Join Mavis Butterfield for vegetable gardening and canning tips, easy recipes, and saving money strategies (Rug hooking, too!). Simple living at its best!
Do you can? I love the idea of putting my own food away. I can totally control the ingredients, and a lot of the time, I grew the ingredients in the first place. There’s something awesome about feeling self-reliant. Plus, once you invest in your canning supplies, the savings really start to add up. If Read More >>
Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 20 of 52 Yee-Haw! Now we’re farming! See that bare patch of peas along the fence? Yep, Lucy the garden dog decided to have herself a little snack. Silly dog. If she would have only waited another month she could have had a much bigger snack. Also, check out Read More >>
I went up to Girly Girls house to borrow some pine nuts for my Spinach and Basil Pesto Farfalle recipe and noticed another neighbors trash was overflowing in to the street. Our neighbor had these 3 fake Cinderella pumpkins sitting alongside her trash can waiting for Mr. Garbage Guy to pick them up. Oh I don’t think Read More >>
It’s Friday and that means tonight is movie night! Whenever I stay up late, I always get the snackies. And by snackies, I mean, I want to eat carbs, and lots of them. If you are looking for ways to cut out or avoid late night snacking, here’s a few tips: Eat enough during the Read More >>
One thing I’ve learned over the past few years as I’ve whittled my family’s grocery budget down from $800 a month {2008} to $100 a month {since 2010} is that there are specific times of year when groceries, household items and other goods go on sale. Just because a certain fruit or vegetable isn’t in season in Read More >>
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