If you’re interested in raising chickens, pigs and canning your own food, you’ll find what you need to know in these pages.
Read about what we're doing on a daily basis here in our Valley in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.
The Meat Bird Chicks Have Arrived
I went to the local Post Office this morning and picked up 25 chicks, sent to me by a hatchery in Alberta. Normally, a hatchery will add a chick or three to the order, in case some die during transit. The chicks, after hatching, can live up to 3 days without food or water, due… Read More
Using a Pressure Canner
I’ve been using a pressure canner for years. Although some foods can be canned in a water bath canner, other foods NEED to be canned using a pressure canner. Food safety is so important to me and it should be important to you too. I never want to open a jar of home… Read More
What IS Self Sufficiency?
I’m checking out the pins over on our Self Sufficiency board on Pinterest. I can’t get over there every single day (at least right now) to remove pins that are inappropriate or just don’t fit with the description of the board. Oh, and I should mention about the photo that accompanies this post…. Read More
Make Your Own Homemade Lemonade!
I love Lemonade and one of the great things about being in California at this time of year is having lemon trees around! We have our own lemon tree in our RV site and if we run out, there are lots of people who give away their lemons. Also there are lots of grapefruits and oranges… Read More
