another adventure

And we're off! (on another adventure that is..)

If you're preparing along with us, you should have water barrels.

Now let's talk food. (I love to talk about food. It's one of my "things". Taxes are another one of my "hot" items... but enough about things I like to talk about.)

Do you have enough food?

I have a very interesting option available that I will tell you about in next week's e-mail. It's food storage that you just add water. Even better, it's got a great variety.

Check in next week and I'll give you all the details.
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Michelle Golightly has a great wood burning stove that is available.

Here's the specs she provided:

"Great wood burning stove for emergency preparedness or home heating. As you know, we have been heating our home with our wood burning stove for years. We recently purchased a larger one and have our smaller one available. Details below:

Installation options: Freestanding, Freedstanding in Mobile Home, Freestanding in Alcove, Freestanding Hearth Stove.

Features:

• 1.6 cubic foot firebox volume
• EPA Phase II approved (4.4 Grams per Hour)
• Single operating control
• holds logs up to 18 inches long
• steel plate construction
• heavy duty refractory firebrick

Heating Specs: Max Burn time: 8 hours
Heating capacity 600 to 1200 sq ft

Dimensions: 26 1/2 " high x 14 5/8" deep x 23 5/8" Wide-- weighing 270 lbs

CALL Michelle Golightly for more info. 801-787-3711.Or e-mail her at mgolight@hotmail.com

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More powdered egg recipes!
I dared even more. I've tried eggs in muffins and cakes and fruit breads. Here's my next adventure: Puff Pancake. The kids ate the entire batch and asked for more!
Puff Pancake
4 Tbs Dried Whole Egg Powder
8 Tbs Water
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place glass pie plate with 3 tsp butter in cold oven. Blend other ingredients in a blender. When the oven is ready, Pull out hot glass dish (which now has melted butter). Pour blended batter into glass dish, return to oven.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Serve immediately.

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Gardening... Already??
My sister encouraged me to look into planting peas soon because they will help my garden soil in time for me to plant other plants.

here's what I found on the topic...

STARTING THE PEA PATCH

The best way to grow peas is to sow seed directly into prepared garden soil according to the National Garden Bureau. Because they are frost tolerant and germinate best in cool weather and soil, sow them in early spring as soon as you can work the soil. An easy way to calculate your sowing date is to count back four to six weeks from the last expected frost. In most areas that means in March, traditionally on or close to St. Patrick’s Day. If the soil is too cold ( –(below 40 degrees) , the seeds take much longer to germinate and may rot.

PEAS GIVE BACK TO THE SOIL

Peas, like beans, are legumes. Legumes have the ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, which makes that important nutrient readily available to other plants. With the help of a bacterium that lives in a symbiotic relationship in nodules formed on the roots of the plants, the plants “fix” the nitrogen. The nodules store any excess nitrogen and, as the roots decay, release it into the soil, benefiting plants growing nearby. Pea plants also produce long root systems, which help to loosen the soil as they reach out for moisture. Spent plants decompose into organic matter to further enrich the soil. At the end of the season, simply dig the plants into the soil -- no need to add them to a separate compost pile.

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That's all for this week. I'm looking forward to next week!

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
-Joshua J. Marine

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia. ~Charles Schulz

May those who love us love us,
and those who do not love us,
may God turn their hearts,
and if He cannot turn their hearts
may He turn their ankles
that we may know them by their limping.
~Irish Prayer