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It was another good week in the food department here at Camp Butterfield. We harvested tomatoes, peppers, chives, cabbage, potatoes, and winter squash from the garden and only made one trip to the grocery store. We also dehydrated a bunch of peppers, tomatoes and potatoes this past week as well. {I’ll share more about our Read More >>
Tomato season has finally arrived here in Maine and holy cannolis people, it’s AWESOME. 🙂 Lucy and I harvested over 50 pounds of {mostly} Roma and San Marzano tomatoes yesterday and as soon as I get my Etsy orders out this morning I’ll be starting up the outdoor camp stove and canning some salsa. The Read More >>
Yesterday was a great day to be a gardener! The weather was really nice {mid 70’s!} and we got a bunch of chores checked off my list. :). It’s a great day for Gardening in Coastal Maine – Planting Zone 6a – Using Seaweed As Mulch The first thing on the agenda yesterday was cutting Read More >>
Rain is in the forecast for today so I guess this means all the garden chores are on hold and I’ll be working indoors going through my seed packets and making sure I’ve planted everything that I wanted this season. I know I still need to start a few trays of chives and get another Read More >>
When I was buying groceries for the first 9 months of last year, I wasn’t buying them with the intent of trying to spend only $100 a month for groceries this year. I was simply stocking my pantry because I loath shopping during the holiday season {October- December}. Then, a few days before January of Read More >>
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