LDS have always recommended 2 years of food and (if possible) fuel. They also recommend you start small and NOW. If you are on a tight budget, gather additional canned goods every shopping trip and watch it grow. As for space, think under and behind. I once lived in a one bedroom apartment. I had a tall bookshelf with #10 cans along the back of the shelves and my books and vcr tapes along the front. No one ever knew the beans and rice were there. I also stacked the large cans in the back of my kitchen cupboards with current items in the front. Under my bed was the wheat. All nicely hidden away but readily accessible when needed.

@bblount9352

2 жыл бұрын

We have a couch thats built so that the space between it and the wall hides #10 cans and its skirted so the B&M bread cans layed on their side in lines hides cases. we put mylar pasta sealed flat behind the dresser drawer and haven't had a rodent problem knock on wood

@weedygarden

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, LDS have changed their requirements over the years. Way back in the 1800's, they had a recommendation of 7 years worth of wheat, because of Joseph in the bible. They have dropped and changed their recommendations over the years because they realized that 7 years worth of wheat was not working for many people. One of my friends, LDS, has said that 3 months is what they are asking people to have now, because it seems more reasonable and for people to store what they eat. How many people buy wheat and use it regularly? Mostly preppers. LDS friend is the preparedness person for her ward, and said that she cannot get anyone in her ward interested in food storage. No one cares about storing food. Many people shop today for what they'll eat today.

@countryfrau8328

2 жыл бұрын

@@bblount9352 Wow! That idea of putting flat mylar bags of pasta behind dresser drawers is really interesting and a new one to me. Brilliant.

@countryfrau8328

2 жыл бұрын

@@bblount9352 You know what I REALLY like about your comment? The fact that you used the term "we" several times. I just think it is so cool that you aren't the only one doing all of this in your family!

@bblount9352

2 жыл бұрын

@@countryfrau8328 thank you in our family its definitely a competition to see who comes up with the deal of the week to store or the best idea on how and where to store 😀 we've been at it over 10yrs

I just purchased a years worth of food from the LDS Bishop’s Storehouse. They sell to the public in Indianapolis and it’s such a blessing to the community. They were lovely people, easy process, and and I feel so much more prepared now.

@TheHawk777

5 ай бұрын

The problem with the LDS in Indianapolis is they are rarely open.

I think the problem with this approach for a newbie starting food storage is, they can't look at 250 lbs of wheat, beans and milk and see what's for breakfast and dinner. I was never successful until I started thinking in terms of meals. 10 days of breakfast and dinner menus, rotated 3 times gives me 1 month of food; rotated 36 times gives me 1 year's worth. It was easier to purchase a day's worth of meals and easier to rotate out. Different approaches work for different people. The main thing is not to give up but to find something that works for your family.

@dukeman8481

2 жыл бұрын

Good thing dirty rice with beans is my favorite recipe and I can eat it everyday and there many variation to it.

@kathy3856

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely think in terms of meals. We’re retired and not as active. We now have two meals a day. Breakfast around 8:00 (oats, cereals, French toast, eggs, fruit - everything breakfast. We then have an early dinner around 3:30. That can be anything. If we need a snack, we have popcorn, granola bars, dried fruit and nuts in the evening. We are prepping accordingly.

@phloughergirl

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great suggestion! I haven’t been prepping very long. Maybe 4-5 months, but already have a good stockpile going for my husband and I. It doesn’t take long if you are diligent about it. But I did think about what we normally eat and planned my purchases around that. Once you get a good stockpile going, rotating out and replacing is really easy.

@phloughergirl

Жыл бұрын

@@kathy3856 - My husband and I are the same and retired. We don’t need much in the way of food, but eat well enough. A late breakfast, as we enjoy watching our birds in the backyard with our morning coffee. We might eat a small snack around 2pm and then dinner around 5pm. I have started preparing a protein with just one vegetable instead of two. There is less waste this way for us.

@kathy3856

Жыл бұрын

@Debra Barton. Older people need to prepare for their age and dietary needs. We’re like you. Less food. I have been cooking a lot of soups with beans, barley, veggies and protein, usually enough for two to three meals. I recently purchased some storage containers that are just the right size for the amount we eat for a meal. I cook extra and it goes in the freezer. Have also been making a pan of cornbread to go with dinner. Making a conscientious decision to have less waste. Take care and be safe.

Great video! I don’t think people realize that you can boil wheat berries and eat them as rice - it’s really good! We do that a lot with rye berries and it’s just great 👏🏻 Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰

@barbarad.517

2 жыл бұрын

I make wheat berry chili. Cook the wheat berries until they puff up and are soft, then make chili as usual just substituting the meat with wheat. It's better the next day when the spices have entered into the wheat, but it is fat free, full of protein, fiber and yumminess! And it's cheap!

