Successes/Blessings:
- I havested lavender and sage from my garden to dry. I also was given the opportunity to harvest mint, lemon sage, and oregano at my uncle’s house!
- I harvested a good amount of black raspberries from my own yard, and then some from the same uncle’s house. I’ll make jam in the next few days.
- I harvested garlic scapes and sugar snap peas from my garden to make stir fry. So far this is my favorite way of using the garlic scapes. Sooo yummy! I only had enough for 2 meals…note to self: plant more garlic this Fall for next year!
- I harvested 15 kale leaves, dehydrated them, and then ground them in the blender to make a powder. 15 leaves dehydrated down to fit into an 8 oz jar. I’ll use this in soups, smoothies, quiche etc. By the way, I’m really loving how easy dehydrating is, and how LITTLE space it takes up to store dehydrated foods.
- I was given some items from my aunt that were leftover from a garage sale including: place mats, Food & Wine magazine’s cookbooks, some holiday decorations, an espresso machine, and a number of other items.
- Our neighbor graciously offered to mow our lawn while my husband was out of town for work.
- I was given some zucchini and cucumber plants by a friend who didn’t have anymore space in her garden.
- I transplanted carrots into the garden. I know carrots are typical directly seeded into the ground, but I decided to try starting them out in peat pods since my first couple of plantings never germinated. I then carefully separated the sprouts and planted them in the garden when they reached about 3 inches tall.
- Thanks to the mild weather, my utility bill continues to go down since we’ve had no need to use the central air.
- I’ve been following along the free online scripture studies at Heart of Mary Women’s Fellowship. I’m really enjoying it! Short, sweet, and yet totally solid!
- I repaired my garden boots. LOL!
How did you save money this week?
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I thought of you as I was cutting up some sweet potatoes that fell to the bottom of the cabinet during the move and made myself a little treat for lunch today of homemade sweet potato fries! Frugal find for sweet potatoes that I know that my mom bought and left at the house that almost went to waste because they weren’t part of the meal plan. I still have some more to make another batch and I cut and soaked in water so that they will be ready. We also got a new and much cheaper internet for the new house and cut the old house internet. Super excited because I have been doing a lot of computer use at the library which is a little hard to do with a little one in tow because he thinks that he should be doing stuff on the computer too
That’s awesome! I always feel so “frugalista” when I manage to save something (food or otherwise) that was bound for the trash. I absolutely hate having to throw something away. Especially sweet potatoes! I don’t know how prices are where you live, but around here, those things are not cheap!!
I’m very interested to hear how it goes with the transplanted carrots. Please share! And your stir fry looks delicious!
I will definitely update on the carrots, Amy. I’m really hoping that they work out!