We get asked often where in CANADA can you buy supplies, tools, equipment etc. for homesteading, gardening, home cooking, canning, prepping, emergency supply, farming and gardening.
There are a lot of great shops in the USA like Lehman’s (and we love Lehman’s) but most of us would like to be able to shop locally, and at least in Canada. So we put together some of the places that come to mind for us. They all offer on-line shopping so even if they are not local to you they are still in Canada.
Continued on our website at http://www.homesteadingalberta.com/#!homestead-resources/c1g8t
~Sue
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Saturday, 18 January 2014
Love of cooking
Does anyone have a cookbook like this? I've had it since 1987, it's falling apart and I'm pretty sure some pages are missing but I love it and could never get rid of it!!
Most of the "sections" of the book that separated are at recipes that have been used over and over.
That's one way to know if something is well used...it's condition. I know people who receive cookbooks as gifts. I think others are trying to encourage them to cook....because they can't. But the books sit around, never used, never loved.
I feel sorry for an used cookbook lol.
~Sue
Most of the "sections" of the book that separated are at recipes that have been used over and over.
That's one way to know if something is well used...it's condition. I know people who receive cookbooks as gifts. I think others are trying to encourage them to cook....because they can't. But the books sit around, never used, never loved.
I feel sorry for an used cookbook lol.
~Sue
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
A heck of a wind!!
Last night we had 75-90 km/h wind gusts, according to the Weather Network. And it sure sounded windy in here!!
It's very unnerving being in a double-wide trailer up on a hill when the wind is like that. The howling through the trees was unlike any I've heard before. It makes you wish for a basement. The dog didn't like it much either. Needless to say last night was not very restful. I'll be needing a nap later today!
The BBQ is down off the deck, some of the deck table tiles are askew and our shovels were misplaced about 50 feet. So fat that seems to be the extent of our damage from the wind storm last night.
Hope everyone else is safe.
~Sue
It's very unnerving being in a double-wide trailer up on a hill when the wind is like that. The howling through the trees was unlike any I've heard before. It makes you wish for a basement. The dog didn't like it much either. Needless to say last night was not very restful. I'll be needing a nap later today!
The BBQ is down off the deck, some of the deck table tiles are askew and our shovels were misplaced about 50 feet. So fat that seems to be the extent of our damage from the wind storm last night.
Hope everyone else is safe.
~Sue
Monday, 13 January 2014
Time to clean up!
This week (at least) will be about organizing our house. The spare room, the kitchen, the pantry etc. We still have things we haven't even unpacked! I'm hoping to get rid of a lot of stuff too and most will be put away for a spring yard sale.
I found some great tips online. Please share any tips you have, I can use all the help I can get!!!
~Sue
I found some great tips online. Please share any tips you have, I can use all the help I can get!!!
~Sue
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Banana Bread & Pizza Overload!!
Today I made 9 loaves of banana bread.
9!?! lol Yes, that's a lot. For the last couple of years of Ray working away for the winter he has worked for the same two consultants. I can't remember exactly when it started but when he comes home for days off he always leaves with banana bread for these two consultants.
They have almost come to expect it now lol. Well over the holidays I went with Ray while he did rig watch and everyone, including the consultants, were on their holidays. When they came back, Ray brought me home and had his days off. So there was no banana bread for them for a bit.
This had to be rectified! lol When we went grocery shopping we couldn't find any ripe bananas anywhere and it was looking like they might go without banana bread again for a while. Our last stop in the Beaverlodge IGA and we struck gold. haha. They had a bunch of ripe bananas. So, I grabbed a few bags.
I didn't really think I had that many until I started baking the next day. My usual double batch turned in to 3 double batches!! And since I used some smaller tin foil pans, it worked out to 9 loaves.
So, no one will be missing banana bread for a bit now!!
As if that wasn't enough I decided to make some pizzas for Ray for work and for the freezer. So our bulk cooking marathon continued and we knocked out 4 large and 6 personal size pizzas!
Enough cooking - time to eat!!
~Sue
9!?! lol Yes, that's a lot. For the last couple of years of Ray working away for the winter he has worked for the same two consultants. I can't remember exactly when it started but when he comes home for days off he always leaves with banana bread for these two consultants.
They have almost come to expect it now lol. Well over the holidays I went with Ray while he did rig watch and everyone, including the consultants, were on their holidays. When they came back, Ray brought me home and had his days off. So there was no banana bread for them for a bit.
This had to be rectified! lol When we went grocery shopping we couldn't find any ripe bananas anywhere and it was looking like they might go without banana bread again for a while. Our last stop in the Beaverlodge IGA and we struck gold. haha. They had a bunch of ripe bananas. So, I grabbed a few bags.
I didn't really think I had that many until I started baking the next day. My usual double batch turned in to 3 double batches!! And since I used some smaller tin foil pans, it worked out to 9 loaves.
So, no one will be missing banana bread for a bit now!!
As if that wasn't enough I decided to make some pizzas for Ray for work and for the freezer. So our bulk cooking marathon continued and we knocked out 4 large and 6 personal size pizzas!
Enough cooking - time to eat!!
~Sue
Friday, 20 December 2013
Away for the Holidays
So I was asked if I could work through the holidays. After talking with my wife and letting her know that she could come out with me as it would just be myself and my night shift there providing security watch she has agreed. So a quick trip home to get her and the dog and off we go for 11 days together out at work. It is great as I only work in the winter and this means no missed pay period and I still get to spend the holiday with her. Sometimes things just work out.
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Officially a farmer! lol
Well I think I can say it! I can drive a tractor so now I am an official farmer! lol Ok, maybe not yet but it feels closer every day!
Our new John Deere tractor was delivered a few days ago and I did drive it a little that day to make sure I understood the salesman's instructions but today is really my first time driving the tractor with a purpose.
I knew when I got up this morning and seen the results of our winter storm last night that we got the tractor just in time!! It was -14 this morning, windy and still snowing. We were expecting more snow so I knew it was time to get out and plow what had already fallen.
I was so nervous and excited at the same time. I also had no idea what I was doing. It sounds easy right, get in and plow the snow. But where to put it, how do I do it. After talking to Ray briefly on the phone I set out. The wind was howling outside and it was cold so it was nice to have the cab on the tractor.
After a few swipes of the driveway in front of the house I got some nerve and started down the driveway to the road. After an hour of plowing, I went inside. For my first time I don't think I did too bad. The driveway could probably be wider (Ray would fix this later) and if I had of known beforehand I should have moved the snow a little further out. But I would say it was a success!
And if it keeps snowing like it is, my second plow will be in just a few hours!!!
~Sue
Pictures - Left: The tractor on delivery day.
Right: Taken during my first plow, from the drivers seat
Our new John Deere tractor was delivered a few days ago and I did drive it a little that day to make sure I understood the salesman's instructions but today is really my first time driving the tractor with a purpose.
I knew when I got up this morning and seen the results of our winter storm last night that we got the tractor just in time!! It was -14 this morning, windy and still snowing. We were expecting more snow so I knew it was time to get out and plow what had already fallen.
I was so nervous and excited at the same time. I also had no idea what I was doing. It sounds easy right, get in and plow the snow. But where to put it, how do I do it. After talking to Ray briefly on the phone I set out. The wind was howling outside and it was cold so it was nice to have the cab on the tractor.
After a few swipes of the driveway in front of the house I got some nerve and started down the driveway to the road. After an hour of plowing, I went inside. For my first time I don't think I did too bad. The driveway could probably be wider (Ray would fix this later) and if I had of known beforehand I should have moved the snow a little further out. But I would say it was a success!
And if it keeps snowing like it is, my second plow will be in just a few hours!!!
~Sue
Pictures - Left: The tractor on delivery day.
Right: Taken during my first plow, from the drivers seat
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