January 2026 Back to Basics Newsletter

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It’s a new Year – filled with all the opportunities New Beginnings bring! We set New Year Resolutions, and plan for the upcoming year activities and projects. SO why not make this THE YEAR you also get prepared? Maybe you have been saying you wanted to get more prepared. That you wanted a better food storage and needed to update those emergency supplies. Make this THAT year! Every month there are ideas in the Back to Basic Newsletters to keep you informed and encouraged! There is no time like the present! As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”

Let us make 2026 a Year of Preparedness!

Included in this month's newsletter:

• New Year - Old List. Ideas for a three month supply, and a basic food list for one person for one year.
• Disaster Prep - Food, Power, Light, Water. Things to remember so we can prepare "every needful thing."
• Spiritual Preparedness - a quote from President Russell M Nelson to remind us to do whatever it takes to increase our spiritual capacity to receive personal revelation.
• In the Southern Utah Garden - time to Prevent, Plan, Plant, Prepare, and Prune. Reference to a second newsletter for pruning instructions.
• New Year Resolutions - Preparedness Habits. a list of tasks and habits to help you be prepared for any disaster.
• Cooking with Food Storage - recipes for hot cocoa, flour tortillas, and bottled beans. Reference to a second newsletter for winter soup recipes included.
• Wintering Chickens - Live Storage. Tips to keep the flock healthy and laying this winter. includes a list of of four favorite /recommended breeds.

   Click here for a complete copy of the January 2026 back to Basics Newsletter.