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 just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle for the second time. I read it for the first time last year right before gardening season and thought I’d read it again. In my quest to find local products I have decided to try and make cheese. I just ordered my first cheese making kit from Read More >>
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The cow is coming. Well, actually 1/2 a cow. A few days after Christmas I was catching up with my neighbor Girly Girl and she said her in-laws ordered all the siblings a 1/2 of an organic cow for Christmas instead of the typical gifts. I was big time jealous and green with envy. I Read More >>
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I went to Albertsons this morning and spent $25.23. Here’s what I bought with all my coupons: 12 boxes of cereal, 3 gallons of milk, 2 dozen eggs, 2 lbs butter, 4 boxes of fruit roll-ups, 11 Kit Kat bars and 3 Christmas ornaments. That breaks down to $.66 an item. Maybe this is a Read More >>
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I just finished reading a book called Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet. I’ve been thinking about the whole eating local thing since I read Barbara Kingslover’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I had no idea the average food miles (food from the field to the table) was 1,500 miles. I guess it hit Read More >>
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I’m looking forward to turning this week’s compost into “Black Gold.” That’s garden talk for rich, dark compost. This week I’ve collected the following in the compost bucket: egg shells, carrot peels, apple peels, broccoli bits, tea bags, coffee grounds/filters, spinach leaves, used dinner napkins, egg crate pulp and shredded paper. I’m thinking about Read More >>
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