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Our weekend project (6 pics, beware)

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#1 ·
So we're working on a 'little' project this weekend. Great thanks to some LDS friends for giving us access to their storehouse, and helping us with this project. They have been incredibly gracious and open with their knowledge and generous with their resources.

For those with LDS friends, there is absolutely no better or less expensive way to acquire large quantities of long-term storage food (unless you are growing it yourself) than an LDS Storehouse. I am thrilled as this is a milestone for us, as we'll have a years worth of food for both my wife and I, as well as our local family (3 additional).

Our total order for 4 couples is over 2000 pounds of food. The #10 cans alone are more than a pallet. Our friends are also going to show us how to use their heavy-duty canner, so we'll be learning a new skill as well. We'll also be vacuum-packing some into serving-size packets as well as nitrogren-packing some in buckets as well.

The LDS materials available on food storage are also incredibly useful. I bought this manual in paperback a while back and it has a great deal of useful information. (It is also available free of charge in PDF format if you join the site I think). One of the more interesting sections goes into detail on appetite fatigue, especially among children and the elderly.











 
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#6 ·
Very very nice. Congrats! What a relief huh?

Got plenty of ammo put away as well?

You know the saying, "Beans and bullets ..." Looks like you've got the beans covered. :)

I agree about the LDS Storehouses.

Thanks for the pics. :)
 
#10 ·
Yes, it is a relief and I'll be glad to retask some resources to other projects!=) I am up to around 10,000 rounds of 'ballitic wampum' (though more than half are .22lr), though I've had problems getting enough .357 rounds for the GP-100 (well, without paying through the nose). Needless to say, its been very nice to have a wife who sees through the same set of glasses!
 
#15 ·
I can imagine it's challenging, as even my friend who is LDS has trouble reaching them some days. Part of the problem is that the storehouses are only open 1-2 days a week, and from my understanding when they are open, they are usually pretty swamped. There are a bunch of LDS food storage/preparedness forums, maybe reaching out and trying to find a member in your area might help? I think they usually want a 'sponsor' of some sort.

Good luck!
 
#14 ·
One thing you might like to know about the LDS preps...

My best friend at work is LDS and has his 1 year supply of food stocked up. In a SHTF scenario, he is supposed to bring all his goods to the local LDS site and they will distribute all the combined goods amongst all the members as they see fit. He was none too pleased when he found out about this little bit of Socialism in action. He also has no firearm around to protect his preps, but that is another argument I have yet to win with him.

Just be sure that by buying from them you are not in some way expected or obligated to join the collective when the SHTF.
 
#16 ·
Hmm, that's interesting, as I've never heard of that or seen it in any LDS literature, and I've read most of their food storage materials. I'd venture that might be a local stake thing (a local church unit). As non-LDS, they have no expectation of me or mine, however the rules my be different for church members. I'll definitely ask about it this weekend.
 
#17 ·
Having been in the leadership in the LDS Church for many years I can tell you that the information about people being expected to bring thier food to a central location to share in just plain wrong. The church has never said anything to that effect.

In the past there have been incidents in the early days of the church where food was shared. But this always was a voluntary thing.
 
#19 ·
Can I assume that you will be storing all of this in your garage? Doesn't the heat in the garage degrade the lifespan of the food? I would really like to know because I'm running out of spaces in my house to store food. :confused:
Actually, the garage shown is my friend's house and not where we'll be storing this. My house has a full basement (well, its a split level, so its protected on one side) and the average temperature in the summer is around 60-65 degrees (about 5 degrees north of optimal, but not too bad), to maybe 50 degrees in winter. I have 4 sets of racking to keep everything off the floor and away from most pests.

This shipment will be going to our bug-out-location, which has an over-sized basement as well that is similar to mine. I haven't done a temperature study on it yet, but you've reminded me that I need to.

Do you have a dry crawl space that stays cooler than the garage? Or maybe some closet floor space; we keep a few items kept nicely dark and reasonably cool by sharing the space with our clothes. #10 can cases also fit nicely under beds. I've had a little room under some stairs that can hold about 30-40 cubic feet of supplies. It's cramped, but also nearly invisible. I've also seen some kitchens where a rack of #10 cans would not be out of place.

If none of those are a possiblity, I'd check and see if there are any climate-controlled storage companies nearby? Even a small 5x10 or 5x5 unit can store a lot of stuff! They'd probably run $40-$70/month, but depending on your situation and finances might be worth it.
 
#21 ·
You can use an indoor/outdoor thermometer, with your base station somewhere you can check it often and the remote unit in your food storage area. The linked unit keeps track of historical highs and lows as well as humidity, which is also very helpful. You can also hook up multiple sensors (up to 3) to this unit so if you suspected certain parts of your storage area had worse conditions (like next to a door, for example), you could verify.

More simply, you could just do an 8-hour check (when you get up, during the day, and before you go to bed) with a regular thermometer and you'll get a good gauge. You'd have to do it on a fair number of days in every season to come to a strong conclusion about the climate of your storage area.
 
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