August 2019 Back to Basics Newsletter

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“Today while the sun shines work with a will,” is the first line of a well-loved hymn that is a great motto for our lives. August is certainly a “sun-shining” month; a great time to use those “today” moments to prepare for whatever tomorrow may bring. We can “prepare for tomorrow by working today.” We can “work with a will” as we prepare both temporally and spiritually. “Today while the sun shines” we can put together that 72 hour kit, bottle fruit to enjoy in the winter, plan how to respond to any disaster, and live so that we can draw on the spirit to guide us. We can “work with a will” and “our duties fulfill” as we take the responsibility to be prepared to care for our families in any situation. While this summer sun shines - while we have the resources available – we can take advantage of the bounty that surrounds us . We live in times of plenty where the sunshine abounds. Let us prepare for the leaner times when the winter storms arrive and the sun is not so bright. Instead of complaining about the heat and summer sun – bottle it up for the future. Remember – as Ralph Waldo Emerson said “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”

Included in this months newsletter:
Disaster Prep: Be the One - 1 in 10 people keep it together in a disaster. Is that you? Ideas for how you can "be the one!"
Got Milk? Ideas for storing and using powdered milk.
In the Southern Utah Garden - Things to do in August. Planting, weeding, watering and more.
Using Summer's Bounty -  recipes for tomato soup, fresh peach cobbler and dried tomatoes, peppers and onions.
Powdered Milk - Now you stored it, how to use it -Recipes for sweetened condensed milk, buttermilk, cheese and pudding.
End of Life Preparation - a list of 25 things you should gather before you die!
Need Some Incentive? A visual of how much food you can have if you store a years supply of basics.

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