up on my carport.

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How to Begin a Successful Home-Based Business

Seventeen years ago, I found myself signing an agreement form with a direct sales company. Without a single shred of sales or business experience, I impulsively launched what would become a very successful venture. Looking back, that blind leap of faith was a brilliant move. The income I’ve earned enabled me to quit my fulltime job as a trainer with a large school district and, eventually, become a homeschooling, stay-at-home mom.

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Escape and Evasion (E&E) Kit

I’m sure everyone reading this is familiar with the bug out bag - essentially the escape and evasion kit is based on the same concept, but with several advantages.

Don’t get me wrong, having a bug out bag is a good idea, however a back-up plan, for your backup plan is even better – let me explain.

Your Not Prepared Yet

You saw the warning signs years ago and decided to be the ant, not the grasshopper. Perhaps you found and purchased the home on land that is now your residence as well as your retreat. You’ve gathered the materials to survive, perhaps even thrive, during the coming storms of political upheaval, food shortages, social disorder and economic distress. You took courses on weapons use and feel confident in your ability to defend home and kin with any of the weapons in your personal armory. You assembled canning materials and learned how to use them.

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How a Stockpile Can Triple Your Grocery Budget Surplus

People either think that I’m insane or a genius when they get a glimpse at my stockpile. The ones that ponder the former have no concept of profitable stockpiling is while the latter are privy to one of the biggest financial secrets ever.

When I first began building a stockpile it was because of a post just like this one. Someone, somewhere in bloggy land, explained the concept of buying in advance the things you’d need in the future.

Preparedness on a Budget

While perusing advertisements for “emergency preparedness” supplies, I saw some pretty hefty price tags just for a year’s worth of food. This doesn’t count the bucket loads of money that one could spend on other gadgets like a solar oven, pressure cooker, first aid supplies, etc. So, let’s get real.

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What Tormorow Brings

Most currencies in the world have been fiat money since the end of the international gold standard of the Bretton Woods system in 1971. However, some of the major currencies today, despite being based essentially on arbitrary decree, have become so trusted that they are termed hard currency.

Thomas Jefferson is attributed for stating the following:

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

We know that in history Jefferson fought and warned us about the creation of The Federal Reserve or any private bank which would control the United States’ money. Jefferson was well aware of this because in his day the international bankers were trying to establish a central bank or Federal Reserve.

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