This past week I hit the jackpot in the reclaimed food department. Melons, lettuce, strawberries, corn and grapes. This whole idea of asking your local grocer for their chicken scraps isn’t a bad gig. Some weeks we make out like bandits, and some weeks the chickens get all the loot. What we obtain, and what Read More >>
Mondays With Mavis – How to Feed Your Family for $100 a Month – 5
Aren’t you glad back to school shopping is over. If I have to walk into another store selling ripped jeans or paper thin t-shirts, I think I’m going to pass out. I seriously despise the mall. Seriously, who pays good money for jeans with holes in them? It’s weird. Plus it smells there. At least when Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week # 18 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
The pickin’s were a little slim this week. But I’m not complaining. With the kids getting ready to head back to school, the garden, the chickens, and having to get ready for a quick trip to Boise, I was a bit relieved to see only 3 boxes when I picked up our “chicken scraps” this Read More >>
Mondays With Mavis – How to Feed Your Family for $100 a Month – 4
Yesterday on the Dirty Dash race course, we came across a bunch of day hikers on a guided tour. Jokingly, one of my teammates {Mrs. Idaho; who was covered in mud}, spread her arms out really wide and started to approach the day hikers. Both a man and a woman opened their arms, and smiled. Mrs. Idaho Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week # 17 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
We made out like bandits this week with our “free chicken scraps.” I can hardly believe we have been picking up free grocery store cast offs for over 4 months now. Where does the time go? There was a little something for everyone this time around. Buff the Wayward Chicken and her friends enjoyed 2 Read More >>