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.

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December 2025 Back to Basics Newsletter

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December ushers in “the most wonderful time of the year!” Carols proclaim it and children of all ages agree. The garden has gone to sleep, and the cozy fires inside draw us near. The harvest has been gathered in - so the winter storms can begin! Those winter storms may be literal, or just the trials life brings. Either way we can endure, and maybe even enjoy the storms, as we are prepared. This month’s Christmas celebrations and gift giving provide a great time for us to help those we love and live near to add to their preparedness. May your Christmas giving help your family and others have a Preparedness  Christmas! Making extra efforts today will pay off with the peace of preparedness tomorrow!

Included in this month's Back to Basics Newsletter:

Preparedness Tomorrows - What If? If tomorrow all you had to eat for the near future was what you had in the house today - how would your family do? Heres a list to consider.

A Preparedness Christmas: Ideas for the Gift of Preparedness in emergency, food and first aid categories.

The Southern Utah Garden: Things to do in December for your garden

Cooking with Food Storage - Old Fashioned Christmas Treats: Recipes with items that can be on your storage shelves for Molasses Candy, Carmel Corn, Pecan Brittle and Christmas Bran Muffins. 

Basic Grain Storage - Wheat: A list to help you in your wheat storage.

Spiritual and Temporal Preparedness: Quotes from Elder L Tom Perry and President Spencer W Kimball to inspire and encourage our preparedness.

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