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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.)

Saturday, March 30, 2013

April 2013


April showers bring May flowers…. and a lot of summer and fall harvest from your garden!  We also harvest the fruits of other types of preparedness! Truly we will reap what we sow! Plant a garden and reap the rewards of a family well fed, who knows how to work, and who understands the law of the harvest. Be prepared with a 72 hour kit and reap the “harvest” of peace of mind, blessings for obedience, and something for an emergency.  Learn skills to use in a disaster, and reap peace and safety. What do you need to “sow” in order to “reap” the harvest you hope for? Use this month to add to your preparedness, and be ready to enjoy the bounty it will bring.

Included in this newsletter:
     Use Your Bean!  Information on storing and using beans.
     Provident Living: Homemade Ice Packs
     Spiritual Preparedness: General Conference
     In the Garden - Planting, tomatoes, lawns, weeds, spraying fruit trees.
     Cooking with Food Storage: Disguising beans - pie and muffins
     Vines of plenty: make a grape arbor
     Planning guide for harvest and canning: amounts to plant for a family of 6


Click here for a complete copy of April 2013 Back to Basics Newsletter.

Friday, March 1, 2013

March 2013


Spring has sprung – for a day at least. Seems like March is either the lamb or the lion: winter, then spring, then almost summer! As the days warm and the blossoms pop, we can “spring” into action with a little more effort concerning our preparedness.  Spring brings smells and colors and so much more - to entice us to venture outdoors and – like a kid – dig in some dirt! March is a great month to plant or plan your garden (depending on where you live). This is a great month to invest some time and effort into a summer harvest. Take stock of what you need, and plan accordingly. All preparedness areas are just like planting a garden: there must be planning, time and effort to bring about the “harvest” of that calm and peaceful feeling that being prepared gives us! With the state of the world today, we cannot afford to be un prepared! Even non-religious entities have encouraged at least a 3 month storage of basic supplies. Let’s take this month as a time to “March” into preparedness!

Included in this months newsletter:
     Expanded Secondary Storage: Amounts per person for Staples, Mixed and Packaged Foods, Canned and Dried Foods, Herbs and Condiments, and Other Foods.
     In the Southern Utah Garden: Planting times, Poor Mans Manure, Chart for watering lawns.
     Provident Living: Raising chickens: how many and why.
     Disaster Prep: Anchoring your water heater.
     Spiritual Preparedness: Quotes from Gordon B Hinckley and Ezra Taft Benson.


Click here for a complete copy of the March 2013 Back to Basics Newsletter.