@matildesvanegaard4199

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds great Barbara - I’ll try that!

@debralabarge614

2 жыл бұрын

Childhood memories of boiled wheat for breakfast. Yummy

@toddfriley9373

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a great way to stretch your hamburger meat. 50/50. It absorbs all the flavor and texture isn’t noticeable

@MalikaBourne

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Matilde from Denmark. Greetings from the US heartland, Iowa.

Couple of ideas to make food storage more rounded and that helped us in using our stored food: 1-If your family doesn't eat it don't store it! Find an equivalent replacement you do eat or add it as you put it into your food rotation 2-Buy a box of single use condiment packets (ketchup, mustard, mayo, salt, pepper) from a costco/sams/amazon use them on camping trips, road trips, or for any sack lunch needs. They last a long time and you'll be grateful for the variety :) ... QUICK HACK...embrace the condiment drawer/bucket. Keep all the condiments from eating out and actually use them. 3-Swap some of your oil gallons for mayo jars and instead of all of one oil type do a variety (avocado, coconut, olive) you'll cycle through them better 4-Add in some canned meats (chicken, tuna, etc) 5-Learn how to make your own seasoning mixes (taco and ranch salad dressing are pretty easy and mostly use stuff you already buy/store) premix one to use and one spare in a mason jar, they go a surprisingly long time 6-Swap out some of the dried onion for minced garlic 7-If your going to store wheat for making bread store instant yeast as well 8-In addition to a garden if your area allows it consider a few chickens. Aside from the obvious access to occasional eggs for eating, your ability to bake is enhanced. Also you can make your own mayo (egg+oil and blend together is all it takes) 9-Have 2 wheat grinders!!!! Also these can be used for more than wheat..grind rice for an alternate flour, grind dry corn for corn meal 10-Reduce some of the recommended powdered milk for other powdered dairy (buttermilk/sour cream) 11-While dry beans are better for storage (and lighter) if you aren't used to using them start with canned beans in liquid and grow into using dry beans 12-Never store what you haven't used as an ingredient in the last 6 months!!

@mycabana4020

Жыл бұрын

Why two wheat grinders?

@rode792

Жыл бұрын

@@mycabana4020 one is none and two is one. Especially with todays supply chain getting replacement parts or even a new one may be difficult. Have a back up. One can be manual (they are much cheaper).

@fourdayhomestead2839

Ай бұрын

You'll have a spare when one breaks. Non electric is best. ​@@mycabana4020

The county extension kitchen helped me pressure can chicken. I paid a nominal rent for the facility and the price of metal cans they provided. I already have beans and rice, oatmeal and cornmeal, and even a little sterno stove from yard sale. Not fancy but at least it's a start! 🤗👍😃

@dannydenham8141

2 жыл бұрын

It started as a hobby with me. Every shopping trip brought home something extra. It wasn’t long, I had enough that a homeless man benefited, then later a couple that was sick got medicines, skills and knowledge have been shared. Garden size increased, more sharing, you cannot out give God.❤️🙏

@tammymerrick3760

2 жыл бұрын

That is so awsome. Its what's in ur heart, God will bring ppl together to share in skills and knowledge, no matter what ur income is. Praise God.

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123

2 жыл бұрын

I knew county extension tests pressure canners, I had no idea they had the equipment to can meat in cans ? I can meat in glass jars with my pressure canner but will have to check this out ! May I ask what state you are in ?

@kevinrehberg8758

2 жыл бұрын

I home can my chicken dark meat and can get 8-9 pints plus several quarts of chicken stock from 2-10lb bags of chicken hind quarters.. This next holiday season I am thinking 5-7 turkeys and canning turkey when they go on-sale for the holidays

We used to travel with glass jars, so I started making sweaters for my jars 😊 Thank you for all of your very knowledgeable content!

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

For anybody without the diy/seamstress skills to Make a jar sweater : use an old sock. It works !

I'm with you guys on the sugar. I've stored 600 pounds of sugar. I can my peaches, apricots and I make quince jam and it takes a lot of sugar. The price will be going up. So, it's a good I bought it at yesterday's prices. Honey, I stockpiled 100 lbs. Honey, has gone up by $2.00 per container. Again, good I bought it all at yesterday's prices. Good luck to everyone.

