“Pysanky” Easter Egg Decorating kit used in the Bush
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Provisions
Here is the full list of the provisions Suzanne and family took with them:
9 months (September to May, inclusive)
2 adults, 3 kids (aged 10, 8, 4)
1 puppy, 1 cat, 1 kitten
| Canned Vegetables | 48 tins |
| organic tomatoes diced (796 ml) | 42 tins |
| organic tomatoes crushed (796 ml) | |
| corn | 48 tins |
| tomato paste (small) | 25 cans |
| Dried Vegetables | |
| sundried tomatoes | 2 lb |
| Fresh Vegetables | |
| sprouting seed mix | 1 kg |
| potatoes | 70 lbs |
| onions | 156 |
| garlic | 20 |
| Canned fish | |
| smoked oysters | 37 tins |
| salmon/tuna | 50 tins |
| Legumes | 1 garbage can full |
| Misc | |
| coconut milk | 17 cans |
| mild salsa | 13 jars |
| coconut butter (1 lb) | 1 lb |
| nori (50sheets) | 250 sheets |
| tamari | 2 L |
| Canned Fruit | 69 tins |
| Dried Fruit | |
| organic mango | 20 lb |
| organic apples | 20 lb |
| figs | 5 lb |
| dates | 10 lb |
| raisins | 45 lb |
| Nuts | |
| almonds | 75 lb |
| trail mix | 25 lb |
| Pecans | 10lb |
| sunflower seeds | 10lb |
| sesame seeds | 1 kg |
| pumpkin seeds | 1 kg |
| partridge berry jam | 17 jars |
| almond butter | 8 kg |
| Milk | |
| 2% evaporated milk | 36 tins |
| non-instant whole milk powder | 50 kg |
| Sweeteners | |
| maple syrup (1 L) | 10 L |
| honey | 30 lb |
| white sugar | 30 kg |
| molasses | 5 containers |
| icing sugar | 2 |
| brown sugar | 10 kg |
| Oils and Butters | |
| canola oil | 7 L |
| Crisco | 24 lbs |
| Becel | 102 lbs |
| Flour/grains | |
| whole wheat flour | 80kg |
| unbleached white flour | 25 lbs |
| rye flour | 25 lbs |
| corn meal | 16 kg |
| oats quick | 5 kg |
| 10 grain cerea | 5 lb |
| sprouted granola | 3kg |
| wheat germ | |
| bulgar | 4 kg |
| buckwheat groats | 5 lb |
| muesli | 10 kg |
| Baking Misc | |
| salt | 3 kg |
| baking soda | 1kg |
| baking powder | 2.5 kg |
| yeast, active dry | 5 lb |
| Pasta | 50 packages (25 kg) |
| Rice | |
| brown rice | 17 kg |
| sushi rice | 11 kg |
| Coffee/Tea | |
| coffee beans whole | 18 lbs |
| tea | 576 bags |
| herbal and green tea | 700 bags |
| Treats | |
| popcorn | 9 kg |
| rock salt (for ice cream maker) | 10 kg |
| Cheese | 83 packages, 28 kg |
| cheese powder | 1 ½ 500 cc containers |
| Eggs | |
| fresh | 24 dozen |
| powdered | 8 kg |
| Dog Food | 115 kg |
| Cat Food | 49 kg |
| Non Edibles | |
| wax paper | 1 roll |
| parchment paper | 6 rolls |
| batteries AAA | 50 |
| batteries AA | 38 |
| toilet paper | 134 rolls |
| vit D (1000IU tabs) | 300 |
| toothpaste | 3 tubes |
| contact solution | 20 bottles |
| biodegradable dish detergent | 3 L |
| nature clean shampoo | 2 L |
| nature clean conditioner | 1.6L |
| candles | 54 |
| Matches | Countless |
55 Books Read Aloud as a Family
- Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery
- Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maude Montgomery
- Anne of the Island by Lucy Maude Montgomery
- Anne of Windy Poplars by Lucy Maude Montgomery
- Anne’s House of Dreams by Lucy Maude Montgomery
- Anne of Ingleside by Lucy Maude Montgomery
- Black Beauty by Anne Sewell
- Northern Kids by Linda Goyette
- Breaking Trail by Joanne Bell
- Juggling Fire by Joanne Bell
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome
- Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
- Owls In the Family by Farley Mowat
- The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be by Farley Mowat
- The Boat That Wouldn’t Float by Farley Mowat
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
- The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
- Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates by Mary Papes Dodge
- Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
- The Five Little Peppers by Margaret Sidney
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
- Pippi Goes On Board by Astrid Lindgren
- Pippi In the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
- Princess Ellie to the Rescue by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Secret by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Mystery by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Starlight Adventure by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Camping Trip by Diana Kimpton
- A Surprise for Princess Ellie by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie Takes Charge by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie Solves a Mystery by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Snowy Ride by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Treasure Hunt by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Royal Jamboree by Diana Kimpton
- Princess Ellie’s Summer Vacation by Diana Kimpton
- Magic Treehouse: Haunted Castle on Hallow’s Eve by Mary Pope Osbourne
- Matilda by Roald Dahl
- Ralph and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary