I copied and pasted this comment from the conversation on hurricane Helene.
Rain Country Homestead on youtube is a common sense woman that doesn’t make things difficult at all. She has TONS of videos. I found her when I was researching herbal remedies over a year ago and realizing that google and the like were hiding all my main sources I previously used. She is also on Rumble because some of the things she uses are banned on youtube. Such as colloidal silver and turpentine.
I have dehydrated apples, carrots, celery, elderberries, oranges, cabbage and so much more. One thing that I never would have thought of was dehydrating beans (pinto, kidney, etc). I make up a huge batch (soaking overnight and cooking the next day) and then dehydrate them. Sounds silly at first, but once they are cooked and then dehydrated, all you need to do is add liquid and they’re done.
Here’s a link to her channel where I search “dehydrating”:
Kay, this is really impressive to hear that you dehydrate food! I’m sure it took quite awhile to learn and develop this skill. Do you have special equipment? Although I won’t be doing my own dehydrating - to old and not enough patience - I have purchased dehydrated food and keep in on hand for emergency purposes. In fact, when I get back home (out of the country), Im going to recheck my food supply - as even though they don’t expire for years, some of what I purchased may be expired. They were meals, not individual fruits and veggies. Do you have a recommendation for us as to which companies sell the best products?
In all honesty…it took me nothing to learn this skill. I followed Heidi at Rain Country’s videos and just did it. I did end up buying a Cosori dehydrator so I could speed things up. I also found an expandable round dehydrator at an auction - had to clean it up a bit, but works great. I started just doing dandelion and a few other herbs I found growing in the yard. We let most of our yard just grow this year to see what God had provided us here. I’ll tell ya…I did not find a single plant that didn’t have medicinal properties! Just got done drying Motherwort and Mullein.
BTW - it doesn’t take much to dry herbs…or even foods. So easy to do. Identify the herb, make sure it hasn’t been sprayed, look up the benefits and dry it. Heck you can use them fresh also.
And note that expiration dates are typically best by dates. If they are stored properly, the most that would happen would be having a not so fresh taste. I typically buy herbs and spices in 1 lb bags from Vitacost or Azure Standard. (Which is funny, these are the same that Rain Country suggests and I had already been buying from them before I found her.) I look for organic. Frontier Co-op has a good selection along with some veggies and fruits. I would have to do some research to find meals.
Prayers for safe travels!! Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for the information. I looked up the Cosori dehydrator - surprised to see it’s not expensive and on Amazon. Love all the uses for natural herbs - especially from your yard!
It truly is so easy to do. And the cosori makes it even easier. Im dehydrating pumpkin now. I like to add pumpkin powder to alot of things I cook…even put it in chili to add more nutrients. Adding mixed greens to things helps to get more minerals in your body too. All these little things you can do to stay healthy and off meds. We’ve been slowly reducing supplements also - why spend the money on supplements when God gave us everything our body’s need.
Adding mixed greens to things helps to get more minerals in your body too. All these little things you can do to stay healthy and off meds. We’ve been slowly reducing supplements also - why spend the money on supplements when God gave us everything our body’s need.