@henryottis295

2 жыл бұрын

l actually thought you were calling me honey ! Had to read it twice. 😅

@Bling-it-on-grammie

Жыл бұрын

Buy local if you can. Local honey only has honey in the container. The stuff in the stores is adulterated. Cut with corn syrup and other things. This whole thing has kind of taught me to go back to the basics and get local. All good

Bear Independent has really good info on the amount of food to store. He did a bunch of research and recommends this: treat every person you're planning to feed as a military aged male. A military aged male doing strenuous activity needs about 3200 calories to maintain weight and muscle strength. If a person isn't a military aged male, then you have a bonus surplus of stored food. The total lbs per dry food to make up the 3200 calories breaks down to this: 195lbs of beans and wheat, 180lbs of rice and corn per person per year. Thats 750lbs total per person per year. His playlist called the prepper classroom has all the details. Its worth checking out.

@nikkitobin8356

7 күн бұрын

Thank you 🥰🥰

I really want to express my appreciation to you folks for all of your videos. I have followed The Provident Prepper for a couple years now. I have collected a huge library of resources. My gardening has improved, and I have started raising rabbits and quail. (They are the largest meat source I’m allowed in town) I am certain I am only one of very many, your family has helped prepare for difficult times. Thank you so very much for your dedication to preparing humanity!

@jc.1191

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard rabbits are good pets with lots of attention and love.

I read about a person who had mice and rats chew through the plastic buckets so I searched and found metal buckets with tight lids on Amazon so I bought a few to try. I store in jars and use an O2 absorber and desiccant and vacuum seal them. I am alone so bigger amounts is wasteful for me. I read that coconut oil stores the longest of all the oils and I just opened a jar that was 6 years old and it is just fine! I love your videos and I learn so much!

@countryfrau8328

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard of that, too. I check out my buckets every once in a while and I do have big metal garbage cans--one for noodles, one for sugars, and one for rices. Glad to hear about coconut oil because I've just finished other kinds of oils and I'm into that now. It sounds like you are well on your way and you are serious.

@lyndabuchholz1216

2 жыл бұрын

@@countryfrau8328 Thank you I am very serious and it sounds like you are too. Thumbs up!!!

@lyndabuchholz1216

2 жыл бұрын

@@derr2438 Coconut oil makes a wonderful hand lotion too. It has lots of uses. Just search the net! If you have toe powdered butter I read that you can mix it into the coconut oil and have a fairly good butter spread. I haven't tried it yet though.

@thefirstnoob5577

2 жыл бұрын

Prepper nurse puts pieces of Irish spring bar bath soap around his buckets. I put out mice and rat poison around my buckets. Just don't have it in an area where children or pets can eat it.

@sky.the.infinite

2 жыл бұрын

The thing about metal tho, is that it draws moisture towards it. So, no matter what, you should have layers or thicker plastic and/or Mylar containing your goods internally. Also, containing both O2 absorbers and desiccants together is *not* recommended. It would be best to store the 02 absorbers within the dry foods/grains that you *seal* and then the desiccants within that gap or barrier of the metal. Does that make sense? Glass jars are good.

Seeing the year supply quantity is a wow 😳, a family of 4 will fill a hole room of supplies for only one year of food.

@hrhtreeoflife4815

10 ай бұрын

😂 Be more practical Don't overdo 😂 rice and beans Add carrots 🥕 and corn 🌽 Add canned meats Instant mashed potatoes Tea Coffee ☕️ Jam Olive oil 🫒 🕊 🍸 Just go grocery shopping 🛍 as usual and double up!

The potato flakes also work as a soup thickener, meat coating, and potato pancakes!

Rubbing alcohol will remove permanent marker ink. It makes it easier to label and reuse containers.

@TheJugendstil

2 жыл бұрын

Nail polish remover does the trick as well. 😀

@gardencat4952

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJugendstil I don't paint my nails so I never have any nail polish remover in the house.

@71babyjay

2 жыл бұрын

I started to use wet-erase markers to label things. It comes off easily when we’re but won’t of kept dry

@wendyrenna5584

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Visualizing the amount of food for one person was amazing. Imagining the square footage and weight of stored food for a tribe is mind blowing.

Many of the survival companies have variety fruit buckets which contains a few small pouches of dried fruit. They cost hundred dollars and up. You can buy a bucket and a lid as well as pouches of dried fruit from many stores like Dollar Tree and Aldi for a lot less than the cost of a survival company bucket.

I think I’m going to have to binge watch a few more of your videos. Who doesn’t need a spice bucket?

As for the soda bottles, I recently thought to use them for salt and sugar. Even if it gets rock hard, the bottle can be cut open, but it makes for smaller units and saves on buckets/mylar.

Prior to 2020 I stored my oils in the fridge to prevent them from going rancid before we could use them up. It was shocking to see how much oil and honey was needed when I started baking all our bread. I love these lightbulb 💡 moments. Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge.

