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SUMMARY:2024 September-Preparedness and Winter Garden Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Hello Gilbert Stake! \nWelcome to September! 2024 is going fast and it’s time to consider what to do with your garden. At this point there are a couple of options; you can winterize it and wait for spring\, or you can prepare for the wonderful cooler weather veggies. \nIf you choose to not have a garden in the winter\, here are some things you can do to have the garden bed ready for next year. \nHow to Winterize Your Vegetable Garden \n\nHarvest any remaining crops.\nCompost for best results.\nAdd nutrients.\nTake notes to get ready for next year.\n\nIf you choose to keep your garden going\, this is a great time to plant lettuces and cabbage family plants. Of course\, if you can protect your plants you can keep many of the summerish vegetables all winter. \nHere is a link for the planting guide for Maricopa County: \nVegetable Planting Calendar for Maricopa County (arizona.edu) \n  \nThe Principle of Preparation \nHere’s some thoughts on preparedness from our church leaders: \nMembers of the Church have been counseled for many years to be prepared for adversity. Preparation\, both spiritual and temporal\, can dispel fear. \nElder L. Tom Perry taught\, “The need for preparation is abundantly clear. The great blessing of being prepared gives us freedom from fear.” \nWith the guidance of Church leaders\, individuals and families should prepare to be self-reliant in times of personal and widespread tragedy. \nAs members of the Church\, we know that it is our responsibility to provide for ourselves and our families both in good times and in bad. Part of fulfilling that obligation is making preparations now to face whatever challenges may come our way. \nPresident Spencer W. Kimball taught that we must be “anxiously engaged in a positive program of preparation.” It is not enough to hope for the best; we must prepare for it. \nHe explained\, “The Lord will not translate one’s good hopes and desires and intentions into works. Each of us must do that for himself.” \nEmergency Preparedness (churchofjesuschrist.org) \nTo help in your quest to follow the Prophets council\, here are suggestions to help build your storage in September: \nWeek 1: Vegetable Week! Green beans\, corn\, carrots\, mushrooms. Can\, freeze\, dehydrate or buy! \nWeek 2: Get those peas\, legumes\, dried potatoes\, and dried onions. Try dehydrating your own. \nWeek 3: Medical supplies: aspirin\, Tylenol\, Pepto Bismol\, Vicks. Whatever your family needs. Get children’s medicines too. \nWeek 4: Iodized salt. It seasons\, it preserves\, it’s a toothpaste\, and a de-icer! You never have too much. \nAND… since we missed last month\, here is the list for August: \nWeek 1: Back to school sales! Paper\, pencils\, crayons\, envelopes\, stamps\, journals. \nWeek 2: Baking powder\, baking soda\, corn starch\, vanilla\, bouillon cubes\, cooking spray\, yeast. \nWeek 3: Tomato Week! Salsa\, juice\, sauce\, whole\, chopped\, paste\, pizza and spaghetti sauce. \nWeek 4: Do some fruit canning or drying. If not…then buy it! Watch for sales! \n  \nMay the Lord bless you in your endeavors to live providently. Need help with any or all of these topics\, no problem. Just reach out to your ward’s Preparedness Specialist. If you ward does not have a specialist\, contact your ward Elders Quorum President and/or your Relief society President. \n  \nShare this:\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n				WhatsApp\n			\n				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n				Email\n			\n				Print (Opens in new window)\n				Print
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