Homesteading: My Family’s CoViD-19 Lesson

Senator Cynthia Villar has been getting the flak recently because of her seed distribution project that urges people to start home gardening during the lockdown. Now one month and two days into the community quarantine (enhanced community quarantine in the case of Luzon dwellers), people have been looking for means to while away the time. The…

Home Storage: Achara

We once sold my homemade atsara in two Tagaytay shops. I especially like this veggie concoction when it has lots of singkamas (turnips) soaked in the pineapple-flavored syrup together with all the other ingredients. Tonight, I am sharing the basic recipe for this scrumptious veggie mixture. Maybe you can also make a home biz out of it –…

How We Began Our Food Storage

If there’s one thing that our family has learned from our frugal lifestyle, it is that it feels better to work hard in order to accomplish something, for instance, food storage.