Preparedness Nuggets 6

Preparedness Nuggets 6Return to Preparedness Nuggets Index Better Times Cookbook V | Justpeace | Better Times | BobWaldrop.net | Access to Energy Conservation | On Pilgrimage in Oklahoma City | Bookstore | Better Times II | Bulgar Bugle | Mutual Aid (Grassroots home and community scale disaster preparations) Preparedness Nuggets A Cyberbook of Practical Wisdom for Daily Living Part the Sixth Food Storage Book Ezekial Bread One Guy's Shopping List Countdown to Year 2000 Shopping Guide Spiritual Preparation Y2k CPR ---------------------------------------------------PLANNING GUIDE TOP Countdown to 2000: A planning guide Take inventory: Where are you right now in terms of preparation? List all assets, including tools and skills. Set goals: Where do you want to be in 2000? Do you want to be ready to be totally self-sufficient, is it okay to merely have a stockpile of essentials, or will you just wait and see what happens? Set your course to meet those goals: Subtract what you have from what you want to determine what you still need. Make your plan: Decide how you're going to get what you need in the next 18 months. Set priorities (triage). Concentrate on the most important or essential needs first. Set a timetable for yourself. Suggestions: If you are in the city and you're totally convinced that is NOT where you'll want to be in December, 1999, get out now! If you wait, for any reason, it could be too late. If you're in the country but don't have a working homestead, start building one now. In most parts of the country it's not too late to start or expand a garden: July/August is the best time to plant crops to be harvested in fall. (See list of fall crops on page 109.) Construct rabbit and poultry facilities, and stock them. Acquire the books you'll need for advice, now and later. Plan to save seeds from open-pollinated crops. While getting seeds next spring might not be a problem, spring 2000 could be a different matter: you'll need the experience for next year's harvest. Preserve food, from your own garden if you have one, or from farmers' markets if you aren't that far yet. Get the equipment and information you'll need. Better to have failures now (and learn from them) than when they could be critical. If at all possible after all the above, get out of debt. In any event do NOT incur more. If you are already comfortably situated on a working homestead with everything you need in place, check closely to see if you missed anything. Now is the time to start gathering less-essential goods that will add to your security and comfort. Be sure to rotate stores to keep everything as fresh as possible. Consider adding to your stores to help those in need. Make any repairs, replacements or additions you might have been putting off: if you're going to need a new roof in a few years, get it now instead. If you've been meaning to get a tetanus shot, get it now. If you need dental work or new glasses, take care of it now. Don't put off what you can do today. And if nothing happens...? So what? If you get your life in order and live it the way you say you want to, you'll have Y2K to thank! -----------------------------------------------------------BOOK ON FOOD STORAGE TOP I just received a great little book on Low-Cost Family Food Storage, by A. L.

Evangelista, It's available through Amazon.com. For a very reasonable price, I might add. NOTE FROM ROBERT WALDROP: you can purchase this book via my cyber-bookstore; it is on the simple living page. Go to Simple Living Bookstore Page -----------------------------------------------------------------EZEKIEL BREAD TOP Combine the following whole grains: 2 1/2 cups hard red wheat 1 1/2 cup spelt or rye (Biblically spelt was used, Ezekiel 4:9) 1/2 cup barley (hulled barley) 1/4 cup millet 1/4 cup lentils (green preferred) 2 T. great northern beans 2 T. red kidney beans 2 T. pinto beans Stir the above ingredients very well. Grind in flour mill. Measure into large bowl: 4 cups lukewarm water 1 cup honey 1/2 cup oil 2 T. Red Star Yeast Set aside for 3-5 mins. to allow yeast to grow. Add to yeast mixture: 2 t. salt and the fresh milled flour from above mixture of grains Stir or knead until well kneaded about 10 mins. This is a batter type bread and will not form a smooth ball. Pour dough into greased pans. You may use 2 large loaf pans (10 X 5 X 3) or 3 med. loaf pans or 2- 9 X 13 brownie pans. Let rise in a warm place for one hour or until the dough is almost to the top of the pan. If it rises too much it will over flow the pan while baking. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 mins. for loaf pans and 35-40 mins for brownie pans. *For fasting divide bread into 8 equal parts weighing 1/2 pound each. Eat a 1/2 pound cake and drink a quart of water every day. This is a very sweet, moist, cake-like bread. You may also add fruits and nuts or use the flour made from this mixture in other favorite recipes. This healthy combination of grains and beans is worth experimenting with. Combining grains and beans make a complete protein. *For fasting, I do not alter the recipe. ----------------------------------------------Y2K CPR TOP There is a news article about Pat Boone volunteering to be Y2K spokesman at the webpage listed below. On this page there is also a phone number where you can get a free booklet called Y2KCPR, and can order larger quantities for 20 cents each. http://nt.excite.com/news/bw/980804/y2knet-pat-boone I find the best daily "y2k news" sites are : http://www.garynorth.com/y2k/latest_.cfm http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/Tech/Year_2000_Problem/ http://www.year2000.com/y2karticles.html -----------------------------------------------------------------ONE GUY'S SHOPPING LIST TOP Food: Dried beans, peas, and lentils 6 cases Power Bars/Survival Bars

