This week the purchase is for 100 lbs. of wheat. I have only purchased my wheat from the church storehouse. I know there are other sources out there but this is what I am familiar with. As I have posted before I do not need more wheat so this week I am going to work again on 72 hours kits. Also, I want to catch up on a few weeks that I skipped because I did not do my regular shopping.
I did find a source that shows for 12 months (six people) you need:
906 lbs. of wheat, 170 lbs. of corn meal, 230 lbs. of rolled oats, 92 lbs. of enriched white flour, 404 lbs. of enriched white rice, 20 lbs., of pearled barley and 200 lbs. of spaghetti or macaroni.
These are just from the grain group. I am asking - tell me what do we do with barley? I know how to use the other grains but that one is new to me. These amounts seem overwhelming when you look at it as a whole - but broken up into bits it is manageable. I am thinking more towards the three month supply and going to divide it into that measurement. For example, for the wheat 906 divided by 12 is 75.5 times three equals 226.5 lbs for three months. I can do that already almost if I had purchased wheat during week 7 and this week. For me dividing it up like that helps me not to get to stressed about it.
Next week I have a great new recipe to share - happy storing!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Week Eighteen
I cannot believe the holidays got so busy! I have not had a lot of extra time and now that a new year has begun I am back and will be updating again on a regular basis.
David came home the a couple of weeks ago with some information regarding food storage. He was told that we need to be sure and have a GOOD three month supply of things. We still need to have our year supply but we need to make sure that we could sustain ourselves for at least three months with what we have in our storage. I am trying to come up with a good list of items and things that would be good for this. In the meantime, I will still be posting our weekly purchases to add to our year supply. During the last few weeks I have not focused on this like had been. It was hard to do regular shopping and such during our "Arctic Blast". I know that I was glad I had some things on hand during that time and did not have to worry so much about getting to the store. But now it is time to restock and re-evaluate where I am with things. So we are now on week eighteen. With this week also be sure that you are adding at least a gallon of water to your list.
Also, I will be posting more recipes and tips for preparing menus and meal planning. I have taught a few classes on this and have lots of information to share.
WEEK EIGHTEEN: 10 lbs. of sugar
David came home the a couple of weeks ago with some information regarding food storage. He was told that we need to be sure and have a GOOD three month supply of things. We still need to have our year supply but we need to make sure that we could sustain ourselves for at least three months with what we have in our storage. I am trying to come up with a good list of items and things that would be good for this. In the meantime, I will still be posting our weekly purchases to add to our year supply. During the last few weeks I have not focused on this like had been. It was hard to do regular shopping and such during our "Arctic Blast". I know that I was glad I had some things on hand during that time and did not have to worry so much about getting to the store. But now it is time to restock and re-evaluate where I am with things. So we are now on week eighteen. With this week also be sure that you are adding at least a gallon of water to your list.
Also, I will be posting more recipes and tips for preparing menus and meal planning. I have taught a few classes on this and have lots of information to share.
WEEK EIGHTEEN: 10 lbs. of sugar
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