City woman moves to farm and stocks 5-year survival food supply due to Covid
A woman claims she is prepared for any type of global disaster thanks to her well-stocked pantry, with food stored to last five years. Gubba, 23, keeps her pantry fully stocked with home-grown fruit and vegetables, canned items and rice and pasta.
The content creator from the US decided to become self-sufficient after witnessing people "fighting for food" during the coronavirus pandemic and seeing the empty shelves at the local supermarket.
Vowing to not have to rely on others, Gubba taught herself how to grow her own fresh fruit and vegetables and how to preserve them - using techniques such as freeze-drying and canning.
“The food I have now will last me five years" (Gubba / SWNS)She now lives on a 30-acre farm with her five Shepard dogs and thanks to her preparedness, says she has enough food in her storage to last her for five years if a catastrophe were to strike - while some of her cans can last for as long as 30 years.
Gubba, who lives just outside of Seattle, Washington, US, said: "The food I have now will last me five years.
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"Before I was living in the city and lived on supermarket food.
"In the pandemic, I saw the empty shelves and saw people fighting for food and wanted to be self-sufficient.
"I started reading gardening books and grew a tiny little garden.
"Now I am mostly self-sufficient.
"I didn't know how to can or grow food but now I can."
She grows her own produce and stores it away for a rainy day (Gubba / SWNS)Gubba moved out of the city after teaching herself how to become more self-sufficient.
She now lives in a 1940s house and heats her whole home with a wood stove – sourcing her wood locally.
She has a flock of 13 chickens, fruit trees, and grows vegetables such as garlic, tomatoes, varieties of lettuces and cucumber on her 30 acres of land.
"I have apple, pear, peach, tangerine and cherry trees," Gubba said.
"And I grow raspberries, blackberries and blueberries.
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"They are great to make jams, pie fillings or even just for freezing to use later in a smoothie.
"I grow a wide variety of vegetables.
"I make my tomatoes and peppers into salsas and if you can them, they can last 10 years or more."
Gubba uses a three-layered system for her food storage and her pantry has all the food she makes her meals with such as the fresh produce, and canned goods.
In her middle layer, she keeps her boxed and freeze-dried goods, while pasta and her own canned items are in long-term storage.
"I keep pasta in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers," Gubba said.
She has a flock of 13 chickens (Gubba / SWNS)"They can last up to 20 years.
"Freeze dried items can last up to 30 years and be just as fresh as when they were frozen.
"Freeze drying takes all the moisture out of the food, so you just have to rehydrate it."
Gubba spends her days doing chores on the farm before creating social media content and streaming.
She shares her tips with followers and says she is ready for any disaster – whether it be a hurricane, a flood or another pandemic.
"Everyone can have a food storage," she said.
"You can keep food under your bed.
"I have plenty of food for myself and my neighbours.
"I am ready for any situation," she said.
The 23-year-old spends her day on the farm (Gubba / SWNS)Gubba's three layered system
Short-term
- Fresh vegetables
- Fresh fruit
- Canned goods used every day such as peanut butter
Middle
- Extra canned foods
- Boxed and freeze-dried goods
Long-term storage
- Pasta, beans and rice in mylar bags
- Own canned items
- Number ten cans
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