@countryfrau8328

2 жыл бұрын

I've stored oils in the fridge, too. Plus I bought a couple of cases of Red Feather Butter during a sale and back when I felt a little more flush and I keep those in their cans in the fridge. I have recently heard that you shouldn't store open oils in the fridge because there can be condensation which gets into your oil and encourages spoilage. I don't know about that. I haven't found that to be the case. Once you've opened your oils do you keep them in the fridge? I need to because I have a weak sniffer and for some weird reason I can't tell when something has gone rancid.

@barb7014

2 жыл бұрын

@@countryfrau8328 I store my canola oil in the fridge after opening and have never had a problem. I keep a small bottle of olive oil on the counter and haven’t had any issues there either. While I love Costco and Sam’s, I shy away from the huge containers of oil. I store butter in the freezer until needed, but you’ve made me curious about Red Feather Butter. I’ll have to check it out.

Thank you for the time you put into sharing your knowledge. 🙏 I started getting serious about prepping as a New Years resolution 2019. Imagine my surprise a year later. 😳 My daughter needed to make cookies for her sons birthday and she had none of the ingredients and store shelves were BARE. I loaded up sugar, flour and butter and headed over and though I looked calm on the outside on the inside I was terrified. Never in my lifetime have I experienced this.

When in doubt, stock more food. And yes, garden seeds! Not enough people stress this importance.

@SgtRudySmithbRet

2 жыл бұрын

Heirloom seed only.

@The-Grateful-Hippie

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the amendments like fertilizer. I know compost is great, but sometimes you need a quick fix and compost takes awhile.

@gardencat4952

2 жыл бұрын

If you are not already a gardener start gardening even if it is a small container garden. There is a big learning curve to gardening and it is worth learning before you need it.

@Project5P

2 жыл бұрын

@@gardencat4952 absolutley. Everybody can do it regardless of size of home or yard. A couple buckets on your patio if that's all you can do. But do SOMETHING.

@Godsmysavior1st

Жыл бұрын

How can you do garden seeds if you live in apartment

remember that whole wheat berries, and dry beans, can be *sprouted* for added nutrition and variety

We will need more then a year of food. (As you Know). Love you for all you share!

@SgtRudySmithbRet

2 жыл бұрын

A year will get you through till you can grow your own.

Grow pepper plants and can for pepper sauce, mix in small green tomatoes, great on beans and greens and vegetables. And keeps for years. Keep large quantities of turnip green, collard, and mustard seeds for planting. My favorite pepper sauce is a mix of 1/3 bell pepper 1/3 Anaheim pepper and a mix of banana hot and cayenne.

I’m so glad more people are making these kinds of videos, I can’t convince one person I know how much food it actually takes to survive. People eat out, use processed foods and shop frequently so they have no clue how much is needed to cook from scratch, every meal for a year ! They think their overdoing it if they have 6 cans of green beans 🙄 Or they just think nothing is going to happen and they can run to the store a few times a week to get what’s needed 😏 ………..and I’m a hoarder 😳 I’m so alone !!!!!!

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you !!

@lunabeta3516

2 жыл бұрын

Plz know you aren't alone. There's alot of ppl that either can't or just won't hear it. You keep being you doing what you know is right for you. 😊

Love that you left all the marking on when you re filled the bucket. It tells a chapter of your family story. I have different things around my house to remind me of my past - I have a small dent in the wall that I will not fix because how it happened. Most people dont know its even there, but me and my kids do.

@jkdbuck7670

2 жыл бұрын

My dad's cousin carved his name on great grandma's banister. She was not happy. A little while later, he was killed on Vietnam and it became a memorial.

I recently went through all my prepping supplies that I have written down and did a calorie tabulation on them researching each food item off the internet. I had a lot of calories laid up but not as many as I should have for a really long term situation . Bolstered it with another 80 lbs of rice and 200 lbs of feed corn. Dried corn is one of the highest calorie items you can food store. It is perfectly edible if you choose the right stuff (look on youtube) and know how to properly prepare it by getting the shell off of each kernel which I am not going to get into here as there are plenty of videos on this subject. Approximately 1900 calorie per pound. Those two purchases ($90) added 500,000 calories to my long term storage. Not done but making progress. Blessings everyone!

I keep at least a year supply per person of a good multi-vitamin. When they go on sale, I buy more.

Thanks you for your excellent videos. Just a thought... if there is a food shortage, a garden would be easy pickers for anyone. An in home hydroponic system might be safer... and sprouts are very nutritious...

One food that I don’t hear people stock very often is chick peas. Stores a very long time, and very high in protein.

@cullenbigd

2 жыл бұрын

Funny you should mention that. When building my bean supplies, I accidentally ordered 90 lbs instead of 50. Oh well, like you said, they are a good protein source and can be added to stews, soups, etc.

@kathy3856

2 жыл бұрын

I have 50 lbs. Humus and added beans for soup.

