You Can Never Have Enough of These for Preparedness

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Kellene Bishop · March 9, 2012 at 2:40 am
Good question. I agree that those items can be incredibly valuable in tough times. The underground economy within our prison walls proves as such as well as much of history. However, this list was created to be as universal as possible which is why I put “weapons” as opposed to guns. Even a person who isn’t comfortable with guns will benefit handsomely by having bullets. And even those who are gluten intolerant will benefit from having wheat on hand because it can still be used as a vegetable when sprouted as it’s then converted from a gluten to a vegetable.

Helen · March 10, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Hi, Kellene,
I’m also a newbie here – another DP viewer who saw your episode and then found your website. Your “peaceful preparedness” ideas provide balance to so many of the doom-and-gloom advocates. I’m really learning a lot and we’re applying things as we can. I was able to take advantage of eggs on sale within a week of seeing you on DP. 🙂 Now we actually have a (small) stock of eggs in reserve!
You stated: “wheat . . . can still be used as a vegetable when sprouted as it’s then converted from a gluten to a vegetable.” There is an inaccuracy in this comment which concerns me enough to reply as gluten is such a serious health issue to many. Gluten, the protein component in wheat, is not a type of plant. Sprouting may decrease the gluten somewhat but it cannot change a grass (all grains are grasses) into a vegetable which is a different type of plant. One of the things I like most is that you do your homework on things you post. If interested, more info on the wheat gluten issue and wheat’s other unhealthy effects are in the book Wheat Belly by Wm. Davis, MD and on his website wheatbellyblog(dot)com.
Thanks so much for caring and sharing!

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 10:44 pm
You’re right, Helen, I should clarify. Sometimes when you speak so much on the same topic it doesn’t come across as it should for a new audience. Unless a person is severely intolerant of gluten, sprouting the wheat is a way that they can still consume it without having the nasty reaction and throwing their body out of balance. There’s more to it than that, but perhaps I should just do an article focused on it. Our bodies do alter the way they handle foods when the dna of that food is altered that’s why I typically put it the way that I do. Thanks for reminding me though that I’ve got to be better about writing for everyone of our readers, new or seasoned. 🙂
As an aside, I’m convinced that the increasing gluten as well as lactose intolerant cases we see increasing every year is as a result of the everything that’s done to mess with those two, otherwise fabulous nutrients. I’ve worked with folks in my alternative medical care classes that have been adamant that they are lactose intolerant but when they try raw milk or even some good quality powdered milks which go through a different manufacturing process than the mainstream milks, they have no such reaction. The same has been proven with a couple of studies on wheat. In fact, it’s the result of those studies that wheat started being offered organically as some celiac disease sufferers can handle that.
Because the admonition and use of wheat is so rampant even in spiritual/religious culture, I feel confident in storing wheat specifically, but everyone needs to strengthen their own Spiritual Preparedness so that they can decide what is best for their circumstances.

TJ · April 8, 2012 at 3:35 am
I’m gluten intolerant and recently found that I can eat wheat IF (big IF) it’s made using Pioneer Yeast or Natural Leavening. It’s a type of yeast that you can’t buy in a store. Rapid Rise yeast doesn’t process gluten the same way that Grandma’s yeast. After 10 years of not eating wheat, I can now eat whole wheat bread as long as I make it at home using Pioneer Yeast or Natural Leavening. And since Pioneer Yeast a yeast you continuously grow at home… it has added preparedness benefits!

Kellene Bishop · April 8, 2012 at 5:45 am
Many Celiac sufferers can also enjoy wheat after it’s been sprouted or as wheat grass.

miss burt · March 25, 2012 at 3:19 am
can you or anyone tellme how to keep your water good. i have a 2500 gallon tank and dont know what to put in it to keep it drinkable

Kellene Bishop · March 26, 2012 at 6:26 am
There are several articles on this blog which deal with that topic. Simply put “water storage” into the search bar. Also, I address the topic under the tab “Myths” on this site too.

Kathy · June 17, 2013 at 7:27 pm
We used to have a 2500 gallon tank, but had to empty it when we moved. The water had been in it, in the garage, for about 5 years. When we filled it, we used the White hose for potable water, and put a ping of home brewed Colloidal Silver in it. When we emptied it, I tested it with the TDS meter… and Drank a glass of water. It tasted as fresh as the day we put it in. The water from the hose was straight clorinated tap water.