Rice, Pasta Peanut Butter Powdered Juices, Gatorade, Iced Tea, Milk, Cocoa Powdered/condensed milk, cheese Canned/Dehydrated Fruit, Vegetables, Meats, Tuna Flour Vegetable Oil/Lard Spices, Salt, Pepper Whole Grains (Corn, Barley, Millet) Sugar Multi-vitamin/minerals - you can buy now with expiration dates of 01. Seeds for Gardening: Eggplant, Tomato, Green Pepper, Squash, Spinach, Lettuce, Green Beans, Radishes Herbs to grow indoors in a sunny window: Basil, Parsley, Oregano Toiletries: Soap, Shampoo, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Fluoride Rinse, Deodorant, Disposable Razors, Combs, Hair Brush, Sanitary Pads (good as pressure bandages), OTC pain relievers and medications you use now. Warm, Waterproof, Windproof clothing. Think wool, Gore-Tex, Thinsulate, Polarfleece. Spare pairs of shoes/boots, gloves, hats, socks, underwear. Lots of that stuff is on sale now that it's summer time. If the power goes out in January lots of people will be cold. Equipment: Some type of water filtration/purification and storage system. I'm using a Katadyne(tm) water filter/purifier. Can Opener Food-Grade Airtight Containers Camp stove and Coleman Fuel (White Gas) Meat Grinder HD Aluminum Foil, Oven Roasting Bags, Dutch Oven Solar Oven, Solar Water Still Hammer, Roofing Nails, Wood Screws Hacksaw, Blades, Wood Saw Hatchet, Chisel/Wedge 3' Crow Bar, 10" Wire Cutters Good sledge hammer (short handle) Tow Chain/Straps 24" or 30" Bolt Cutters CO Detector, Smoke Detector, ABC Fire Extinguisher (2) Duct/100 MPH Tape Thick, clear plastic to repair/insulate windows Sewing materials (needles, thread, patches, fabric) Solar Lights Paper, Pens, Pencils Medical/First Aid Kit Candles, Matches

---------------------------------------------------------------------------PAPER GOODS Toilet Paper Kleenex Dinner Plates Napkins Plastic knives, forks, spoons Reynolds Wrap Foil Ziploc Bags - Sandwich Ziploc Bags - Storage Rubber dish gloves Latex disposable gloves Paper cups PERSONAL HYGIENE Soap Bars Liquid Hand Soap Liquid Hair Shampoo (Adult) Liquid Hair Shampoo (Child) Toothbrushes - Adult Toothbrushes - Child Toothpaste Dental Floss Deodorant - Mens Deodorant - Womens Shaving Blades - Womens Shaving Blades - Mens Shaving Cream Mouthwash Astringent MEDICINE First Aid book First Aid Kit Cough Drops Children's Aspirin (Pain Reliever) Adult Aspirin Pepto Bismo Multi Symptom - Tri Cough Cold & Allergy Feminine supplies Peroxide Alcohol Kaopectate Prescription Drug supply Vitamins

FOOD/SUPPLIES Coleman metal dinner plates (to hold cheap paper plates) Dutch Oven Grain Mill (non electric) Dish soap Hot pad holders Clothes soap Various food spices Scrub pads Thermos (wide mouth type for cooking food) Electrolytes Eliminating food list here, as I still don't know what to buy yet.

TOOLS/EQUIPMENT Gas Cans Rubber Mallet Hammer Nails 2 cycle oil (if you have a chainsaw) Stabil gas treatment Shovels Wood saws Work gloves Wood Ax - Large Wood Ax - Small Pry Bar - Large Pry Bar - Small Rope Heavy duty bolt cutters (just in case) HEAT/LIGHT Propane Tanks Coleman lantern Coleman stove or backyard BBQ Coleman lantern mantles Butane lighters Flashlights w/batteries Flashlight bulbs Candles - 7 day type Matches - Stick type Sterno cooking fuel cans Bags of charcoal Charcoal Starter tube Lamps - Aladdin kerosene type Kerosene Gasoline

Generator (if you want to use this) Newspapers for starting fire MISCELLANEOUS Wind up or solar type radio Water buckets Clothes washing buckets - 15 gallon galvanized type Metal bucket - for charcoals/ashes Clothesline Washboard - for clothes Clothes Wringer (hand crank) Clothespins Bicycle tube repair kit Bicycle tube (spare) Bicycle tube hand air pump Bike rack for carrying supplies Tire pressure gauge Disinfectant/Cleaner Sponges Watering can - (for do-it-yourself shower) 5 gallon paint bucket w/lid - emergency toilet Trash bags - 33 gallon size Trash bags - 13 gallon size (for toilet bucket) Toilet seat Ant spray concentrate Sprayer/Pumper - 2 gallon size Portable push vacuum Fire extinguishers Guns & Ammo (if desired) WATER Bleach - 1 gallon (5.25%) - to purify water (4 drops/qt. - 2 teaspoons/10 gal =BC cup/55) Children's pool - rigid wall type - 6 ft. diameter =3D 200 gallons (for washing) Pool water testing kit Water chlorinating granules (for pool) Pool tarp - 11 x 16 ft. Water can - 5 gallon size Water bag (collapsible) - 5 gallon size Water/gas funnels Water Filter 55 gallon water drums (for drinking) Water pump for drums (hand type) ---------------------------------------------------------------------SPIRITUAL PREPARATION & ITEMS TOP Pray in all manner of ways constantly Prayer with every preparation performed

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