@amydelabruere5320

2 жыл бұрын

We have roasted canned chick peas with olive oil and seasoning and they have come out wonderfully.

@JonathanBJones

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dokimos- The case is 19"x13"x8"...sounds like you are doing great things...keep it up! Thanks for being part of the solution!

@monicak100

2 жыл бұрын

i have read the liquid from chickpeas can be used as an egg substitute?

Really good advice, always better to hear it from a long term experienced person, than somebody who's just starting out themselves. Thank you for producing such good videos and information.

@jc.1191

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, avoiding the pitfalls learning from others with experience is invaluable.

I cover my Mason jars with old worn-out thick wool or cotton socks cut into sections like sleeves. This creates a cushion between the jars.

I love your balanced, practical approach to food storage and using your food storage. Having $2000 worth of freeze dried cans in your basement is fine if you have the money, but you learn nothing about preparedness if that is your plan. Store what you eat and eat what you store....ahhh common sense :)

Some types of beans can lack an amino acid or two = protein deficiency, so always make sure to buy and use a variety of several types of beans. Along with beans, dry peas and lentils are good also. Soybeans contain anti-trypsin (an enzyme that nukes your digestive trypsin) so soybeans are semi-poisonous until they have been boiled for about 4 hours to break down the anti-trypsin. Then you can more fully digest your food. Other foods (some grains) also contain anti-trypsin. In case of too much intestinal gas, boil your food longer and it can get rid of the anti-trypsin to improve your digestion.

I started some years ago and it really has taken time to adjust my preps to the changing needs and wants of our little household. But a year of basics helps really a lot to be at ease with a difficult garden season, shortages, or skyrocketing prices due to whatever crisis there is, because you know you are prepared. I mixed the LDS recommandations with the german "Notvorrat" indications and some more information that I got from many passionate preppers over the pond. I'm grateful and happy we have what makes us going for a good while... Thank you very much for this great reminder!!!! Much love from France!

Since I’m allergic to wheat we have adjusted our grains to 200 pounds oats, 100 pounds rice, 100 pounds potato flakes.

I like to use (7-8$ each) 18 Gallon (68 Liter) Walmart plastic bins for my can good storage. Each bin can handle.... 30 cans of habitate soups, Per Bin 60 cans campbell soups, Per Bin 55 cans of Pork and beans , Per Bin 65 cans of Salmon, Per Bin 70 cans of Tuna, Per Bin 95 cans of SPAM / Luncheon meat, Per Bin I use the 5 Gallon buckets (with twist tops/ gamma seal lids) for Sugar, Flour , Oats, Cereal, Salt, etc I put 2 x P51 can openers in each bin ****************************************** I never thought about stocking up in Baking soda / Vinegar / ...interesting, I am gonna have to get on that , pronto !! Honey is soo expensive...but I love it.

I've been using your idea of using the OJ plastic bottles and placing 1 oxygen absorber at the bottom and one on top, before sealing the bottom. They work great and I can reuse them. Thanks again.

How much food do you need? All of it! Until you cant store more!

@SgtRudySmithbRet

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I thumbs up my own comment because it helps the algorithm! #commentforthe

@SgtRudySmithbRet

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheProvidentPrepper love all the videos. Do y'all worry about the security of your preps?

@kathy3856

2 жыл бұрын

Every time I think I have enough, I go buy more. I shop a lot at the home Storage Center/Bishop’s Storehouse. The LDS Preparedness Manual Handbook 2 is a fantastic reference book. Got mine from Amazon.

Our family has always kept what I thought was "a lot" of food in the pantry, but after inventorying everything and calculating it all, I figured we only had about a months worth of food at most. Since November I've extended that out to about 6. Obviously there is so much more to prepping than food storage, but that's for a different comment section. I only just got into emergency prepping this past fall and I gotta say, I think I've done very well, if I do say so myself, especially regarding food. And it's all thanks to wonderful people like you, and the invaluable information you have provided us all with at no cost.

@tooshieg2059

2 жыл бұрын

Good on you! Remember, whatever you can do is better than not.

Spices and seasonings. I vastly underestimated how much of these I would use when I first switched to cooking everything from scratch and started preserving my excess garden harvest. If you look at the ingredients on most seasoning blends you will find a lot of overlap ingredients. Seasoning mix recipes are easy to find online and are a life saver for those of use with uncommon food allergies. I buy bulk individual spices in whole seed form in one pound bags. Whole seed spices keep their flavor far longer than ground spices and are far cheaper buy the pound. I use a blade style coffee grinder or a mortar and pestle to grind the spices. This allows me make my own seasoning mixes and incorporate herbs from my garden. It saves me money and I get better tasting meals. My herb garden is full of perennial and self seeding plants that need little care. They are the best ROI due to the high cost to buy fresh and the ease of maintenance once they are established. I have them growing in the flower bed closest to my door so they are easy to harvest as needed. I dehydrate enough to get me through the winter.

