Helpful Tips on Wheat and websites to visit.

We have had a few people ask about the 

different Wheat that is available to store. 

Red Wheat:  Great all round wheat. 

                     Can make cereal, bread

                      and muffins and pancakes.

            However :   Cereal is very good.

                                Breads and pancakes

                                 it is way to heavy for

                                 these items to turn out

                                 well or even taste well

                                 in my opinion.       

*** If you have a lot of this get some Vital Wheat Gluten and
       add this in to lighten your wheat so it will turn out better.

          White Wheat :  Best used for nice Bread

        Soft Wheat  :   Best used for pancakes and Muffins

                                 or anything you would use Baking 

                                 Powder or soda in.  Not Yeast

                                  recipes. 

If you are looking for good prices on Food Storage ??

1.  The Church Dry Pack Cannery has been the best 

      for quality and prices.  They carry just the basics.

2.  Our 2nd best place to shop is www.honeyvillegrain.com

3.  Another great place is www.Alpinefoodstorage.com

4.  Another  place and they carry all kinds of emergency

       items.  is www.emergencyessentials.com

We like the quality of products and their prices.

Water Storage Tips

Some of you will be purchasing the big blue 55 gal. barrels
to put your water in to store.  I would try to keep this in your
basement or garage.  Leaving outsidewould be a last resort . 
  It is said that every 6 months you should test your water 
that you have stored if it is for drinking.  I would at least rotate
your water if it is kept in a cool dry place every 2 years. 

They say you can use 2 tablespoons of( non scented 
or non freshners )type bleach in  55 gallons of water.  
If not filling it all the way use discretion.

Water Purification Units

This is another item that we should all have to help us 
get through any tough times.  
Water as we all know is the most important thing to surviving

during a disaster or to live period. 

I think the Red Cross says that we need 1 gallon per 
person of water /day.   I have read other places that
you can get buy with a 1/2 a gallon / person . You
be the judge.

We are currently working on getting a great deal on a 
Purification System.

We are trying to decide between two different systems.

Here are the two websites that have the units we are comparing. 

www.doultonusa.com     looking at the LP5 model.

www.espwaterproducts.com      looking at 
"The Outback" system.

The outback is less expensive but from what I can tell is just

as good as the LP5, however I am still studying this out.

 Please view both and let me know your thoughts.

We hope to offer this for our buy of the month
for April.   
The LP5 would cost about $119 for the basic
    unit that would do about 1500 gallons.
    You would then need another element or filter,
     these run about $59 unless we buy
     a case then we get 30% off. We would need
     to add shipping to these prices.


"The Outback" would be $121 for the basic 
      unit , that would do 1800 gallons. 
      If we purchase 20 of these we can get
      this price which includes shipping. 
      The reg. price for the replacement parts
       to purify more gallons is about $62.
       We should be able to get this for less
       if we buy the parts in bulk.  


With just using the basic units the Outback
seems to give more water faster. 6 gal in
an hour.  The LP5 will do 20 gal a day 
approx.  With 3 extra filters it will do 
50 gal per day. 

For many of us , it is not easy to come up with

this much extra cash in a month.  That is why

we are giving you a lot of notice. If we all

start saving our pennies by April 20th maybe

we can do it. We would need the money by

April 20th please.