January 18, 2009 Emergency Preparedness Relief Society Spotlight on Gardening

January 18, 2009
The Spotlight this Sunday was devoted to gardening because this is the time of year when gardening catalogs come in the mail. You will want to consider planting a garden because, again, the prophets have advised us to become as self-sufficient as we can, hence the name, "Home Production and Storage". If you do not currently get seed/gardening catalogs in the mail, you can Google,"seed catalogs"on the internet and get a variety of listings there or ask sisters in the Ward about borrowing or getting the "800" number for several of the seed companies they use to request copies of your own. A sign-up sheet was sent around. It contained several columns and the sisters in the room were asked to sign where they felt it appropriate:

Sisters who do not have gardening expertise or experience who want help planning and gardeing this spring and summer; sisters who have experience with gardens and who are willing to mentor those who want help; families with rototillers who would be willing to rototill a gardening plot for someone else in the ward; and those sisters who wanted help with rototilling a gardening plot of their own. All were advised that those willing to help rototill a garden plot for others may request some form of payment since gas and oil need to fuel these tillers.

If you have not seen this sign-up sheet and wish to request or give assistance to others, please see the Relief Society presidency to put your name on the sheet.