Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
Rain is in the forecast for later today {hooray!} and it looks like the temps for the rest of the week are all in the mid 60’s. I couldn’t be happier. Even though we are enjoying the summer bounty from our garden, we are soooo ready for fall, and the cooler temperatures that come along Read More >>
The only grocery purchase I made last week was for a 1/2 gallon of my favorite Oakhurst milk {$2.89}. I know that ounce for ounce it’s less expensive to buy a full gallon, but I can’t seem to finish an entire gallon of milk before it starts to smell/taste a bit off. Maybe I should Read More >>
One of my favorite things about the great state of Maine is all the farm stands that seem to dot the landscape. Spear Spring Farm in Warren, Maine is just one of those stands. Some farm stands are just a simple table at the end of a driveway, and some are old sheds that have Read More >>
We’ve been so busy hauling in vegetables from the garden and preserving them lately that there’s really no time for anything else. Grocery shopping included. I did make two purchases last week though, one at a local farmstand for a few ears of corn and another at a bake shop for some bread. We planted Read More >>
It was another good week in the food department here at Camp Butterfield. We ate well, only bought what we needed, got some canning {salsa}, dehydrating {zucchini} and freezing {green beans} done for our winter food storage and kept busy with our garden chores. What more could you ask for really? I did make 2 Read More >>
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