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These monthly newsletters (from January 2011 to present) are to help us all be more prepared. They are written for the Hurricane Utah Stake (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,) but everyone is welcome to make copies. Many other groups and individuals are using them. (Note: Garden tips are for Southern Utah. You may need to adjust to fit your climate.)

Friday, May 4, 2012

May 2012 Newsletter



What a crazy spring we have enjoyed! We have gone from winter to summer and back again.  Mild weather may be here today, but the promise of hot summer days is in the air. Soon we will begin to reap the delicious fruit of our labors from our trees and gardens. Gardens and food storage require the same thing our eternal salvation does – and that is to endure to the end! It makes it a lot easier to “endure” if we keep up, not catch up. So keep in mind, as the summer begins, to try to keep in step with your preparedness plans instead of scrambling to catch up – whether it is weeds in the garden or empty shelves in the basement.  We need to “endure”, and - to coin a phrase from the 70’s – “keep on keeping on!”  Ultimately being prepared is not a goal we finally reach, but instead it is a way of life!   

                                                            

Included in this newsletter:
       The "Bare"Necessities: storing clothing and bedding.
       Disaster Prep: car repair, gas tank, 72 hour kit, thinking.
       Provident Living: Old adages
       Church Farm: hotline and service.
       In the May Garden: planting, weeds, poison, mulch, spray, bees, family.
       The "Egg-cellent" Egg: storing and freezing eggs, recipes to use and substitute.
       Hot Tip: Buckets
       Spiritual Preparedness: Law of the Harvest.


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