Definition of Provident: having or showing foresight, providing carefully for the future. (Thank you Teri Summerhays!)
Goals: To motivate one another to starting and maintaining a garden. We can share knowledge and experience with gardening as well as food storage and Emergency preparation. To encourage each other to start/continue with our preparation on the road to self-reliance.
We will have discussions as well as demonstrations, and field trips to homes where gardening has been successful. We will share resources and invite guest “experts” to share their insights into the four areas we want to explore. (Gardening, Food Storage, Emergency Measures, Financial Security)
Some of the ways we can accomplish our goals are:
The following group get-togethers were calendered:
March 12 – 10-12 Heidi Jenson’s home. We’ll discuss Heidi’s garden experiences and show a great Food Storage video of a presentation by Wendy DeWitt, one of the church’s representatives in the southwest on preparedness. We will also discuss gardening questions, and insights.
April 23 – 10-12 Nancy Ross’ home. We’ll discuss Nancy’s gardening and she will provide a demonstration of dry pack bottling of grains and other food items. She will also give us a demonstration on 72-hour kits.
May 14 – 10-12 Christine Francis’ home. We’ll discuss Christine’s gardening and have a citrus and fruit tree care and planting demonstration. Questions and answers to follow.
Topics to calendar:
-canning at the cannery or in someone’s home (Heidi Jenson to research)
-Financial Security expert – (Sherrie Wall to research). We will probably invite husbands as well to an evening lecture.
Subjects to consider for discussion/demonstration:
-plannning your garden, composting, soil prep, pest and animal control, rotating crops, raised beds and container gardening, watering effectively
-General Food storage (what to store, shelf life on foods, etc.)
-cooking with food storage (solar ovens, Dutch ovens, etc.)
-rotating food
-storing non-food items – medicines, alternative medicines, lighting/heat
-water storage (filters)
-shelving/container storage
-evacuation plans
-local growers
-bees, hens and other farm animals
-making sour dough bread, cheese, yogurt, etc.
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