Meet the prepper ready for any disaster - who can survive on her stored food for five years. <br /><br />Gubba, 23, keeps her pantry fully stocked with home-grown fruit and vegetables, canned items and rice and pasta - ready for any catastrophe.<br /><br />The content creator decided to become self-sufficient after witnessing people “fighting for food” during the coronavirus pandemic and seeing the empty shelves at the local supermarket.<br /><br />Gubba taught herself how to grow fresh fruit and vegetables and how to preserve them - using techniques such as freeze-drying and canning.<br /><br />She now lives on a 30-acre farm with her five Shepard dogs and says she has enough food in her storage to last her for five years if a disaster were to strike - and some of her cans can last for as long as 30 years.<br /><br />Gubba, who lives just outside of Seattle, Washington, US, said: “The food I have now will last me five years.<br /><br />“Before I was living in the city and lived on supermarket food.<br /><br />“In the pandemic, I saw the empty shelves and saw people fighting for food and wanted to be self-sufficient.<br /><br />“I started reading gardening books and grew a tiny little garden.<br /><br />“Now I am mostly self-sufficient.<br /><br />“I didn’t know how to can or grow food but now I can.”<br /><br />Gubba moved out of the city after teaching herself how to become more self-sufficient.<br /><br />She now lives in a 1940s house and heats her whole home with a wood stove – sourcing her wood locally.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />“I have apple, pear, peach, tangerine and cherry trees,” Gubba said.<br /><br />“And I grow raspberries, blackberries and blueberries.<br /><br />“They are great to make jams, pie fillings or even just for freezing to use later in a smoothie.<br /><br />“I grow a wide variety of vegetables.<br /><br />“I make my tomatoes and peppers into salsas and if you can them, they can last 10 years or more.”<br /><br />Gubba uses a three-layered system for her food storage – her pantry has all the food she makes her meals with such as the fresh produce, and canned goods.<br /><br />In her middle layer, she keeps her boxed and freeze-dried goods, pasta and her own canned items - in long-term storage.<br /><br />“I keep pasta in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers,” Gubba said.<br /><br />“They can last up to 20 years.<br /><br />“Freeze dried items can last up to 30 years and be just as fresh as when they were frozen.<br /><br />“Freeze drying takes all the moisture out of the food, so you just have to rehydrate it.”<br /><br />Gubba spends her days doing chores on the farm before creating social media content and streaming.<br /><br />She shares her tips with followers and says she is ready for any disaster – whether it be a hurricane, a flood or another pandemic.<br /><br />“Everyone can have a food storage,” she said.<br /><br />“You can keep food under your bed.<br /><br />“I have plenty of food for myself and my neighbours.<br /><br />“I am ready for any situation,” she said.