Paula · March 9, 2012 at 3:43 pm
@ Just Plain Bill…. I do agree that LIQUOR is a good bargening power also would work (drinking) for a bullet removal or pulling a tooth. I wouldn’t want to not be sedated for either one of these! I smoke cig’s so I do understand that part of storing them too!

Army Girl · March 9, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Sugar and fruit will make all the liquor you want. 😉
Grow yer own for cigarettes.

Kellene Bishop · March 9, 2012 at 6:18 pm
IMO chocolate makes the world go round. 🙂

Carey · March 9, 2012 at 8:29 pm
have to have chocolate! I am starting my own chocolate closet. We have a good supply of wound care items but I am wondering how to get antibiotics? I have been home canning for a long time now but need to focus more on water and food. I am wondering how to keep pests out of sacks of sugar and flour? Do you have mice problems?

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:49 am
Essential oils–so long as they are premium quality–are naturally anti-bacterial and anti-viral and they work a lot faster than herbs. It’s the only reason why I’ve been spending the lion share of my preparedness money on them for the last 18 months. They are just too invaluable when you find the right ones. I even have one that stops bleeding promptly. I call them my first aid kit in a bottle.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 3:53 am
on the other hand, if you had plenty of chocolate, no one would care if you had anti-biotics. They’d die happy. 🙂
Mylar bags in buckets is a good way to keep out the mice. food grade diatomaceous earth is great for insects of all kinds. We have lots of mouse traps, but a cat or two is great for that as well. There are also essential oils that keep vermin away. 🙂

Suzie Q · March 10, 2012 at 2:39 am
AMEN to that! That is why I got a lot of cocoa when it was cheap!

DENNIS BARES · March 10, 2012 at 5:52 am
Liquor, Cigarrets, are good for medisimal purposes. I have heard that Chocolate does not store over all periods. Case in point; while I was in the Army Reservers and out on two week training period; During a bresk period, I took a chocolate bar from my pouch and opened it up, I found a light powder, it was not very tastey. I asked several friends to check their chocolate bars; sad to say they were the same as mine. Now I don’t know how long they had been stored. Bbut when the chocolate does change, it’s not good for co coa, or hot drink, or snacking.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Dennis, it’s cocoa that has unlimited shelf-life when stored cool, dry, and dark, and it’s even better if you can get cocoa that’s not processed using lye. Thanks for reminding me that I needed to clarify that.
Stale chocolate bars are actually still good for a fabulous mole sauce or Cincinatti-style chili. YUM!

wnettles · March 10, 2012 at 1:40 am
Most folks who smoke are not willing to wait the months required to “grow their own” tobacco. Also, they are probably not familiar with the picking and curing and storage of tobacco. A carton or two of common smokes will make a very good trading commodity in hard times.

Debra223 · March 14, 2012 at 4:52 pm
Alcohol is, unfortunately, not a good anesthesia, or analgesic, or antibiotic/antimicrobial disinfectant–but it can help take the edge off of anxiety and will give many patients the illusion that it helps with pain. It’s not as good at cleansing wounds as sterile water or normal saline solution, but in a pinch, it can make-do. Good to have on-hand for many other applications.

Kellene Bishop · March 9, 2012 at 6:28 am
I believe that those two items have merit but keep in mind that this list is about items that you can never have too much of. I’m afraid you’ll find that their worth will be very short-lived in a Haiti earthquake/tsunami scenario, or a financial collapse, EMP, quarantine scenario. Vehicles can easily be rendered useless and the value of cash will be the first to tank in most of the severe crisis scenarios.
Having said that though, a bundle of small bills would be wiser than large ones, and gold and silver would definitely be better than currency.
The use of gasoline will surely paint a person as a target in dire times, though Katrina was but a dress rehearsal to some of these events and thus I’m certain I’d have to agree with you on the merit of these two items.
I liked the guy on Doomsday Preppers the other night who rotated through 50 gallons of spare gasoline regularly. It could at least be helpful to get you to a bug out location without having to come in contact with the mob of people at the gas stations that weren’t prepared. The same goes for having cash instead of trying to run to a bank and getting it at the beginning phases of a scenario.

