Garage Sale Archives

I admit it. I have security issues. If my food stores are stocked I feel safe. If they are dwindling I am nervous. I justify it with feeling prepared for what may come be it a storm, the lack of a paycheck or increasing food prices. At this point in our time prices are continually rising so everything I put into our pantry is at a better price than I will be able to get it in the future. And so I am stocked and ready for winter!

This house as been such a blessing as far as space to store food. There was a small empty room next to the kitchen that my wonderful father-in-law converted into a pantry for me for Christmas last year. There is a long skinny room behind the garage that already had multiple shelves just the right size for home canned foods. Plus I have a chest freezer (we got from a garage sale), an upright freezer and a refrigerator in the garage. And of course a 27 cu ft fridge in the kitchen we go off of Craigslist.

I buy grains, sugar, honey and beans in bulk and keep them in 6 gallon food grade buckets with gamma lids. I also shop at Costco and keep stocked up on pastas, tuna, oils, vinegars, etc… I canned as many jams, sauces, and pickles as I could over the summer. The freezers are filled with beef from a whole cow, half a pig, chickens, lots of corn, zucchini, peaches and apples I put up this summer.

Check out how other moms store their food:

Farm Animals

This year our family has committed to providing a Farm of Animals to 10 needy families from WorldVision’s Gift Catalog.
(Thanks to Ann and Dawn for the idea of gift catalogs.)

We are so excited to have a specific goal and one that is big enough that we will be able to watch God work to fulfill it!

If you would, we would really appreciate your prayers for this endeavor! We will keep you updated as to our progress. At this point our jar contains $14.67. We are also looking for creative ideas of how we could raise money towards this goal. We are planning a garage sale in the spring.

May God be glorified through this endeavor!

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:34-40

Food Storage

Giving