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.
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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I seem to have a birthday gift giving theme going on this year: party hats. Everyone needs their own handmade party hat to celebrate their birthday. Nowadays, we can buy cake and ice cream any day of the week simply because we WANT it. We can also pop into Target on a whim for impersonal Read More >>
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In an effort to get back to basics, I’ve been making our bread for the past 6 weeks and loving it. Goodbye old sandwich bread with unknown ingredients, hello wholesome filling food with ingredients that are both local AND I can pronounce. So far our favorite recipe comes from Bob’s Red Mill Baking Book: Read More >>
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I stopped by the local organic farm again today and picked up 3 dozen eggs, fingerling potatoes, 2 onions, a bag of their mixed greens, Swiss chard and a loaf of honey orange bread from a local bakery. We have never tried Swiss chard before so I thought I’d bring it home and give it Read More >>
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