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It was a fantastic week in the reclaimed foods department at my local market. Fantastic! We were able to salvage: 2 personal watermelons 2 cantaloupes 3 heads of lettuce 1 banana 8 apples 3 pears 6 pounds of potatoes Wahoooo! Talk about a nice variety of free food. The chickens were pretty happy with their Read More >>
There were plenty of garden chores this past week but I still managed to squeeze in a few quick shopping trips while I was out running errands. This year has gotten off to a bit of a rocky start, I’m already at $400+ for the year and we are only 7 weeks into it. I’m not too Read More >>
While I was out running errands this morning I stopped by Albertsons so I could stock up on a few things. Mostly I went out for the free Activia yogurt. I love using yogurt in smoothies. I also picked up some free Uncle Ben’s Rice cups and gum for the kids and a couple boxes of Read More >>
Books, Books, and More Books from Amazon.com Betty Crocker The Big Book of Cookies The Complete Book of Potatoes: What Every Grower and Gardener Needs to Know Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement Is Changing the Way We Eat The Best Casserole Book Ever Home to Woefield: A Novel The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener Read More >>
There was a big variety of free fresh produce for both the chickens and my family this week in the 3 reclaimed produce boxes we picked up from Mr. Produce Guy. This whole reclaimed produce thing started last April {you can read about it HERE} and after doing it for about 10 months now I Read More >>
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