June is a favorite month of many. The days are long with
pleasant summer evenings. The cherries and apricot trees drip with their
goodness, and gardens flourish and begin to produce their bounty. The grasses
are lush and the flowers are fragrant. June is the most popular month for
weddings – so love is in the air! Al Bernstein described it when he said
“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” With all the wonder of
this month comes a great opportunity to add to our temporal and spiritual preparedness.
Bottle up some of the delicious fruits God has given us. We were blessed with a
bounteous harvest – so be sure to show gratitude for what the lord has sent. It
is a great time for family outings and growing and strengthening bonds with
summer time activities such as camping, swimming, hiking, and enjoying the
great outdoors. Or even to sit under the shade and read, or write in a journal,
or ponder the wonders that surround us! Truly – the fig tree “branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves”. The summer is nigh – and the signs that it
stands for are all around – “even at the doors” (Matt. 24: 31-32) May we use
this balmy month of June to increase our preparedness and be ready for whatever
the encroaching heat may bring. “If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.”
Included in this issue:
Simplify: A Daily Dose Approach to Preparedness - choosing
one task to accomplish daily will help you be prepared!
Words To Live By - verses to encourage us in our
preparedness.
Visual of basic recommendation for 1 year supply for 1
person, lists with it, and thoughts of expanding that list.
In the Southern Utah Garden: what to plant, keeping weeds
down, staking tomatoes, curly top prevention, tomato worms, spraying fruit
trees, thinning fruit picking veggies, mowing lawns.
June Canning: Recipes for Dandelion Jelly, Apricot Jam,
Apricot Fruit Leather, and other Apricot ideas.
Provident Living: Depression Era Lessons. Ideas to include
in our daily lives that will help us in our preparedness. All things our
grandparents did during the depression.
Supplemental Foods: A list with amounts per person to
store to supplemment our basic and expanded storage.
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here for a complete copy of the June 2016 Back to Basics Newsletter.
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