I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.
I think I have finally convinced the handsome husband to buy me some chickens. I have had my eye on the Eglu chicken coop for some time now. It’s a little spendy but I like the fact that: I can hose it off It looks cool Comes with 18 week old chickens I can move Read More >>
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I went out to the garden this morning and planted 2 rows of salad greens, 1 row of spinach, a row of turnips and 1 1/2 lbs of peas. It feels like spring already!
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My hillbilly neighbors were about to take three shelving units to the landfill when I drove by and asked if I could have them. They were happy to get rid of them and to not pay fee to throw them away. If I didn’t want something, I ‘d either put it in the garage Read More >>
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The 150 bare root strawberry plants I ordered finally arrived last night. I chose a June bearing variety so they will come on all at once and we can make jam. Monkey Boy loves his strawberry jam. I think we are down to the last jar from the 2008 harvest, so the timing was perfect. Read More >>
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I started my tomato seeds a week ago today and I’m still waiting for them to emerge. I planted 2 trays (100 starts) and hope it will be enough. I actually only have room for about 60 plants so if there are any extra I’ll pass them along to the neighbors. The more you Read More >>
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