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As I was sorting through my recent boxes of free chicken scraps, there was more watermelon, strawberries and lettuce {I’ll show you the pictures on Tuesday} than my family could eat. Since my counters are already pretty full with free produce from the garden, I decided to see if I could barter any of the Read More >>
Amber and her daughter stopped by this afternoon to learn how to can jam. I was shocked when I had heard Amber had never canned before, so I offered to teach her how. As Amber and I worked in the kitchen preserving, her daughter picked vegetables in the garden. Not only did Amber’s daughter pick Read More >>
The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird was complaining yesterday that we “don’t have any food.” Booo Hooo. So I went over to Mrs. Hillbilly’s house to try to score some “food.” You know, the kind that doesn’t have dirt all over it.
Yesterday I received a call from my neighbor Girly Girl. Her daughter Lulu had just harvested 2 lbs 8 oz of red potatoes. Potatoes I had helped her daughter plant earlier this spring. Girly Girl wanted to check to see if I needed to know the poundage for my 2000 pounds or bust tally. I Read More >>
Do you ever wish you could go back in time? Personally, I think it would be a blast to go back just so I could wear the same outfit everyday and barter with my neighbors. Sure, not having any running water, toilets, or medicine would stink… But I could barter every day of the week. Read More >>
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