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.

Using a Pressure Canner
May 14, 2013 By Annie 6 Comments
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?
April 23, 2013 By Annie
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!
April 16, 2013 By Annie
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

Yesterday, in Mexico….
April 12, 2013 By Annie
Every year that we are able to come to southern California, we try and go across the border into a small town called Algondones. You can pick up souvenirs and find some nice leather goods. But that isn’t why we go….we go for the “other” attractions. There are a lot of dentists, optometrists, and pharmacies… Read More
