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    Prepper’s Booklist: Key Books & Tips For the Prepared Family

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    The Prepared Faily: Prepper's Booklist: Key Books & Tips. books to be prepared

    Many people today are disconnected from their roots. When one team of researchers interviewed fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders at an urban California school, they found that more than half of them didn’t know pickles were cucumbers, or that beets and peas were from plants.

    But somewhere people are growing our food. 

    People are making that food available to other people through the supply chain, but today that greater food chain is vulnerable and fragile.

    Here’s why:

    In 2005, Monsanto grabbed over 40% of the U.S. seed market and 20% of the global seed market when it bought out Seminis, making them the largest seed company in the world. Then they supplied the genetics for 75% of the tomatoes, 85% of the peppers, and so on! (source)

    It is far worse now.

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    And Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) has been buying up every seed company they can ever since attempting to create a seed monopoly and control supply.

    Here’s a list of excellent seed companies that are NOT affiliated with Monsanto.

    Even as parts of the US experience seed shortages, the technocrats are now banning international sales of SEEDS on Amazon/Wish, due to the “dangerous Chinese Mystery Seeds” pretense. This scenario is likely being used to engineer food shortages ahead, in order to rewrite of our food system and change society.

    Somehow we need to get back to the old ways and at least understand how to produce our own food to break dependence on these corrupt corporate giants.

    My Book List For the Prepared Family

    These are a few of our family’s “I may need these one day” books, gathered through the years, as I’ve contemplated getting prepared for the realities of life. I share my booklist with you in hopes that you will also consider getting back to some of the old ways. (What will folks do if the internet and food supply were disabled and we had to live off the land?).

    Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving

    Beyond Antibiotics: 50 Ways to Boost Immunity and Avoid Antibiotics with Dr. Lendon Smith

    Be Your Own Doctor by Rachel Weaver

    Saving Seeds: The Gardener’s Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds

    Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition by Sally Fallon Morell 

    The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land 

    Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables

    How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor (the book I used in the 90s to doctor my own kids!)

    Peterson’s Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America

    Super Easy Soups and Stews: 100 Soups, Stews, Broths, Chilis, Chowders

    Bread Baking for Beginners: The Essential Guide to Baking Kneaded Breads, No-Knead Breads

    Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America

    The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning: What You Need to Know to Can Meats, Vegetables, Meals in a Jar

    All New Square Foot Gardening – Grow Vegetables Anywhere by Mel Bartholomew

    The Baker Creek Vegan Cookbook: Traditional Ways to Cook, Preserve, and Eat the Harvest Emilee and Gere Gettle

    What the Bible Says About Healthy Living by Rex Russell, MD

    American Wood Heat Cookery Margaret Adams

    Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting

    The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way

    Be Prepared: Can or Freeze In Season

    Use the seasons to your advantage. Right now, the store’s produce section seems to have pretty much everything. Look for farmers markets in your area. Buy in bulk fruits and vegetables to can, freeze, or dehydrate. I recommend the canning book with clear cut instructions in the booklist above.

    Is There a Coming Food Shortage? Some Things to Consider Now

    Be Prepared: Grow Your Own Food

    The best way to be prepared is to grow at least part of your own food – or have a detailed book to teach you. Ideally, we know how to grow and harvest our own food for survival. If you don’t have a summer garden, fall is the perfect time to start a cool weather garden depending on where you live.

    Even if you live in an apartment, you may still be able to have a small container garden. If you aren’t sure where to start, check see What to Plant in June: Zones 1-10.

    Know Wild Edible Plants in Your Area

    One of the ways people stayed alive for generations was because they knew what they could and couldn’t eat in the wild. Even if you don’t have a green thumb or just don’t know where to start, there are food sources all around you.

    The Joys of Foraging: Edible Wild Free Food For You To Enjoy

    Prepare a little bit now – before the shortage. If you are new and not prepared, start stocking up on non-perishable items such as canned goods, rice, beans, canned meats, canned soups, canned tomatoes, spices, pasta, and other items your family will eat.

    Save Seed

    Seed-saving is a skill that we used to have as a country. We’ve lost it—and I think it’s time to start gaining some of it back.

