http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/ Prepare more and fear less Wed, 22 May 2013 02:22:16 GMT PhoenixBird http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4265 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4265 Thank you for all the suggestions. I am gearing up for another trip in June. where it will be wet and cold .. needed some ideas and will look for a cot and Wed, 22 May 2013 02:17:51 GMT Janet Bay http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4264 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4264 Sorry to kind of jump in the middle of a conversation here. Hubby and I love tent camping in the fall when nighttime temps can hover around freezing or below. Tue, 21 May 2013 05:22:40 GMT Mary Kay Huster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4263 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4263 The only thing that will help would be more layers    The one I would think of bringing would be one of those silver emergency blankets that reflects your Tue, 21 May 2013 05:21:59 GMT Cherlynn Bell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4262 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4262 I bring a cot to sleep on. My old bones have a very hard time getting up from the ground early morning and using my fold up cot is wonderful! ... I bring a Mon, 20 May 2013 23:14:16 GMT Tammy Thomas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4261 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4261 I would think that bringing an extra blanket would not be much of an inconvenience for a comfortable nights sleep, a mattress pad that is like a fitted sheet Mon, 20 May 2013 21:54:21 GMT Erin Black http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4260 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4260 Hi Gaye   A yoga mat underneath the sleeping bag will stop the draft.  The sides of the air mattress will also draw the cold in.  That is why the mat must Mon, 20 May 2013 21:54:00 GMT Nola Hiatt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4259 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4259 A blanket under you is a small price to pay & not that much extra to take in order to be comfortable at night. If you don't sleep well, you will not function Mon, 20 May 2013 21:12:04 GMT PhoenixBird http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4258 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4258 We are planning to go camping and for a week try and live like we might have to one day. However, I like my creature comforts.. and while I can do so, I enjoy Wed, 15 May 2013 14:49:31 GMT Bob Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4257 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4257 thank you for sharing this information. bob taylor Mon, 13 May 2013 23:35:56 GMT seedplanter_max http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4256 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4256 I have an old book published in 1975 by Ortho entitled: 12 Months Harvest. The recommendation for freezing eggs in that book goes as follows: "You can freeze Sun, 12 May 2013 01:54:02 GMT Bob Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4255 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4255 will give that a try- but first i have several more jars of frozen eggs to use up. thanks bob taylor Sun, 12 May 2013 00:29:53 GMT Cherlynn Bell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4254 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4254 You need to scramble the eggs and add a little salt or sugar when freezing them. Sat, 11 May 2013 18:34:26 GMT Bob Taylor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4253 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4253 as an experiment, we froze some of our excess eggs - did some scrambled, some whole. the scrambled come out ok, but seem a bit rubbery in texture, if that is Sat, 11 May 2013 04:23:14 GMT Cherlynn Bell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4252 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4252 I am so sorry to hear about the cannery's closing! We have a dry pack canner at home but ran out of cans. I've been canning stuff up in jars and storing them Sat, 11 May 2013 00:06:11 GMT carolyn0847 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4251 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TotallyReady/message/4251 I have received a few post on this topic but I hesitate to publish any that are not very specific to a cannery location. In calling the LDS cannery coordinator