@kathyburson8191

2 жыл бұрын

right on longer storage if spices are whole. Planning on starting gardening with herbs. Where do you buy in bulk if I may ask? Local or online?

@gardencat4952

2 жыл бұрын

@@kathyburson8191 I buy Frontier co op 1lb bags for the most part. I prefer their organic spices. I have purchased them from various suppliers over the years based on price and availability. They tend to go in and out of stock throughout the year even before the supply chain issues so I make sure I have what I need before the garden harvest season arrives.

@kathyburson8191

2 жыл бұрын

@@gardencat4952 thank you so much. Will check them out.

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123

2 жыл бұрын

@@gardencat4952 it looks like the bulk spices from frontier are only in the wholesale section and you have to sign in to see prices…..how does it work ? If you don’t mind sharing 🥰

@gardencat4952

2 жыл бұрын

@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 I buy Frontier coop 1 lb bags on other sites like Vitacost, Amazon and other websites that cater to organic pantry staples.

25:17 ....I tried the Prepping Calorie route, and got messed up , when my family members would just eat what is in the pantry.....and I would have to recount everything....I gave up on the calorie counting of prepped meals and just went back to the can-goods counting....

Thank U Both!! I appreciate the informative video. Love & Prayers to your family & everyone watching I know I don't know U & Vice versa You don't know me I hope & wish everyone's Opportunity's & Dreams come to Fluation. Keep your heads up & on a swivel. Always hope for the best but always prepare for the worst. Try to wave👋 or smile at complete strangers I don't know how many times it's turned my day around! 💗🙏💖🫂💞🛐💕🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸⚖🇺🇸 When somebody waves & has a big smile on their face😁just that act of kindness is huge when your down in the dumps.

Excellent….and crazy-surprising! I need to get busy! 😑 Thankful for a LDS storage center 15 minutes from us. Can’t say enough good about their kindness, their knowledge, and their generosity through pricing. (Side note: We just today refilled our wheat bin in the kitchen….and, once again, wrote on the lid with the new contents! The lid becomes a diary of sorts. 😂)

@robininva

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheProvidentPrepper OMG…and those memories are priceless! ❤️ 😢

@jc10907Sealy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I just purchase one year of food from the LDS Food Storehouse in Indianapolis. Amazing service to the community and wonderful people and experience.

TPP, love this post. I've followed your channel on/off for past two to three year. This was a quick review for me just to make sure I filled in any gap. I appreciate the visual representation of what a year supply looks like. I too agree that a Victory Garden will be crucial to supplementing your diet with wholesome food. I like the simple presentation, the discussion of separately for each categories, and how you put it together much like a jigsaw puzzle. Keep promoting the ideas!! Great work and God Bless you guys!!

When you store up food, do NOT go crazy and buy the so-called emergency Buckets. Stock up on what you NORMALLY EAT! Store what you EAT! Eat what you STORE!

Sharpie markers can be removed with sun screen spray. Ink pen stains can be removed with hair spray. Love your videos.

The best reason to have beans is that they are seeds that can be planted to grow more.

I am a diabetic that stores a huge amount of sugar. I do love to can fruit but also have bees. And I'm telling you bees can go thru some sugar. Lol. I keep no less than 100 lbs on hand at all times.

I can not even thank you two enough for all your videos!!! I’m new at all of this and have learned soooo much form you guys!!! ❤️

Very good video, thank you Jonathan and Kylene. Always glean wisdom from your videos. Happy trails!

Kinda overwhelming for us older folks. I’m so thankful for the ones who can do all of this. God’s blessings to you all.❤❤❤

@TheProvidentPrepper

Ай бұрын

One step at a time. Just buy a few extra of whatever shelf-stable foods you eat every time you go to the grocery store. That is actually a great way to stock up!

THANK YOU so much for this very informative video!! I shared it with our grown kids. The Lord bless you & keep you healthy and happy!

Cheers for mentioning the importance of storing spices, salt, sugar, baking soda, and vitamins!

