| JANUARY | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Chlorine Bleach - 1 gallon per family member |
Week 2: Matches and candles |
Week 3: 10 cans Tuna, salmon, or chicken |
Week 4: Multiple Vitamins (especially A,C, and extra calcium) |
| FEBRUARY | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Hot Cereal: wheat and rice |
Week 2: Shortening - 5 lbs |
Week 3: Yeast -1/2 lb or 20 cans of corn |
Week 4: Honey 3 lbs or a gallon of Pure Maple Syrup (for sweetener) |
| MARCH | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Potato Flakes or pearls |
Week 2: 3 lbs Raisins and dried apricots |
Week 3: Dry Milk - 14 lbs |
Week 4: Oatmeal - 30 lbs |
| APRIL | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: 20 pkgs of vegetable seeds, various types that will grow in your area.
5 boxes of Bisquick or Jiffy mix. |
Week 2: Corn Meal - 30 lbs |
Week 3: Canned Vegetables (what your family likes) and dried apricots |
Week 4: Enriched White Flour - 15 lbs. (best stored in freezer) |
| MAY | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Canned Fruit (what your family likes) |
Week 2: Canned Baked Beans |
Week 3: Brown Sugar - 3 lbs |
Week 4: Vegetable Oil - 2 gallons |
| JUNE | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Baking Soda - 2 lbs (for cleaning) & Alfalfa Seeds (to sprout) |
Week 2: Wheat Berries (to sprout) |
Week 3: Peanut Butter - 5 lbs |
Week 4: Candles - 100 hour candles are great. But any candles will do. |
| JULY | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Jams and preserves - 6 lbs |
Week 2: 10 lbs dried peas or beans or both |
Week 3: canned soup |
Week 4: dried lima beans |
| AUGUST | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Spices and multi-vitamins |
Week 2: Salt 8 lbs |
Week 3: Vegetables (canned) as frozen will not store in an emergency. |
Week 4: Baking Powder - 1 lb |
| SEPTEMBER | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Canned Tuna, chicken or Salmon |
Week 2: Canned Milk (12 oz cans) - 12 |
Week 3: Nuts (freeze them) |
Week 4: Toilet Paper |
| OCTOBER | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: 3 boxes Corn Starch |
Week 2: White Enriched Rice - 50 lbs
10 lbs brown rice (brown rice spoils faster but it better for you.) |
Week 3: Fruit Juice (canned) |
Week 4: Vinegar - 2 gallons |
| NOVEMBER | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Dry Soup Mix - 5 lbs |
Week 2: Dried Beans/legumes |
Week 3: Dried green or yellow Peas |
Week 4: Popcorn |
| DECEMBER | WATER! - as much as you can buy and store- each month! |
Week 1: Tomato Sauce, or spaghetti sauce. |
Week 2: Pasta: Spaghetti, macaroni, etc., - 30 lbs |
Week 3: Crackers - 2 lbs, and dehydrated vegetables or do your own. |
Week 4: Dried Bananas, figs, or other dried fruit |