I thought you might like a look at our garden this year. It is about 50 feet wide and 120 feet long. Things are growing pretty well. Here you can see the whole garden with a couple of the kids hard at work. We have a 30-minute weeding ‘party’ every morning Monday through Friday...
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Today I was reading a post by a careful spender who called herself a frugal traitor after she and her husband decided to once again subscribe to satellite TV. She went on to describe how she resolved those feelings. Her post hit upon an important part of my frugal life philosophy. Deciding to be...
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Today’s NYT article Putting Meat in its Place captured my philosophy on meat perfectly. We don’t NEED huge slabs of meat on our dinner plates every day! In that spirit, here’s a recipe several people have requested. We only make this a couple times a month– it is NOT low fat– but everyone loves...
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Our strawberries are in full swing and we have a pretty decent patch of them== probably about 50 plants. But we’ve been eating them so quickly (and happily) that I was starting to wonder if I’d ever have enough to make jam. So this morning I made a pre-emptive strike (meaning I got there...
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Because I am about to fall over from exhaustion, I’m linking instead of writing tonight. Yummy-looking green bean recipe Adorable EASY market bags Marian finally started a blog! You go, Girl! To my surprise a CNN story quoting me. (Thanks to Melanie and others for the heads up!) And for any new readers who’ve...
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When Shannon turned Works for Me Wednesday on its head this week, asking us instead to tell about something that doesn’t work, I instantly knew my topic. Walgreen’s. More specifically the deal-hunting at Walgreens that involves many flapping coupons, spending much good money on fancy name brands, and waiting for rebates that come many...
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For those of you who live near an Albertson’s, this week is a great week to stock up on cereal. If you have a preferred customer card, you can buy 10 boxes of General Mills cereal for $10. If you have coupons, the deal gets even sweeter. I happened to have a fistful of...
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Go here for some homeschool freebies– you’ll need to subscribe to the newsletter to get the goodies! Technorati Tags: freebies, homeschool
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Here’s another of the meals that I featured on my Frugal Cooking Carnival Beef Dumpling Stew Serves 8 Stew 2 lbs hamburger or sausage 2 T. oil (olive or vegetable) 2 c. sliced carrots 2 c. minced onion 4 T. flour 8 c. beef broth (make this with beef bouillon if you don’t have...
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120 tomato plants, being transplanted by my hubby from seed packs into yogurt containers. Technorati Tags: Gardening, tomatoes
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