March 2014

Spring is “Marching” right in! Whether it is a lamb or a lion sometimes seems to depend on whether it is the morning or afternoon.  You just have to be prepared for whatever kind of a day Mother Nature throws at you. This sounds a lot like our family and personal preparedness. We really do not know how or when our “preparedness” will be used – we just need to be prepared for anything!!  You may use your food storage in an economic slump, a power outage, a truckers strike or even a drought that affects food supplies. It may be something you use for a day, or a week or longer. Really, being prepared should just be a “way of life” so that whatever comes your way is only a bump in the road and not a major crash. Let’s use this month to “march” our way into a greater level of preparedness.

Included in this month's newsletter:

Just in Case - tips for purchasing case lot sales this spring

Disaster Prep: Matchless! storing matches in our food and 72 hour kit storage.

In the Southern Utah Garden: seeds to plant this month, transplanting tips, time for bare roots, new seeds and plants moist, dividing flowers, clean up, pruning shrubs.

Cooking with Food Storage: grain to grain ratios for cooking a variety of grains.

Provident Living for Spring!  Storing gas, homemade ice packs, organic pest control from egg shells and Poor Mans Tupperware!

Spiritual Preparedness: Oil in your lamps - spiritual preparedness cannot be shared.

Click here for a complete copy of March 2014 Back to Basics Newsletter.