Canned Green Beans

At the superstition farmers market located off of meridian and main in apache junction they have fresh green beans on sale for 89 cents a pound. That's a great deal and they are very easy to can. If you would like to know more about how to can them then let me know I'd be glad to help! pecanranchcannery@gmail.com

Week 5 Challenge

For this week the goal is to try and get 50 lbs of wheat. This is one of the bigger goals so it's going to be one of the more expensive weeks in the yearly challenge. If you go to the cannery they have pre packaged boxes of 6 cans of wheat for $21.00. It's around 36 lbs of wheat in each box. Wheat has a 30 year shelf life as well so it will be a worthwhile thing to buy. If that's too much to fit in your budget right now then you can go and buy just one can. Every little bit counts! Walmart also sells wheat however the cannery is the cheapest place to get it at.

Week 4 Challenge

For week 4 try and get 8 cans of tomato soup or soups that  you know your family will eat. This week is a great one to get this! Fry's has their crazy 8 sale going on right now. If you buy 8 cans of soup you get them for 88 cents each! Campbells soups are normally 1.50 ea so this is an excellent deal. Remember that this is based on 2 adults so just double it for every 2 people in your family.

One great site!

If you go to www.beprepared.com they have some great deals going on for the month of January. They also tend to be the best priced as far as food storage and emergency essentials go.Check it out! You won't be dissapointed!

72 Hour kits anyone???

January is a great month to get started on your 72 hour kits. I was thinking of re doing the food portion of mine but wanted to check and see if anyone else was interested and so that we could cut the cost (hopefully) and buy in bulk for them. The food kit will include:
Hot cocoa
oatmeal
granola bars
instant soup
drink mix
beef jerky
assorted pieces of candy
canned fruit
trail mix
saltines
fruit rolls
Items may be slightly different depending on if we get a group together and buy in bulk. Otherwise you can use this list for yourself and I can give you the broken down version of how many of each item to have. Contact me at pecanranchcannery@gmail.com if interested!

Weekly Challenges....

I found a 52 week challenge to help everyone gain their 1 year supply in 1 year. I will be posting it weekly to help you gain your storage one week at a time. To keep track of what you have in your food storage you can go to www.foodstorageanalyzer.com. It is a simple program to work with and you can print out what you have recorded and the best part is that it's FREE! Since we are a couple of weeks into January already I will catch us up to the date that we're at and then go from there weekly.
These amounts are based on a year supply for 2 adults so just add more or less depending on your family size.

Week One: Obtain 6 lbs of salt

Week Two: 5 cans of cream of chicken soup

Week Three: 20 lbs of sugar

These are also estimated on a $5 budget a week. This list was made a while ago so the prices will fluctuate. In the end if you are buying for 2 adults you will end up with:
500lbs of wheat
100lbs of sugar
40lbs of powdered milk
40lbs of rice
12lbs salt
45 cans of tomato or your choice soup
15 cans cream of mushroom
15 cans cream of chicken
24 cans of tuna
21 boxes of mac and cheese
500 aspirirn
1000 multi vitamins
6 lbs of yeast
6lbs of shortening

The Beginning

This blog is designed to be a helpful guide for everyone who wants to know more about food storage and preparedness. I will try and put any special deals going on in the local stores or online sites and I will put as much helpful information as I can on here! Happy preparing!