Blogging with Cheryl

Mustang grape vine with grapes

Wild Mustang Grapes

A few years ago, I realized that a persistent pesky vine in my yard was actually a wild grape – a wild Mustang grape to be precise. I decided to stop fighting it and embrace it. We took out the…

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Saving Leftover Seeds

In late 2021, when I found out a mild winter was predicted, I decided to plant some cool weather vegetables the first weekend of November. I went to my refrigerator and freezer to see what I had left over from…

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Hurricane Supplies

Which help for other emergencies, too! Hurricane Season began June 1 but the peak months for the Gulf Coast are August and September. Are you ready? We were without power for 16 days after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Here are…

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Hurricane Season 2026

Hurricane season begins today, June 1, and goes until November 30. Current storm predictions are for a slightly below average season, the weakest hurricane season in over a decade due, in part, to a strong El Nino event. Waters in…

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Small and Simple

In the October 2020 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bishop W. Christopher Waddell stated “…aspects of a spiritual foundation for temporal preparedness include acting ‘in wisdom and order,’ which implies a gradual buildup of…

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“Effective and Timely Preparation”

This post was previously published in November 2020. “Effective and timely preparation precedes successful proving.” I read Elder David A. Bednar’s October 2020 Conference address to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently after having listened to it.…