Carol Funchesd · March 9, 2012 at 3:32 pm
I totally agree. And as unprepared as we were for katrina, we did have cash in bills no larger than a 20. And yes, this was just a dress rehearsal for something greater yet to come. Sorry, I interjected that to your essential list but after the “dust” settled these 2 items were the 2 we felt were must valuable for the circumstances we were thrust into at the time. Next time could be far different.
Love everything you are doing to help better prepare ourselves!

Kellene Bishop · March 9, 2012 at 6:34 am
My dry items are preserved either in FoodSaver bags, Mason Jars using the FoodSaver jar attachments to suck out the oxygen, and buckets with food grade diatomaceous earth sprinkled inside. Cocoa last forever. Chocolate chips, candy, etc. are good 5-8 years in the jars.Just do a search on here using the word “Foodsaver” and you’ll find details.

Jan · March 10, 2012 at 4:17 am
Hi Kellene, what’s the water challenge? & what;s food grade diatomaceous earth for the buckets?

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Here’s the link on the Humless Challenges http://preparednesspro.com/whos-committed-for-peaceful-preparedness-in-2012/ and a link on one of the diatomaceous earth articles. http://preparednesspro.com/excuse-me-is-this-your-worm/ You can put DE in the search bar and see a few others as well. Enjoy!!

Kellene Bishop · March 9, 2012 at 6:35 am
Essential oils can take care of that and fishing lure can act as floss. I just love multi-purpose.

Vicki · March 14, 2012 at 9:03 pm
can you recommend a website for essential oils that doesn’t cost an arm or leg

Kellene Bishop · March 14, 2012 at 9:17 pm
yeah, if you want crappy oils that I would never want to go into my body, you can buy Butterfly Express. (Five Star Preparedness sells them but I really wish they wouldn’t)

Shari Greenfield · September 3, 2014 at 5:24 am
I would love a site for good
I would love a site for good quality essential oils. Thanks

Suzie Q · March 10, 2012 at 2:49 am
Also, baking soda and salt will work for teeth cleanser and disinfectant. MMS and citric acid crystals (see http://www.jimhumble.biz for mixing directions) for disinfectant and alternative medicine is also another option.

Kellene Bishop · March 9, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Absolutely! There have been a couple of readers on here that have had similar issues with themselves or young children with great success. Medical Preparedness is one of my big focuses right now. Just message me via the “contact us” on the blog and we can come up with a proactive protocol that can start getting her body balanced.

barbara reier · March 9, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Having asthma and allergies-I would suggest using normal saline three times a day to wash out the sinus —it has drastically cut down on my colds and the need for prednisone

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:45 am
Wow, that’s a lot of netipot usage. I’m trying to figure out if that’s healthy for the respiratory system–truth be told, I don’t know. I lean more towards using nutrients and essential oil to get the body back in balance so that it doesn’t need a “crutch.” Crutches are vulnerabilities that I try to eliminate.

Laurie · March 10, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Thank you Barbara, I’ve heard that and we do plan to try it. Thank you.
Kellene- I sent you a note through the contact. I’m curious what you may suggest as a help.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 10:53 pm
I’ll get back to you soon. I’ve got to get these contest details written or published or else I’ll have a mutiny on my hands. 🙂

Heather · March 18, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Both of my children have asthma. I use one drop of Ravintsara essential oil (with one drop carrier oil) rubbed on the chest. Both of my children say it feels the same as using an inhaler!

Kellene Bishop · March 19, 2012 at 6:03 am
Actually, Ravintsara is toxic to use. Please stop using it. You want to use RAVENSARA–no “t”. I’d also add eucalyptus to that strategy too.

Kim · March 11, 2012 at 10:39 pm
I have a child with bad allergies. He also has a supppressed immune system that requires prednisone when he gets sick. If I were to suggest one thing to do prep wise it would be to start culturing food. First I would go with levied milk. It is the most potent food based probiotic. It is brimming with strains of probiotics. That will help heal the gut, boosting the immune syste, and greatly helpi allergies. Kefir hands down helps my son’s allergies and sickness more than anything, I consider it the top super food. There is also water kefir which eats sugar. And of course other live mlk cultures (none of which require refrigeration) like buttermilk, yogurt, sour cream, etc, of course I am looking at it from the perspective of having animals or access to milk. But after all that, culturing food! We should all know how to preserve through live culturing like sauerkraut, fermeneted salsas, etc. etc. all of that greatly affects the immune system and therefore allergies and sickness.

