SunflowerHill

My heart goes out to all of those who are suffering from natrual disasters.  And then there are those who are suffering from personal disasters. It is so important to be prepared.  We need emergency 72 hour kits to sustain our families if we have to leave our homes quickly.  We should have enough extra blankets and water proof coverings.  I always keep a few extra coats of various sizes on hand. 

Could your family live a month, or even a week with what you have in your pantry?  We never know when we might have to do this.  20 years ago when I was faced with widowhood I had no money left after I buried my husband.  We had no insurance and 9 of my 10 children were still at home.  But the Lord is good.  I had a root cellar and a pantry full of home canned food.  I called my children around me and explained that for at least the next month we could not buy anything.  One of the blessings was that we were used to eating home grown food and we had a cow. 

In my up coming posts I want to talk about learning to eat foods we store.  Foods that store easily and do not require energy to store.

I would like to share with you things I have learned in hopes that it might help you. 

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11:11, Saturday, May 17, 2008 .. Posted by desertoasis

Hi Anne, thanks for commenting! I love your blog, I definitely should hang around here and learn from you!

I have planted some veggies in the back jungle here in our rental, but am not as ready as I was for Y2K with shelves and shelves in a basement full of pantry items and emergency gear. We had to move to CA and I had to sell off 1/2 our house-hold to fit into one self-moving truck.

Anyway, beans beans the magical fruit lol.. I will have to try the mashing trick :)