Web Spotlight: Pleasant Hill Granary

From their website: 

"For centuries whole grain has been recognized as "The Staff of Life." Modern industrial processing techniques strip virtually everything healthful from our foods — but you can restore nutrition and character to your diet, and the best place to start is with quality grains, freshly ground in your kitchen. We've chosen the grain mills below as the finest in the world based on their performance, versatility & durability — and the letters we receive from our customers about their new mills have consistently affirmed their outstanding qualities and value. Baking and cooking with whole grains is easy and successful with the kitchen tools & learning resources available at Pleasant Hill Grain" 

If you're looking for grinders, meat slicers, and other fine kitchen equipment, Pleasant Hill Grain is a great site to visit! Thank you to Bev for this great resource!

Pleasant Hill Grain Website

Group Buy: Emergency Essentials - (May)

Emergency Essentials posted their 'Group Buy' items for the month of May! Here they are just in case you didn't receive their email:

Freeze-Dried Peach Dices - $15.00 for 12 or more <-------- This is a great deal on peaches!!
Strawberry-Flavored Apple Chips - $9.00 for 12 or more (Click here to read a consumer review of this product)
1-Day MRE Supply - $10.00 for 12 or more  (Click here to see the contents of this product)
Freeze-Dried Banana Dices - $16.00 for 12 or more
Whole Egg Powder - $14.00 for 12 or more
161-Piece First Aid Kit - $15.00 for 6 or more (Click here to see the contents of this kit)

And just a reminder - I'll be taking orders until the 15th of the month. See this blog post for details on how to order/how to pay. You can pay online with a credit/debit card or in person/by mail with a check or cash.

Group Buy: Emergency Essentials - HOW TO

You want to be a part of the Emergency Essentials Group Buy? No problem! The Group Buy is open to anyone in our area (Eugene/Springfield and surrounding) - no religious affiliation required!

If you would like any of these items, you can let me know in one of 3 ways:

1. Email me - laura.s.cherry@gmail.com
2. Send me a message on Facebook
3. Let me know via comment on this blog

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT:

Orders will be taken until the 15th of each month.

At that time, I will go over what has been ordered to make sure we've met the minimum on each item.

DO NOT SEND ME ANY MONEY UNTIL I VERIFY THE MINIMUMS HAVE BEEN MET.

If we are short on an item, I will let you know so you can either: a)withdraw your order or b)order more of that item to meet the minimum.

Once I have finalized the order, I will begin taking money. All items need to be paid for by the 20th of each month.

You can pay for your items using several methods:

1. Pay by check or cash in person.
2. Pay by check or cash via mail (37486 Hills Creek Road Springfield, OR 97478)
3. Pay with a credit/debit card online using PayPal. (See info below.)

No PayPal Account is necessary. Just click on the donate button below, and remember - there is a fee when paying with PayPal, so please check the chart below and add the correct amount to your original total when paying. Questions? Email me - laura.s.cherry@gmail.com

PayPal Fee Chart:
$1 - $50 =         $1.50 fee
$51 - $100 =     $3.00 fee
$100 - $200 =   $6.00 fee
$201 - $300 =   $10.00 fee
$301 - $400+ = $15.00 fee





When you order, please provide me with an email address so I can send you important information regarding the order.

I hope this makes sense! Let me know if you have any questions!!

Provident Living Newsletter: May 2011

If you have friends/family who would like to receive this newsletter via email, please send me a message (laura.s.cherry@gmail.com) with their address. Thanks!

Upcoming Events:

5/8   Dry-Pack Sign-Up Deadline (red wheat, white wheat, and apple slices)

5/12   Dry-Pack Canning Session 6pm @ the Thurston Grange - 6590 Thurston Road (If you would like to order for this, see info below)
5/24   Provident Living Class: Gardening by Ross Penhallegon – “It’s May – what do we do now?”  7pm @ the LDS Building - 525 66th Street in Springfield

Group Buy - Each month, Emergency Essentials offers food/supplies for a discounted price if you meet a minimum amount as a group. These items include freeze-dried foods, first-aid supplies, survival supplies, etc. If you would like more information on this, visit the "Group Buys" post on the blog. Each month I will provide the list of items, and if you would like any of them, just shoot me an email. The best part about this is that we get FREE SHIPPING on all Group Buy orders. That's HUGE!! It's a great way to increase your supply and save money at the same time!!