Brittney M · October 8, 2012 at 7:58 pm
I have the same kind of asthma. If you can get to Mexico or know someone who is going, ask them to pick up inhalers for you. My parents and their friends have been enlisted in getting me inhalers, and there is a deep reassurance factor to knowing I have 5 in reserve. Drs just don’t understand it. They are much cheaper down there and they don’t care if you buy a few. Not sure how it works in Canada. I have realized that I need to get prednisone too. I will say that after a SHF situation, chances are the kids won’t be picking up sicknesses the way they do while attending school.

Patty · March 14, 2012 at 3:11 pm
We don’t refrigerate our butter, even now! I hate hard butter, and have never had a problem with it spoiling. When I can find some at a reasonable price (We’re at $3.49 on sale right now!) I want to can some. Also, I do save any extra bacon, sausage grease in a glass jar rather than a can–they do rust and can ruin the taste of the grease. The more we can do the old-fashioned way, the healthier we will be–we’ve sanitized our lives to the point that our bodies can no longer fight “normal” bacteria! Let the kids play in the dirt! Love my garden!

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:56 am
Yeah, but for the same price as a case of good liquor you could buy a whole lot of bullets…lots and lots of bullets that will go perfectly with a rifle which is what I would use to be sure that no one got close enough to throw a molotov cocktail–that is of course, assuming that I would ever even fathom of such a scenario. 🙂

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:55 am
Dr. Weston Price did extensive research in far off villages for decades and discovered that nutrition played a critical roll in the shape, whiteness, and healthy-ness of teeth. He was a dentist in the 1920’s, long before the whole fluoride craze began. In fact, no wisdom teeth had to be removed as a result of quality nutrition with mouths being plenty roomy for all of their straight teeth. He wrote a phenomenal book that you might be interested in called “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration”. I got to admit, when I heard that nutrition had something to do with straight teeth, I thought it was crazy!

Patty · March 14, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Research where the fluoride in toothpaste comes from, and you’ll realize that it isn’t good for us. Naturally occurring fluoride in our foods is a necessity, not the poison in our toothpaste.

Jamie · March 10, 2012 at 2:03 am
Kelly I made it through 4 days of the water challenge and I learned a ton even though I didn’t quite make it 5 days. I shared my observations with others and I got a lot of comments like “I never considered that… or that is a really good idea.” I consider my test a huge success.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:47 am
Trying one of those challenging is not failing. Just think of all the hordes of people who don’t give a thought for tomorrow. Then think of the tiny handful that actually have more than 2 weeks worth of food and water. Then think of the even smaller group that really care about preparedness but have never actually put it into practice. Now think about the miniscule amount of people who have even tried to practice their preparedness efforts–You’re one of THOSE. 🙂

Renee · March 10, 2012 at 6:04 am
My husband just discovered a product (have it stored, haven’t used). That will bring dead gas and diesel back to life. It is called PRI-G (for gasoline) and PRI-D (for diesel). He had to order it off the internet.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:43 am
I’ve been storing nuts for years and never had a problem with them. People worry more about botulism in canned butter and I’ve never seen ANY CDC case about botulism in homemade canned butter.
You don’t store them at room temp if you want them to last a while. you store them in a cool, dry place. Nuts are too expensive for me to compromise on inadequate storing methods. They will smell rancid before you eat them and will most definitely put you catching botulism to a halt.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:39 am
The DE is only good to use on whole grains or dry items still in their original packaging. I only sprinkle a tablespoon or two in a 5 gallon bucket of wheat, rice, or what have you. When I’m storing packages of Rice a Roni, I put them all in a bucket with some DE sprinkled on the bottom. I’d suggest looking up the 3 main articles that I’ve written on the great value that DE has (food grade, that is).
I could contact your local gyms or gun stores to see if they have any self-defense classes. I have folks who fly in here from all over the world to take mine so I’m not savvy on where others are learning.
Good luck to you! I’m just glad you’re willing to take that step.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 2:40 am
We’re glad you’ve found something enjoyable on here! Welcome!

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 3:14 am
the rose geranium oil I purchase.