I suggest try including chia seeds and hemp seeds to easily increase nutrients and protein easily . Eating a strict Ketogenic food plan and it has dramatically improved my health dramatically. I keep my carbs to a maximum of 20 per day. So my food approach is very different than yours. I eat no sugars at all and no grains. My focus is on storing many vegetables. I store canned vegetables, frozen veggies, dehydrated veggies and freeze dried veggies. I have two freezers full of a variety of veggies, berries, and a lot of butter & meat. For back up I have a whole house generator and am looking at solar generators . I also have a variety of canned meat and some freeze dried and dehydrated meats. I have dehydrated cheese, cream, eggs and butter plus powdered milk. I will soon be experimenting with dehydrating my meat. I gardened last year and dehydrated many veggies, which I jarred and vacuum sealed. I do have a couple totes with rice, pasta, oatmeal, dry beans, to supplement if absolutely necessary or if other family members come stay with me as I have a generator. I also have prepped medical supplies, have solar lights, a radio with several ways to power it, and many other prepping supplies. I also have a bug out site that is minimally stocked. I am 80 years old with physical limitations so must keep my preparations accessible. Prefer to stay in place, if possible. So yes I store what I use as you suggest but what I store is very different than you. Does😊 anyone else do this?

I have a family member that is totally allergic to any type of beans, peas, and lentils. He can't eat fish and several types of fruits. It's so difficult. All he can eat is rice.

@jend4128

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheProvidentPrepper That's what I do. :( Thanks for the videos!!! Much Appreciated!!!

Such a great helpful video! I'm trying to encourage the only member of my family who is not preparing and this video will help him, I hope...

I have counted in terms of calories per day... but I need make sure I have all the ingredients for recipes and not just bulk items that can't make meals together.

i erase sharpie markers with nail polish remover. we re use buckets all the time

The goods are also heat sinks for keeping heat in the house in winter. Under a bed is insulation.

Great video! The food lists and the visuals of how much food is needed for 1 year for one person is greatly appreciated. Thank you 🙏 Now, I have to tell you I literally dropped my iPad when Killeen said she’s not eating chocolate anymore. I should have sold my chocolate stocks earlier 😉 Hope you are well.

@anchorageprepper9008

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheProvidentPrepper glad to hear

we recently started our bulk storage in buckets with mylar bags , some things in vacuum bags in 5 gallon buckets and other things in glass jars plus we have always canned from the garden , we also have a jersey cow for fresh milk we put a pig in the freezer each year , have chickens for eggs and meat and recently started trying our hand at raising rabbits for meat. we do not have a years food for each person yet but we could make it to harvest season i am sure

My epiphany on the oil amounts was thinking about how I would get butter if I couldn’t get it from the store and realizing I probably couldn’t. If I include butter, and what’s already included in ready-made products, I absolutely believe we use around this amount of oil per year.

@countryfrau8328

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how you feel about Crisco but there is that butter-flavored Crisco that will last a long time after its expiration date. Also you could think about making or buying some ghee, maybe. I know some people can butter. You can also get Red Feather Butter in cans but that gets pricey and it is only salted as far as I've ever seen. I've stored unsweetened applesauce because you can sub some of that for fats in baking.

This was a great video. I loved seeing the visual representations of how much a year's supply might look for an individual. Thank you for sharing some ideas on how many pounds of what could be stored, depending on individual needs and preferences.

Finally someone bringing up this important subject! Thank you!

I found this video and have 3 more videos to watch about storage . I have seen peppers on here , who buys pasta and they don't store it in mylar bags ,etcc . They keep the pasta in the box , it came in , when they bought it . We would go with smaller packing , it's only two of us.

Such a great video! Bookmarked and using it for reference. Keep up the good work.

I don't have a cool and dark place for storage. Wanting to set up a room in the house. How do I make the food last a long time if not a cool and dark place?

@tinastephenson4917

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you I will do.

I've been cranking up the freeze dryer.. drying and powdering mixed vegetables. 2kg of mixed veg fits in a quart Jar when dried and powdered. That and tomato powder I'll use for thickening soups, beans etc. It should add a good amount of fiber and nutrients too.

Puts food storage in an understandable amount. Thank you for the information.

Starting can be very overwhelming. I have issues with storage space. Without a basement or garage, I need to either heat or cool a storage room. I've watched videos on creating root cellars, which isn't practical on my property.

Enough is enough…. That is where I am at. LOL food and supplies flowing out my ears. Done.

😋 yummy! My favorite are lentils, black eye peas, pinto, navy, green peas, red kidney. I also eat beans with potatoes instead of with grain. And store lots extra potatoes ( you can live on potatoes alone)

Oh dear .......thank you for all of your videos, I love them. I just do not have the space!!! I wish I had more space to store the amounts of food we will need. I am Going to be putting things under the bed for sure!! I have no basement and an attic is NOT good for food storage ! LOL!

Great informative video....been stocking up regularly for nearly 2 years. Ty for the LDS info...I need to order from them! I need more long term storable foods ,after seeing how much a person uses in a year! Great visual.

Excellent on those oxygen absorbers. I was wincing when you opened that outer bag because I thought you'd wasted them by showing us. But they are in bags within the bag. Yay! Brilliant!

