3 Month Food Supply

I have seen a few ways that families are gathering in their 3 month food supply. I saw a really great handout that the ladies at Safely Gathered In have put together to show how you would plan and shop for 3 months of dinners. This spreadsheet was created by them and you can find it and other really great ideas over at their blog. When I received permission to post about their handout, they told me that they are also from the South, so their information would really be helpful to us.

Good food storage blogs

In an earlier post, I had shared a link from lds.org about how the church was encouraging members to use blogs and social networking sites to share positive experiences in regards to food storage. Here are a couple of really good blogs doing just that. You will find ideas about incorporating your long term storage such as dry milk, oats and powdered eggs into your everyday recipes.
www.foodstoragemadeeasy.net
and
www.everydayfoodstorage.blogspot.com

I hope, you get some good ideas!

Cannery Information

Here is the phone number and address for our local cannery:

Phone (770)908-5782 Address 4823 N Royal Atlanta Drive Tucker, GA 30084

You can find prices and items HERE.

Printables for home storage & organization

To find printable calendars and organizers for home notebooks, check here. Notice they have printables for pantry inventory, and favorite recipes. This will help you on your way to organizing your 3 month food supply.

First Aid Kits

Jen forwarded me this link, and I wanted to pass this on to everyone. This is a really good deal if you are in need of a first aid kit. If you already have a good one at home consider getting one for each of your vehicles. My mom put first aid kits in our cars, and I have used almost everything in there over the past 10 years.

Some things to think about this week

I am going through my family's flashlights and thought I would share a few things.

• I have come across several places (preparedness articles) that have suggested every member of your family have a flashlight at their bedside.
  
• I just bought a flashlight at Wal-Mart for $12.88 that takes either, C, AA, or AAA batteries and lasts for 40 hours.
• Designate a place for your flashlights so you can go right to them.
  

Also, designate a time of year to go through your 72 hour kits and rotate food items that need to be rotated. i.e.: crackers or snack packs. chewing gum. I let mine sit for about 3 years one time and it was pretty gross. I am trying to go through mine every year at conference time. You could also make this a time to change your batteries in your smoke alarms. Another idea, is to set up reminders in your email calendars. If you use Google, you can set your calendar up to send you an email to remind you.

Honeyville Grains Discount

Honeyville Grains is offering a discount of 10% off your entire order, and remember your whole order ships for $4.49 no matter how much you order. If you have been following this blog you know I order my oats from them and freeze dried fruits and vegetables and have been very happy with their service and quality.

To get your discount enter BIGSAVINGS as your discount code when you check out.

This offer is good from tonight 10/3 until Wednesday 10/8 6:00 pm PST.