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.
Oh happy day! The Eglu was not suppose to arrive until tomorrow but I got a call on Sunday that 1 of the 2 boxes was in. So I ventured down to the greyhound bus station at about 8am the next day. Interesting. I have never been to an inner city bus station before and Read More >>
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The first few pea flowers are starting to appear, both the tall sugar snap peas and on the smaller shelling peas as well. Maybe in a week or so we’ll get our first taste of fresh peas from the garden. Gardening is kinda like planning a vacation: half the fun is getting there. When all Read More >>
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I picked up 5lbs of rhubarb at the farmer’s market and canned 3 pints of rhubarb sauce to use this winter. I think I will use it to bake over some chicken. First lettuce harvest of the season. Arbors going up over the gates. I think I will plant them with wisteria. Then we sat Read More >>
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The day kinda went like this.: Mrs. Hillbilly called to tell me about these giant 12 ft trees at Costco she saw for only $39.99 each. She really wanted some for her backyard BUT her husband wouldn’t let her take the trailer because he was afraid she was going to hit something with it. He Read More >>
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The Hillbilly kids came over this afternoon to do a little planting. They planted a little of everything in their 4′ by 8′ garden box. I hope it all grows. 2 Tomato plants (1 Roma, 1 Isis candy), 3 baby watermelon plants, 2 cucumber, 2 zucchini, 2 little rows of bush beans, 3 little rows Read More >>
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