September 2011 Newsletter

September is here!  Time for back to school, apples, the last days of garden harvest, and many opportunities to add to your food storage!  The summer has provided us with a bounty of produce from our gardens and orchards.  Hopefully we have all found something to do to help us be more prepared.  September is a great month to finish up some bottling: apples, corn, tomatoes, beans, etc.  
Don’t miss the last of the harvest time!

Included in this month's newsletter:

     Legumes: beans, nuts, peanut butter

     Hot Tips: purchasing chili powder, beans and dried onions

     Provident Living: making your own baby wipes

     September Challenge: Taking inventory

     Disaster Prep: "What If" night

     Modern Root Cellar: window wells

     In The Garden

     Home Canning: Corn, Swiss Chard, Prickly Pears, Canner Tips       

Click here to download a complete September 2011 Back To Basics Newsletter

Click here to download an "Emergency Response to Disasters" booklet.

August 2011 Newsletter

The refreshing rains and warm sunny days of summer have prodded the plants in the garden to bloom and grow.  Let’s be sure to put up some of that produce for a winter day.  The best way to taste summer in the cold of winter is to open a bottle of home grown and canned produce!  We show gratitude to the Lord when we make the best possible use of what He gives to us, and that includes our gardens. If you have extra, you can always share with a neighbor or someone who did not get a garden in.  President Brigham Young suggested we should be grateful for wheat, corn, and vegetables rather than gold and silver. Summer canning and freezing is a great way to further our preparedness.

Included in this month's newsletter:

     Slick Facts about Fats and Oil

     Provident Living (brown sugar and cheese)

     Hot Tip: Everlasting Yeast

     Quotable Quote: James E Faust

     In the Garden: fall planting, misc garden care, storing seeds

     Home Canning: Tomato Soup, Easy Spaghetti Sauce

     Disaster Prep:winter heat

     Challenge: taking inventory

Click Here to download a complete August 2011 Back to Basics Newsletter


**NOTE: for a first hand experience and advice on using the Everlasting Yeast check out foodforahungrysoul.blogspot.com . Katy used it and made some great bread!