    Saving and sharing seeds and growing the foods we want to grow can help us reduce food insecurity. Saving/sharing seeds gives us an opportunity to rebuild our connection to the land and our communities and prioritize culturally appropriate foods.

    My One-Stop Complete List To Be Prepared in an Uncertain World

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    “Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.” ~Miguel de Cervantes

    “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
    ~Jesus speaking in John 16:33

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    Hi! I’m Jacqueline!

    Thanks for being part of this journey with me.
    Welcome to my own little place on the internet! Home is where I love to be. I feel there is no greater place to incubate souls. These days you’ll find me using my experiences here to write about herbal remedies and natural health research — a big passion of mine. But being a wife and mother is not easy. It is challenging and potentially lonely. I get that. I wanted to create a place to connect with and support other moms for creating a natural, healthy, and fulfilling home life.
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    1. Lisa Lundeen

      November 15, 2020 at 9:12 pm

      Thank you for sharing your wisdom and extensive research! I’m curious to know what the best route is to obtain your information (specifically on preparedness)? Do you have published material for purchase or do I just sign up for your newsletter?

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      • Jacqueline

        November 15, 2020 at 10:52 pm

        Hi, Lisa!

        I love to share and help if I can! I have several other posts on preparedness and a slew of gardening posts (which may help if you can grow some of your own food).
        Here are some that come to mind:
        https://deeprootsathome.com/complete-guide-side-effect-medicine-cabinet/
        https://deeprootsathome.com/10-foods-that-last-forever/
        https://deeprootsathome.com/my-complete-list-to-be-prepared-in-an-uncertain-world-125-things/
        https://deeprootsathome.com/the-coming-food-shortage-some-things-to-consider-now/
        https://deeprootsathome.com/how-to-store-eggs-at-room-temp-for-6-months-in-lime-water/

        I would also search my site for the word ‘preparedness’.
        I hope that helps!!

        Grace and peace,
        Jacque

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    2. Felisha

      January 18, 2021 at 2:07 pm

      This list is wonderful. I have a few of the books but definitely want to get the rest!

      Reply
    3. Aubrey

      February 11, 2021 at 6:26 pm

      All of this information is so helpful. As a mother who grew up learning almost no cooking skills, and those I did learn use cream of ___ soup, I feel utterly lost. I’d love some easy, seemingly-attainable meals to begin with to feed and nourish my family. I’m not sure why, but the concept of feeding my family and planning around that topic is just so mind-boggling that I feel stuck in the SAD diet.

      Reply
    4. Jennifer

      April 14, 2021 at 11:39 pm

      Thanks again Jackie! All the time that you spend researching and writing these articles is such a wonderful gift to all of us who read your blog.
      I also highly recommend the book
      The Self Sufficient Gardener
      by John Seymour, and all of his other homesteading books.

      Reply
      • Jacqueline

        April 15, 2021 at 12:32 am

        HI, Jennifer!
        I have heard of the book! I will check it out at the library! I think I saw it there!
        Thank you 😀 God bless you! ~J

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    5. Daniell Powell

      November 06, 2021 at 7:59 am

      https://www.livescience.com/solar-storm-internet-apocalypse

      Hello,

      My name is Daniell Powell. I’m a mom of ten and a Childrens pastor. I have been so blessed by your blog. Thank you for all that you do. Keep it up!!! Is there any way I can help you?

      I shared a link from a story that related to the email you just sent out. I thought it was interesting and wanted to pass it along.

      God bless you!

      Reply
      • Jacqueline

        November 06, 2021 at 11:27 am

        Aw, thank you, Daniell! What a kind offer.

        Do you write? If so, I’d love to read some of your writings and see if there would be some fit for the blog. And did you have something else in mind?

        I appreciate your thinking of me!

        Blessings and peace,
        Jacque

        Reply
    6. Sue Beer

      November 06, 2021 at 3:00 pm

      My son has been saving tomato and pepper seeds seems like forever (10+years). He starts growing them in the mid winter at his brother’s house and by planting time they are ready to go.

      Reply
      • Jacqueline

        November 06, 2021 at 4:51 pm

        Sue, I love reading your words about your son saving and starting seedlings for spring planting. We need this art taught to the next generation, and it looks like you are doing a good job keeping that alive!
        Blessings to you and your family,
        Jacque

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