I bought a cheap pressure cooker at Zellars. 1/2 price. It is good enough for me for now and I can do the water baths in it as well.Has anyone tried...
We live in the city, and we "live it now" as much as possible. We don't really shop at grocery stores. We buy meat twice per year in bulk freezer or...
Milk isn't sold in bags in AB, but my Grandma bought it that way back when I was a kid in BC.I re-use all sorts of food bags and seal them with my foo...
I'm not Perfesser but have grown tomatoes for over 13 years: we grow Early Girl and cherry varieties like Tiny Tim or Sweet 100 for eating, and Roma ...
Been canning off and on: meats, soups, stew, chili, some plain beans, and marmalade since it's citrus season. Picked up some Bernardin plastic storag...
Easiest would just be to weigh the amount you need and then work out how much you need based on how much is in a package/jar. 🙂
Important: DO NOT store anything plastic in your "fireproof" document safe, they are meant only to keep paper items from combusting but get hot enoug...
You can order buckets and other food storage supplies online from www.bridensolutions.com and www.incaseof.ca Both of these are Canadian companies ba...
We moved house in Vancouver during that winter storm of '96, with a new baby. We had to dig a parking spot out in front of our apartment building for...
Lamps worked well, would probably take 3 or 4 to light a typical room adequately :)Yay! Found it again. Came across this article awhile ago, thought i...
Your blog is lovely, I think we have a lot in common from the couple of posts I read! 🙂 I too love lists and organizing and looking at all the pre...
Oh yeah, forgot to mention that we have two small apple trees that did well this year, a row of raspberries that is quite prolific, and a rhubarb plan...
To Alienraider:Some foods last up to 30 years if stored correctly, but they are not "preserved" foods in cans or bottles/jars. Most dry whole grains,...
Oh, you want me to count them ;)Ok:35 quarts/litres peaches (I have both older and newer size jars and they're all mixed up together)28 quarts/litres ...