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This past week I went over budget. I need to get serious and hunker down here pretty soon if I am going to reach my goal of averaging $100 a month for groceries for 2012. With only $273.40 left to spend for the year, I’m going to need to map out a plan, and quick. Read More >>
Last night Five the baby chick helped me plant the last of my fall garden seeds outdoors. I say outdoors because I have every intention of starting Swiss Chard and Kale seeds indoors every two weeks from now until December so I can reach my goal of growing 2,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables this Read More >>
How are you doing on zucchini? Have you had your fill yet this summer? At any given moment we have about 4 or 5 sitting on the kitchen counter, and having to come up with different ways to use the zucchini can be a challenge at times. Yesterday I whipped up a batch of zucchini Read More >>
This past week I hit the jackpot in the reclaimed food department. Melons, lettuce, strawberries, corn and grapes. This whole idea of asking your local grocer for their chicken scraps isn’t a bad gig. Some weeks we make out like bandits, and some weeks the chickens get all the loot. What we obtain, and what Read More >>
Remember those free plums we picked up the other day? Well this morning I whipped up a batch of cinnamon plum jam using a low sugar recipe. Even though I’ve canned enough jam this summer to last the next year or two, I just can’t stop trying new jam recipes when I find them. I think all Read More >>
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