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Grow Your Own Food Workshop © SRS 1 Why Plant Herbs For Medicinal Purposes? 1. Growing herbs will save you money. 2. Generally speaking the fresher something is the higher potency it will have, so you don’t have to use as much of it. 3. If you save your seeds and use heirloom varieties then you could have a lifetime supply of herbs. 4. When you grow your own herbs you get to pick when you use it. You can use it fresh, you can dry it or

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Why Plant Herbs For Medicinal Purposes?

1. Growing herbs will save you money.

2. Generally speaking the fresher something is the higher potency it will have, so you don’t have to use as much of it.

3. If you save your seeds and use heirloom varieties then you could have a lifetime supply of herbs.

4. When you grow your own herbs you get to pick when you use it. You can use it fresh, you can dry it or

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you can choose to place it into a tincture or another recipe

5. When you grow your own herbs you get the leaves the stems and the roots.

6. If you’re growing your own herbs you get the added benefit, at least with some herbs, that they will repel insects .

7. Some herbs are actually culinary and medicinal herbs.

8. Using and growing herbs for medicinal use can reduce dependence on drugs.

9. Growing your own herbs gives you the knowledge of just knowing how. And the more you know the more you can grow .

4 Action Items:1.2.3.4.

Herbs To Start With1. 2.3.4.

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You’re ready to grow your own food, what do you plant first?

Hi, I’m Jennifer from Self Reliant School. I’ve been gardening for over 20 years, and my husband and I teach growing your own food, cooking from scratch and preserving online. I’ve been fortunate and blessed to teach hundreds of people how to get their gardens started.

This is the complete Grow Your Pantry Guide condensed and organized so you can see the complete overview. Because I want you to have the best most nutritious food for you and your family.

So whether you’re looking to grow and preserve one thing you eat this season or want to have a giant garden and stock an entire pantry, you’re looking at the roadmap right here.

Want More?

Are you hooked on growing your own food? If you’ve read this far chances are you’ve fallen in love with orgainc gardening to keep you and your family healthy.

You can find these things and more inside the Self Reliant School membership. I’ll see you inside!

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Grow Your Pantry GuideThere are things you have to consider when you set out to grow, cook and preserve your own food.

Like, what are you going to grow and how are you going to grow it? Or, what things do you want to start making at home? And how are you going to preserve the things you grow?

Within each of these questions are other considerations and processes that you need to consider. This blueprint gives you a bird’s eye view of the entire process. It’s not a complete list and outline but it is exhaustive, and contains everything you need to move you forward.

My mission, and the mission of Self Reliant School, is to double the home production and storage of food in 50,000 homes by 2025.

Why?

Because we believe that it can improve the health of our food system, we believe it WILL improve your health, but most of all we believe it will teach our children how to nourish their bodies so TOGETHER we can make the world a better place!

But if you’re not clear on how to begin this process or what the process involves then chances are you’ll never move forward.

My goal with The Grow Your Pantry Guide is to filter down years of experience and hard lessons learned to give you the knowledge and the focus you need to grow, cook and preserve your own food.

So let’s get going!

-Jennifer Osuch

P.S. If you have any questions about this guide please ask. We go much deeper inside Self Reliant School into all of these facets of being Self Reliant; I hope you’ll join us inside.

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Gardening

Seeds Seed saving Heirloom seeds Hybrid seeds

Soil Compost Mulch Amendments Bio-Activity/testing

Planting Planning Companion planting Starting seeds indoors/outdoors Transplanting Spacing/location/container Watering

Garden Structures Raised beds Trellises Cold frames Greenhouses Hoop houses/low tunnels

Weed and Bug Control Bug identification Weed identification Organic insecticide recipes Organic pesticide recipes

Hydroponics Basic set-up Nutrients Grow medium Intermediate set-up Advanced set-up

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Whole Food Cooking

Ingredients Understanding what and where they come from Sourcing the best ingredients Understanding the role of ingredients in a recipe

Baking Bread Quick breads and cookies Pizza, tortillas and other unleavened breads

Pressure Cooking Safety Understanding timing Understanding the process

Cheese Making Soft cheeses Cultured cheeses Hard cheeses Aging cheeses

Homebrewing How to make sodas How to make mead and wine How to make beer How to store your brews

Cast Iron Cooking Care of cast iron Why cast iron is a better choice When to use a skillet, a dutch oven or something else. Recipes

SunOven Cooking Understanding how it works Making it work for you Recipes

Other Broth Making sausage Curing

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Preserving Canning Safety Water bath canning Pressure canning Knowing what method to use Procedures and recipes

Fermenting What is lacto fermentation Health benefits How to tell when something goes wrong Recipes

Dehydrating How to store dehydrated food How do I know when to check my food Dehydrating raw vs cooked food Beyond food storage Recipes

Freezing Benefits Freezer life of food Producers and methods

Freeze Drying Benefits Storage life of food Producers and methods

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Making Beverages How to gift your brews Soda Kombucha/kefir water Cider/mead wine

Extracts Vanilla Lemon/orange Coffee Coconut Infusions Honey Maple syrup Vodka/gin/liqueurs

Spices Mixes/Meals In Jars Spices Herbs Meals Deserts Skin Care Dry skin Oily skin Damaged skin Natural makeup Soap

Cleaners Bathroom cleaners Floor cleaners All purpose cleaners Kitchen cleaners Laundry detergent

Other Step by step tutorials

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Herbs and Spices

Culinary Spice mixes Pestos Marinades

Medicinal Teas Tinctures Extracts Topical solutions

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Notes

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