Hi Everyone, NOTES: * Wheat is available online here: Hard Red Wheat | United States Store for $36.25 or here: Hard White Wheat | United States Store for $36.40. It is a case (6 #10 cans), which is about 33 pounds of wheat. Just a little over $1 per pound....

THE PREPPER’S MEDICINE CABINET In this blog, I will focus on just over-the-counter medicines available for purchase from the shelves of your local drug store, supermarket, or even online.  The good thing about over-the-counter medications is that the Food and Drug Administration regulates them.  There are approximately eight hundred OTC...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: * I have a document entitled "An Approach to Longer-Term Food Storage" prepared by the College of Life Sciences at BYU. The breakdown they give for grains provides about 2000-2400 calories and protein for one adult for one year. They break down all the "grains" category like...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: * Here is a planting guide separated into the different zones. Download your Planting Charts | Kellogg Garden Organics™ Murrieta, California is in Zone 9B. This Kellogg site offers a lot of free information. * Ugh, I've got earwigs infesting my garden. Damage from earwigs looks like...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: Did you know that the man who discovered how to preserve blood was black? In the late 1930s, Charles Drew invented a way to process and preserve blood plasma for transfusions, which allowed it to be stored, shipped, and used for longer periods of time. Before that,...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: NOTES: * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has been encouraging its members to be prepared for over 70 years. Did you know that no matter what the church does or says, only about 15% of the members are prepared? That said, it is probably...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: * All of my vegetables are planted in containers. Here is a good article about planting in 5-gallon buckets. Bucket Container Planting Vegetables - Using Buckets For Growing Vegetables These buckets are under $3 at Lowes and Home Depot. Considering the cost of planting containers, and if...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: * I've been reviewing the content on the FaceBook page called Murrieta Stake Emergency Preparedness & Friends. There is so much amazing information here. The site has been archived, so you cannot post anything new, but EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know you can find here. *...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: * I wanted to mention another great organic product for slugs, roly-polies, earwigs, and cutworms - Sluggo Plus. It is safe around pets and wildlife. It is still effective after rain or watering. It breaks down into fertilizer.  Sluggo Plus Wildlife and Pet Safe Slug Killer. *...