Fred Meyer $3.00
Do you ever feel like your the most boring shopper ever? Well that’s how I feel about my grocery store purchases last week. The HH had been out of town on a business trip, and with school and fall sports in full swing, I barely had to buy anything.
Albertsons $5.49
Cream cheese, cheddar cheese and sour cream. Now that’s exciting isn’t it?
With so much food the freezer and the garden still producing, it’s hard to make time to grocery shopping, whether we need something or not.
But one thing I did make time for, was donating 3 boxes of homegrown potatoes to our local food bank.
So far this year we have harvested over 250 pounds of red, white and blue potatoes. And yes, there are still more to dig up. 😉 Now, as much as we all like potatoes, we grew way more than we could eat and giving them away seemed like the right thing to do.
I also dropped off a couple bags of Swiss chard as well. The lady at the food bank didn’t want to take too much of the leafy greens in case people didn’t take it. And I don’t blame her. I think I’ll give her a jingle today and see she had any takers, and if so, I’ll drop off a few more bags while I’m out running errands this week.
And last but not least…
Mr. Produce Guy – FREE
Free watermelon, apples, kiwis and grapes for lunch snacks and a boatload of lettuce for taco night and dinner salads. Free food is cool. Whether you are giving it away or receiving it.
How about you?
Did you buy a bunch of groceries last week? Get any awesome deals? Or maybe you donated your extra garden produce to the food bank? Either way, Mavis wants to know. 🙂
Total Spent This Week $8.49
Total Spent This Year $1,631.25 – It’s official, I’m over for the year!
Total Spent This Year on Garden Seeds/Supplies $919.96{I bought a Meyer Lemon Tree, Rhubarb crowns, 6 Fruit Trees , 16 yards of soil}, Walla Walla Onions and 90 pounds of seed potatoes. Plus, supplies to make my own potting soil. I also picked up a boatload of heirloom tomato plants at the Seattle Tilth sale.
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Ann says
Happy Monday to you! I saw your buddy Ryan over the weekend at the PA Mother Earth News Fair! Very nice guy, and they had a full display of seeds for $1 each….how awesome is that? My hubby and I thoroughly enjoyed the fair, so many great speakers. Will be making that an annual trip.
Mavis Butterfield says
Cool beans! I hope to go the the one in PA next year. 🙂
Jen says
I envy your potato harvest–we planted several seed potatoes in 5 10lb rooting pots and have only gotten a handful in return. I have no idea what went wrong! I hilled, they grew tall and leggy, they died back, and we got all of four or five mid-size taters and a handful of smaller ones. Any ideas?
Jen L A says
We did the same…in the smart pots……we got a few..but nothing like we hoped for with the reviews I read…so next year, we are going to try and different variety and plant some in the ground as a control to see whether it just “wasn’t our year” or if the pot system doesn’t work as well. Looking forward to seeing the tower update here!
Judy says
Mavis I think your awesome giving food to the food banks for the less fortunate. I also wish I were close enough to buy a box of those spuds!
love your blog and love Lucy the digging dog. have you thought of writing children’s books featuring Lucy and her adventures? I have 6 grandkids and they would love the books!
your garden is amazing!
Happy gardening! 🙂
Katie @ Life Lived Intentionally says
I’m sure they really appreciated the potatoes. That was very kind of you!
I spent about $100 on groceries stocking up on all of the crazy Fred Meyer deals. Way more than i usually spend, but those prices were great! I’ve stored a bunch of the food away, but I’ve got 20lbs of apples to turn into applesauce and apple pie filling.
Sarah says
Mavis, If the clients of the one food bank don’t take the greens, look for another food bank. We give produce from our community garden to two locations, the clients at one won’t eat the greens, but the clients at the other love them! Giving them recipes for how to cook the more “unusual” produce may help too.
Rosaleen says
Mavis-
You might consider giving that produce guy a small bag of potatoes and bag of greens. In addition to enjoying them, he might decide to buy some of your excess crops. One of my neighbors happily sold her extra dill and winter squash to local grodery stores. I’m not suggesting that you neglect the food bank, just a perk for the green grocer.