Our hope is to give you some realistic options to choose from. We’ve touched on how to go about it and some steps to take toward building that pantry, and your new sets of back to basics skills… but now we want to focus on where to GET items you may need.

Some people have ample room and can have storage that looks similar to this:

But more people are limited on space. That is why we recommend a few very economical items to help organize your Long-term Workable Pantry for MUCH less than building on an addition to your home!

The Spin Lid Storage Pail is the BEST bulk option that we have found for whole grains, beans and dried goods. Even sugars don’t clump in the NC humidity! Check out what others say about them and see them in use for yourself at: http://www.grainbucket.com

Another needed item is also a means to store and rotate canned goods. Some of these can become QUITE expensive…but not now! We have found a VERY user-friendly and economical plan for organizing and saving both space and dollars on your can rotation system.

Click the banner above to see the two size and price options. For less than $20 you get 4 rotating shelf systems! That is much better than over $100 with some other products!

Also, growing your food is a major part of being self-sustaining. So purchasing heirloom seeds (that will produce seeds that can produce a harvest each year) is quite important. Here is one reliable source for just such seeds:

For food itself, we have a bulk delivery system in our area of NC that we can also ship to you anywhere in the country. If you are interested, please contact us and we will see if this system works for you to obtain dry long-term pantry goods: Contact Us

As always, we are humbly at your service for assistance! Please feel free to call or email with any questions.

Best Blessings and enJOY the journey!
Joseph & Donna Miller
The Grain Storehouse – Your Preparation Station!

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Well, both of these questions lead to the need of explaining exactly what preparation or prepping actually is. It is a little easier to breakdown the things that preparation, prepping or living the preparedness lifestyle actually include rather than saying what it is or isn’t because it looks different for every family.

Some things that it should NOT include though are: Fearful hording, panic or paranoia.

So with that out of the way, let’s look at the wide variety of things that prepping include. Below is a breakdown of areas, not in order of priority, or even all inclusive – but a basic, brief list of things that are often included in preparation:

~ Building a Long-Term Workable Pantry or Food storage. This includes skills and tools.

~ Learning Survival Skills, Techniques and Planning

~ Assuring a Drinking Water supply.

~ Learning and using Emergency Reaction skills and tools.

~ Planning for Terror, Pandemic or Natural Catastrophesto react in peace with a cool head.

~ Preparing for alternate Communications

~ Self-Sustaining lifestyles and skills such as gardening, storing harvest, skills and tools to feed from ones own efforts.

~ Obtaining an Alternate Power Source

~ The right to bear arms be it for hunting or protection.

The next few articles will go into each of these areas in more depth to explain what is involved in each area of preparation. Hope you will follow along and learn from very valuable information.

Until next time – enJOY the Journey!
The Millers at Grain Storehouse – your Preparation Station

The Millers own and operate Millers Grain House which offers Chemical Free and Organic Grains, Grain Mills, Bread Machines,Grain buckets, Bosch Mixers, the NutriMill, instructional tutorials, recipes and more.

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Best Blessings!

The Millers ~ Grain Storehouse, Your Preparation Station

Due to a job and subsequent home loss during the time of wedding of our oldest child (our first born, our son) …  We’ve slacked seriously on the RED (Real Emergency Directions) Book thread.

This is not a money maker for us – it’s a mission and ministry. We just want to do what we can to let others start taking steps toward preparing to be self-sustaining. I hope you don’t  mind the recapping that we’ll do in this post to bring ME back up to speed on the RED Book instructions!

One thing I neglected to mention was the type of RED Book that we personally like the best.  I am showing my age when I say this, but something of a ‘trapper keeper’ or one that zips and seals will give more security to valuable papers on the move.  Nice tied ribbon or Velcro straps will help too, but we like the fully enclosed zipped up option.

Like this one:

Okay, now that you have a picture in  your head, let’s get back to my much needed recap.

First – we established what is and why have a RED Book in this post – HERE

Second – we started filling it with the First Contact information.

Third – we discussed Meeting, Maps and Routes and how to establish alternate routes and place options in your RED Book.

Fourth – we discussed Divider Tabs and potential headings for easy access of important information in a panic.

Fifth – we gave you a Preparation Action Step so that you will have some basic skills in case of an emergency. Your RED Book is a great place to keep those certifications too!

Sixth – we mentioned Vital Records and a beginning list of things you may want to keep in your RED Book in case you had to get out of Dodge quick in an emergency! 

Seventh (and upon other occasions) – we mentioned getting a Survival Kit of some form to keep near your RED Book.  Even if it is not for any serious survival, this kit will have many things you may be in need of during a nominal emergency.

I know it may seem a bit out of order – but it will all pull together in the end.  A start on this is better than not having ANYTHING – so do SOMETHING toward your RED Book.

Hey, listen, we don’t pretend to have all the answers, we just want to get YOU to have your own wheels turning on this – we just like to give a little nudge!

EnJOY the journey!

The Millers at the Grain Store House – Your Preparation Station

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Oil leaks, the worst predicted hurricane season in centuries, food shortages, wars and rumors of wars both without and within our borders….What more do you need to realize that life as we know it is not guaranteed?

Along with the RED book, don’t forget to either make or purchase a real EMERGENCY KIT for your family members…. Click the picture for a few to look at for every price range.

Don’t wait. If you wait, it can be too late.

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