Welcome to the The Little Red Hens blog.
As we experience events of the world we live in now with global warming and weather changes, unemployment, global pandemics, angry politics, rumors of wars, threats of earthquakes, floods and many other possibilities, do you see the great benefit of making sure you are as prepared as you can be to keep yourself and loved ones as safe as possible?
Some of the subjects I plan to write about are:
4 ways to store food.
How to make yogurt, breads, sprouts etc with some recipes.
Equipment that makes cooking from basics fun.
A new cooking technique that saves energy.
Water survival and storage ideas.
I’ll share various preparedness ideas and eventually give ideas on living green off-the-grid with concepts you might not have thought about before.
There are ideas of outdoor gardens without weeds.
Aquaponic greenhouses.
Efficient chicken coops and more.
I am into important journaling for posterity as well as family history.
I have lots of material for having interesting times with families while teaching good principles.
If you have great tips on any preparedness or self-sufficiency subjects, please email them to thelittleredhen2020@gmail.com and I will share them giving credit to you. Also if you have a blog or webpage that would enhance our knowledge, I will include your link in the blog. The propose of this blog is to help everyone in any way we can to become more prepared and more self-sufficient. Your suggestions are welcome.
If YOU are also interested in any of these ideas, please stay tuned by revisiting my blog or by subscribing to receive notifications of a post.
How did I get interested in preparedness and being very self-sufficient?
Many years ago I graduated from a University majoring in designer crafts. I married a wonderful man who graduated in architecture. We decided to move to Denmark for a couple of years so he could get practical experience working for an architectural office at a time when Denmark lead contemporary design. After many great experiences, traveling Europe and learning a lot, we settled in Portland, Oregon.
We began our family which over the years became 8 children – 7 of whom were girls and 6 of whom were redheads. They got their hair from me – therefore, The Little Red Hen!
A friend had convinced us to store some food in our house in case of emergencies. So one year we took our tax refund and invested it all in food – enough to last for a year.
During a financial recession when artistic businesses generally take a hit, we found ourselves with very little money coming in. My husband always worked hard. The problem was people weren’t paying him.
Because we wanted to always be up to date on our bills, we decided to take the meager money we were getting to pay our mortgage and other bills and simply eat from our food storage.
I’ll tell you next time some of the things we did.