Resources

Building a Prepper Library

A prepper resource library is an essential collection of information, tools, and resources designed to help you prepare for, survive, and recover from emergencies. This library can include physical books, digital files, software, apps, and other informational resources that cover a wide range of topics, from first aid to food preservation.

buildingprepperlibrary.pdf

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Basic Prepping Resources

(all found online)

Prepping 101 - Use these links if you are new to prepping

LDS manual.pdf

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food_storage.pdf

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• Emergency and Disaster Menu (7 day)

• Home Storage Recipes (Layton HSC Open House)

• The Accidental Prepper - @willatwork tiktok

• Foxfire series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Canning Resources - Canning Basic Tips

• USDA Complete Home Canning Guide 2015 rev (193 pages)

• Food Safety

• Canning Meat, Poultry and Game (pdf)

• Canning Seafood (pdf)

• Home Canning - Guide 1 - Principles of Home Canning

Dehydrating

• Dehydrating meat

• Solar Dehydrator

Dehydrating Food.pdf

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Cooking/Recipes (Books and downloads from the interwebs)

• Backwoods cookbook

• The Preppers Cookbook: Essential Prepping Foods and Recipes to Deliciously Survive Any Disaster

• One Dough, Ten Breads: Making Great Bread by Hand

Mylar Bags & Oxygen Absorbers

• 7 MIL Mylar https://www.topmylar.com/ Pleasant Grove Farms

• 7 MIL Mylar https://discountmylarbags.com/ (Fresh US)

• 7 MIL https://packfreshusa.com/

• 7 MIL https://www.sorbentsystems.com/ironshield.html

Using Mylar Bags for Long.pdf

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Lists

Master Pantry List (this is a working document I'm sharing of foods) Google Sheets

Youtube Resources

• RoseRed Homestead

• Mary's Nest

• Rain Country Homestead

FreezeDrying Resources

Freeze Drying.pdf

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• Rolling Table – I keep my freeze dryer in the garage. It makes it nice to be able to pull the machine away from the wall and access the back side, grab my bucket for dumping the drained water, etc.

• Mylar Bags – You can buy from in bulk from PackFresh, in a few different sizes. I like gallon size ones for items that I know we will consume all of it fairly quickly (within a week, or so.) For food where not as much is needed, at first opening of the bag, I like to store in 2 quart or 1 quart bags. For example, I would never need a lot of chopped onions at once, so I would store the freeze dried onions in the smallest bags I had on hand.

• Oxygen Absorbers – I also buy these in bulk from PackFresh, in the packs of 10. It’s nice to have them in bundles of 10, because you don’t risk exposing a huge bag of oxygen absorbers to the air for too long. You can work with 10 at a time, then open the next package up, as needed. The minute I open up a 10 pack, I quickly transfer them (and the dot indicator) to a small canning jar and screw the lid on. I use what I need to package my food, then screw the lid back on, if there is leftover packets in there. The next time I get around to packaging food, I only open that jar if the indicator is pink again.

• Silicone Molds

• Storage Bins – The last thing you want, after all your freeze drying efforts, is to have rodents discover your mylar bags of food. I like to store my food in27 gal storage bins from HomeDepot or Costco. They stack on top of each other. I separate them by category, so it’s easy to find what I’m looking for. I have a bucket for: Meats, Fruits, Veggies, Dairy (cheeses & sour cream), Milk, Sweets, and Full Meals. Luckily, freeze dried food is super light weight, so it’s easy to fill them completely full and move them, as needed.

Tools

• https://www.freezedryingsupplies.com/

• https://frozenright.com/

• https://harvestright.com/

• https://extension.usu.edu/preserve-the-harvest/research/freeze-drying-essential-and-nice-to-have-tools-and-supplies

FreezeDry Videos

• https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnInBibs

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n_wDeUDrdDMQfoElZlfw

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0QEgXq_2CujiWZ6G9SWEcw

• https://www.youtube.com/user/SchoolReports

• https://www.youtube.com/user/EpicenterBryan

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQEMWhz_KsfdrA7gX59APw

• https://www.youtube.com/user/kyleneanne

• https://www.youtube.com/user/InFlorida4252

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXnzorI5nuqem74vPa31gw

Facebook Groups

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/retiredat40livelifesimple/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/stockingourshelvesfreezedrying/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/992979040760262/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/BettysHarvestRightFreezeDryersGroup/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/1860585500820523/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/244299250021556/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/882284988521621/

Books

• Freeze Drying Master's Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Create Your Self-Sufficient Pantry That Lasts Decades. Embrace the Future of Food Storage & Enjoy Delicious, Nutrient-Rich Freeze-Dried Recipes Paperback – May 8, 2024

• Freeze Drying Bible: Acquire the Simple Steps to Develop Emergency Food Storage and Delight Your Family with Quick and Delicious Recipes

• Retired at 40 Cookbook

  • https://www.freezedryingsupplies.com/collections/all-products/products/the-freeze-drying-cookbook-physical-copy

  • https://www.freezedryingsupplies.com/collections/all-products/products/the-freeze-drying-cookbook-vol-2-physical-copy

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Free Books

Homesteading

• The homesteading handbook _ a back to basics guide to growing your own food, canning, keeping chickens, generating your own energy, crafting, herbal medicine, and more

• The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals_ Choose the Best Breeds for Small-Space Farming, Produce Your Own Grass-Fed Meat, Gather Fresh ... Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Cattle, & Bees

Disaster Preparedness

• The Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness

• The Ultimate Prepper’s Guide How to Make Sure the End of the World as We Know It Isn’t the End of Your

Dehydrating

• The Food Dehydrating Bible

Medicinal (Use at your own risk)

• The Country Almanac of Home Remedies_ Time-Tested & Almost Forgotten Wisdom for Treating Hundreds of Common Ailments, Aches & Pains Quickly and Naturally

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Emergency Preparedness

1. Prepper Notebook

2. Family Emergency Plan

   1. Go Bag Check List

   2. Medical Supply List

3. Financial Preparedness

4. How Prepared Are You?

5. Emergency Water Storage

6. Food Storage Plan

7. Basic Pantry List (Emergency too)