Patty · March 14, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Ground cayenne pepper put directly into the bleeding wound will also stop bleeding. I used this on my hand after cutting it to the bone. It stopped the bleeding within 2 minutes and then I went to the ER to get stitches. Drs didn’t understand why I used it, but marveled that it worked so well. Take care to keep it rinsed off the surrounding skin–it’ll burn like a sunburn–not bad, but not that comfortable either. It also disinfects.

Kellene Bishop · March 14, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Yup, that works, and hurts like a… 🙁

Nurse Nancy · December 6, 2012 at 3:41 am
Black pepper will do the same.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Nestle’s and Carnation are my 2 least favorite brands for powdered milk. I just can’t handle the smell, etc. The other powdered milks I’ve recommended such as Country Fresh and Country Cream are much, much better. I can’t even make a good mozzarella cheese out of those other brands. Just FYI.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 10:59 pm
The truth is that every bucket or bag of wheat has weevils in it the difference is just how much have they multiplied and how big they’ve become. It’s not the end of the world, you can put that wheat in the solar oven or set it out inside the direct sun and kill the weevils. You won’t die or become sick from it, you’ll just have a little extra protein. :-/ Or you can feed it to chickens.
Bay leaves are the least effective way, IMO, for control like that. And it requires a lot of them. For a number ten can you need 5, so it’s likely that there weren’t enough bay leaves in the 5 gallon bucket. I’m a big fan of using diatomaceous earth (food grade) for grains, nuts and seed storage. It’s bad for the insects but good for you.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 10:55 pm
That’s because the list is specifically full of things that I can never have enough of. You can use bar soap for washing clothes, fishing line as a clothes line, and the majority of the Philippine nation still use rocks to wash their clothes.
However, I do believe in having back ups to back ups to back ups. We’ve got about 4 different ways to help facilitate laundry effectively.

Kellene Bishop · March 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Thanks for sharing some of your tried and true tips. We all learn more that way or at least get a little bit of confirmation that we’re not crazy. 🙂

Kellene Bishop · March 11, 2012 at 5:45 am
Actually, I heard that from someone else a couple days ago too. Is it still beneficial for sterilizing medical instruments then?
I agree on the alcohol on an open wound. Yowza! But it sure is cheap. Does it matter to you which kind of salt is used?

LilRed · October 9, 2012 at 2:21 am
I do know that we generally don’t recommend using hydrogen peroxide for routine cleaning of wounds because it does indeed break down granulation tissue (the base layer of a healing wound). In the ER, we absolutely do use it for very dirty wounds as it does help to bubble out dirt and debris. It is not used as often as in the past but it still has a place. For cleaning a wound once it begins to heal, plain old soap and water is best. Hydrogen peroxide can be used to clean instruments and such, and it’s great for getting blood out of clothing, but it does not sterilize, nor does rubbing alcohol. The best you could hope for there is “sanitizing” but in a true disaster situation, that’s not so bad. I do recall reading that you can sterilize in a pressure cooker, but I honestly wouldn’t know how long you’d have to process. Hope this all helps! 🙂
Thank you, Kelllene for all the amazing info!! I would love to hear more from you about essential oils as I am very much interested in alternative healing methods. I use several herbs for health and absolutely swear by apple cider vinegar and honey for general health and want to learn as much as I can about herbals and essential oils.

Patty · March 14, 2012 at 3:21 pm
We used a cap full of hydrogen peroxide in a 4 gallon bucket of spring water or well water for 7 years. My dad drank out of the well “I don’t need the peroxide” and promptly got sick. We were extremely healthy kids too! Minor water purification use!

Wiley · April 15, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Kathleen, would you make your own saline solution for wound cleansing in about the same way you would for a neti pot? The enclosed flyer with my neti pot suggested 1/4 t. fine salt (or 1/2 t. coarse (or Kosher) salt) per 1 cup of water. For neti pot use, I also add about 1/8 t. baking soda to lessen the irritation I have after cutting grass or doing some equally irritating (to the sinuses). Do you think the baking soda would cut down a little on the irritation in the use of saline for wound cleansing? I’d try it myself but I don’t happen to have an open wound.

Kellene Bishop · April 15, 2012 at 9:12 pm
I actually have an article on here written about making your own saline solution, but yes, they are very, very similar. And if using the Real Salt, you’ll be eliminating the chances for bacteria that much more because bacterias cannot thrive among minerals.