The metal ones are the best. LDS are the cheapest. I do 750 .bs of dry goods per person per year regardless of age. Canned foods to last a year for my family plus. 10 lbs of salt and 25 pounds of sugar per person per year regardless of age. Along with other items.

@thefirstnoob5577

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheProvidentPrepper I watched a Wendy DeWitt seminar and had already started a pantry with couponing. After the video I decided I needed to do more most ecspesally with the super grand solar minimum on its way. This was a several years ago.

Can you please talk about storing yeast for bread making? Does it last for 30 years?

I'm a 69 year old single female. This is exactly the video I was looking for! Thank you.

@TheProvidentPrepper

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Excellent presentation. Thank you

Lots of useful information in this video. I took notes to make sure I have the info for my food storage plan. Thanks! Depending on the emergency issue, you could need more food, etc. Not only will you need to get through the emergency but through a period of time getting back to normal conditions...

I've been doing 5 gallon bucket storage since 2011. I recently decided I wanted to add to my total bucket inventory. WOW. Have you looked at bucket prices? They raised in December, and again in January. I'm searching all around to get buckets, and lids at the best prices in my area. I was really really surprised. I guess lots of people are buying the buckets and its raising price? Good video. Thanks for hosting the talk and comment availablity.

@PeriwinkleBluetag

Жыл бұрын

Check on Marketplace for buckets.

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

Old comment by maybe this will help someone else. Firehouse Subs sells their empty 5 gallon pickle buckets to anyone who asks. Last time I checked, they were still $2.00 and they're food grade

I’m jealous of the lds carrots. They never have them in stock anymore. Milk has changed to bags, I get the big cans from Walmart.

For 1 person (I'm not a math nerd), using the square frosting buckets from wally world or a bakery would save a lot of space.

Great video & great additional content access. I love the shootoff videos as they go more in depth. Thank you

Thank you so much. Your videos have been so helpful. As a catchup storer, at the beginning I bought rice and beans and put them in the freezer to make sure there weren't any critters, but over time began to realize that they can't be stored long-term in mylar because of the condensation. Do you have any advice for drying out the rice and beans after removing them from the freezer?

Remember, if you have to live off grid, you most likely will be burning twice the amount of calories, so corporate more calories in your food storage, to make up for what would be burned when moving around to survive.

I get what your saying about quantity but some of us really cannot store that amount of food for the lack of space. I'd love to have a basement and a walk in pantry, however I am storing foods in places you wouldn't normally do x

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

Where there's a will, there's a way. Don't put up mental road blocks. Use your imagination to create solutions !

Thanx, very helpful, making prepping much easier by showing and explaining how much and what..

There's always a sale every week, be sure to stock up on those items.

I moved to a city about six years ago for a job. My dad took my preps and put them in a three sided pig she'd. Exposed to the weather. The powder milk is ruined. It was on the outer layer. What a mean old man. When the war in Ukraine started...he tried to apologise. Sort of. I told him I knew these days would come. Now the hunger comes and it's mostly ruined. Starting over....broke....but trying. You guys encourage me.

Here in NW Oregon, in our area, Barely & Rolled Oats are nowhere to be found! Our Local Walmart: Campbell's Chunky Vegetable Beef & Sirloin Burger Soups. Out-None coming. Regular Gas-$4.19 a Gallon. Kerosene: 5 Gal. Bucket-$70.00!

There is a brand of chocolate called Lily's which is sweeten with Stevie instead of sugar. It still has calories though and is expensive. I never looked up on how to make chocolate at home, I guess that's an option.

I love this visual guide! Thank you for touching on this. There is a lot of misinformation out there.

@Jean2235177

2 жыл бұрын

I need to stock up on apples. 👍🏻 My fruit is lacking

Wasn't there a Spreadsheet that LDS had for yearly supply...as a starter?....cant find it....

Very nice! For cooking, alcohol stoves are cheap, and butane stoves, and propane stoves.

Adding enzymes to help digestion with the extra freeze dried, dehydrated, and less fresh produce.

THIS WHERE I SAW WATER PURIFICATION TRICKS!!

Love your videos!

Long time no see. Wheat was $400 a ton last summer just before harvest. I got a half ton. Stored in an insulated fish tote with a tight lid. Sprinkled with D.E. and forgot about. It's a large fish tote eh? Took the winter off from prepping, ... it's called food security, ... lol Three years supplies for three people is four and a half years for two people, .. and nine years for just one. Gotta love the math. I just pick up specials and bulk these days. Imagine, on $475 a month too. Back when I started it was only $375 I believe. Been gone for over a year and just got new high speed service. I love providing the eternal and entitled profits of the great winners eh? NOT! Have a great one.