Dry-Pack Canning - Each month, we borrow the dry-pack canner from the Bishop's Storehouse. With this canner, we can seal foods/supplies in Number 10 cans, making them ready for long-term storage. We offer 3 items each month (i.e. this month we're canning dry milk, granulated sugar, and white rice) or you can bring anything you purchase on your own to the grange, and - working together - we'll put it into cans. I purchased gold fish and animal crackers this month so I can have some on hand for my son as he grows, so I'm going to be bringing those bags to the grange to put into cans. It's amazing what you can put in Number 10 cans!!

If you'd like to purchase one of the 3 items offered this month, you just need to let me know how many cans of each you would like. (Side Note: 6 cans fit into 1 cardboard carrying box)

MAY ITEMS:
 
***Prices have been updated to reflect the Storehouse price increase on 4-1-2011***
 
Hard Red Wheat              $3.87/can

Hard White Wheat           $3.87/can

Apple Slices (dehydrated) $7.05/can

***Prices include one the item, 1 oxygen absorber, 1 metal can, and 1 metal lid. If you would like a box and/or plastic lids, you will need to purchase them.

PURCHASING EMPTY CANS:
If you are bringing your own items to can, you will need to purchase empty cans. We sell them by the case, and even if you can give me an estimate on how many cans you will need, we'll be able to change the amount at the Grange, once you know how many you actually used. (For a reference: 25 lb bags of sugar, salt, etc. usually fit into 5-6 cans)

A case of cans costs $7.15 and it includes the following:

-6 cans
-6 metal lids for sealing
-6 oxygen absorbers (if you don't need oxygen absorbers, we will adjust the price for you)
-2 plastic reusable lids (to be used after opening the cans)
-1 cardboard box

Again, if you would like to sign up for any of these items, email me.

The ORDER DEADLINE FOR MAY IS SUNDAY, MAY 8th!

Provident Living Classes -
Provident Living Classes will be held monthly for the rest of the year. If you have suggestions for classes you would like to see, feel free to email me with your ideas. All classes, unless otherwise specified, will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building on 66th Street in Springfield. These classes are open to church members, community members, youth, etc. All are welcome! We will update you on upcoming classes as soon as we have them finalized!

Upcoming Provident Living Classes:

5/24          Gardening with Ross Penhallegon – OSU Extension Agent

6/14          Retirement with Wade Bell – CPA with Bell&Morgan

7/19          Cooking without Electricity

Self-Reliance Blog -
Don't forget to check out the Self-Reliance Blog. If I can get my rear in gear, you will be able to see the following themed posts, as well as other informational posts several times a week!

Ethleen's Eat of the Week - Learn how to use your food storage in delicious recipes your entire family will love! It's not enough to keep the food, we must rotate and replace! Ethleen's Recipes are a great way to do that!
Danae's Deal of the Week - Our savvy-super-saver-shopper Danae will be providing us with some of the best deals for grocers in our area! We will also be posting links to online coupons in this section.
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness - The 52-Week Plan is designed to help families become better prepared in just 52 weeks! At the end of this course, you will have a year's supply of food, 72-Hour Kits for the entire family, Car Emergency Kits, and your family will be better prepared physically, emotional, and spiritually. They are listed by week. If you have any troubles viewing them, let me know.



As always, if you have ideas, questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to let me know!!

DOWNLOAD: Shelf Stable Recipe Book from FoodStorageMadeEasy.net

Straight from the Food Storage Made Easy Website:

"Remember back in January when we asked for your help to get 100 shelf stable recipes for our Shelf Stable Saturday project? Well…we reached our goal. Actually we doubled our goal! Initially we had planned to combine all the recipes in a document, and add it as another bonus to our eBook Binder, in addition to giving the document to anyone who submitted a recipe as a way of saying THANK YOU. We figured our readers would still have access to them each Saturday as we post them weekly.

In the spirit of giving, and in order to end the April Surprise party with a party favor for EVERYONE, we’re making the document available to all of you! We wanted to do a giveaway where EVERYONE gets something. In fact, we’re calling this the REVERSE giveaway, where not only do you get something, but we encourage you to turn around and give it to all your friends."

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE 58-PAGE RECIPE BOOK:  

THE SHELF STABLE RECIPE BOOK

52 Weeks to Family Preparedness: Week 18

Download Week 18 here.

Web Spotlight: LDSPreppers.com

Here is an excellent resource for Latter-day Saints Preppers!! Thank you Netta for this great find!! One recent forum post is titled, "Culinary Herbs and Spice Home Remedies" - I like them already!

Take a look at the "10 Ways to Get Involved With LDS Preppers" for some start-up suggestions!

Or Register to become a member.

Here's the Homepage: http://ldspreppers.com