Kellene Bishop · March 12, 2012 at 2:37 am
http://preparednesspro.com/honey-o-honey/

Kellene Bishop · March 12, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Sure.

Patty · March 14, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Check out natural medicines/herbs and a good practitioner. Getting the body back in balance is key, and I know of (not personally) several people who have eliminated the need for insulin almost completely. Not sure what herbs were used, but I recall one being Elecampane. Check into it!

buni · March 15, 2012 at 4:04 am
thanks I will try again, most of the natural doctors in our area do not allow hubby to back off and try something so we are at a loss, I live outside Kansas City< Mo about 100 miles and you would think some one would have an answer. Scary thought I could loose him if I can;t get his meds….hugs buni

Kellene Bishop · March 13, 2012 at 5:19 am
Seriously? Your hospital is using colloidal silver? Well heck! That’s the best news I’ve had all day and in fact the only good news I’ve had. And just think, if I had gone to bed I would have missed it by 25 minutes. 🙂
You know that during medieval times, royalty would purposefully consume silver in order to change the color of their skin to a blue hue. That’s where the phrase Royal Blue and Blue Bloods came from. (Yes, I’m a geek. I know!) 🙂

Wiley · April 15, 2012 at 3:59 pm
It may not matter that much, but I use the purest salt I can get my hands on. That means NO anti-caking (usually aluminum salts) compounds and just pure salt. I believe it’s Morton canning and pickling salt and Diamond Kosher salt. Neither have anti-caking additives. I use “Real” (brand) salt for the table and in cooking.

Kellene Bishop · April 15, 2012 at 9:10 pm
The Real brand of salt is the only one that’s allowed in my house for any and all purposes.

Kellene Bishop · March 22, 2012 at 5:37 pm
68 degrees and below is ideal. If it’s really, really humid, I would definitely invest in a dehumidfier for storage purposes. A year’s supply of anything is a big investment and protecting it is just as important as accumulating it.

Kellene Bishop · March 26, 2012 at 6:27 am
Yes, Jenny, that is an option. Be careful of how you store that item though. It loses its efficacy after as little as 6 months. If you do a search on this blog for “sodium hypochlorite” you’ll find the cautions.

Kellene Bishop · March 28, 2012 at 9:25 pm
yes, you can do that, so long as the food is contained in food safe containers.

Kellene Bishop · April 19, 2012 at 2:09 am
It’s actually not that you’re getting 4 comments the same, it’s that people are posting the same comment. 🙂 But you can simply uncheck that by your comment I believe. It’s done on the wordpress side.

Kellene Bishop · April 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm
We’ve come a long ways in understanding the handling of e-coli, viruses and other bacteria since then. I wrote an article specifically about the down side of people NOT using TP. It’s a bit eye-opening. I certainly wouldn’t prepare NOT to have them. There are too many assumptions of a person being able to handle the cleaning of the cloths, etc. that could certainly go wrong in a disaster.

Kellene Bishop · October 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Here’s your answer, Dina: http://preparednesspro.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-essential-oils-part-1/ http://preparednesspro.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-essential-oils-part-2/
Essential oils that aren’t of a medicinal quality when I’m obviously only interested in them for their medicinal qualities are useless to me at any price.

Kellene Bishop · October 9, 2012 at 8:15 pm
I agree with you. We have them for that very reason as well as the kits to patch them with. I don’t think I’d be using a bike though until things settled down. It’s too vulnerable for me to ride and defend myself in my opinion.

Kellene Bishop · October 9, 2012 at 8:14 pm
I try to provide as much information as possible on the blog, but when it comes to doing the cheese properly, it really is better to use the Resource Guide that I have available. Look under the tab “Prep Pro Classes”

Jeanie Burtch · October 9, 2012 at 9:38 pm
I forgot to mention that also inside the zippered pillow cover, in separate ziploc bags are a dozen safety pins (for diapering baby or temporarily repairing clothing and a dozen clothes pins for hanging laundry to dry or pinning small essentials so they are close at hand inside the tent like can/bottle openers, keys to the atv, etc)

Kellene Bishop · May 2, 2013 at 8:04 am
As long as it’s free content we’ll have to stick with the present print features in order to protect our copyright content.