I have started many types of sunflower seeds. The packets said that they can take up to three weeks to germinate, which is about how long ago I started them. More and more seedlings are popping up every day.
My nephew and I will be building a bed, laying down moist newspaper, and the putting down [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Planting a Sunflower Garden
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, tagged birds, Cheapskate, compost, dirt, Food, Free, garden bed, harvest, newspaper, privacy, recycling, reuse, salads, seedlings, seeds, sunflowers, trail mixes on Saturday, May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Did Some Planting Today
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Winter Holidays, tagged basil, carrots, chives, container, garden, gifts, herbs, holidays, lavender, lily's, mixed flower, parsley, planters, planting, seed, sunflowers, thyme, tomatoes, vegetables, vining plants, zucchini on Monday, May 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Good afternoon, everyone!
I did some container planting today. I spread some carrot seeds (Thumbelina, Danver’s and Short ‘N Sweet) in with some of the vegetables that I planted yesterday.
I also planted some Rutger Tomatoes and Zucchini, as well as some herbs: Sweet Basil, Parsley, Lavender and Common Thyme. I planted a lot of Parsley so [...]
Working in the Yard, Gardening
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Spring Holidays, tagged compost, dirt, flowers, garden bedm free, gardening, greenhouse, newspaper, plant, seedlings, seeds, wood, yard on Sunday, May 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I will am starting a new category about gardening for food and pleasure, but I wanted to let you all know what I have been doing in the yard today. I have been working there all day, except for a short stint to the greenhouse, cemetery and grocery store.
First, I built myself a garden bed [...]
Goodwill, Bangor Maine: Great Deals!!!
Posted in Clothing, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, tagged Bangor, cast iron, Deals, Goodwill, holidays, maine, saved money, shopping, treasures on Sunday, May 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wow! I can’t believe the deals that we found while shopping at the Goodwill! My favorite treasures were a cast iron pot, and a cast iron pastry pan that will make cute little holiday breads this year. (By the way, for those who read the Thrift Shop post, I remembered what the other kitchen item [...]
Farmer’s Market Fresh Salad
Posted in Food, tagged farmers market, frugal, recipes, salad on Saturday, May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have added this recipe to Frugal Recipes:
Farmer’s Market Fresh Salad
Shannon
The Thrift Shop: Good Buys
Posted in Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, tagged money, saved, shop, thrift, treasures on Saturday, May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, my trip to the thrift shop today netted me some treasures.
I spent $9.45 on:
.25 on a good rubber spatula
.25 on another
.25 on another
.25 on a wooden spoon
.25 on another
.50 on a small strainer
.75 on a pastry blender
$1.00 a good broiler pan
.75 on another kitchen helper (can’t think of what it was at the moment)
$2.00 [...]
Goals Updates for 5/24/2008
Posted in Cleaning, Goals: Save and Help, Kitchen Needs, Personal Hygiene, tagged canvas tote bags, cloth wipes, dishwasher detergent, Godwill, homemade, shopping, thrift shop on Saturday, May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
* Today was our big shopping trip. We shopped at the Goodwill, a thrift shop, Wal*Mart and Hannaford. I used the many canvas tote bags that I have been collecting.
* I’m not sure if I mentioned it or not, but I purchased the cotton fleece for the cloth wipes. Now I have to set aside [...]
Goals: Canvas Tote Bags
Posted in Goals: Save and Help, Others, tagged canvas tote bags, Hannaford, shop, thrift shop, yard-sale on Saturday, May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been collecting canvas tote bags for a while now. I get them at yard sales, thrift shops and at Hannaford. The neighbor that I was helping also gave me a few. I have a nice collection.
I just have to remember to use them. Today was a good day on that note. I used [...]
Crossroads Ministries
Posted in Food, Homeschool Frugality, Others, tagged cost, crossroads ministires, Food, foodstamps, Free, frugal, income, money, organic, price, save, thrift store, vegetarian on Friday, May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My income has gone down quite a bit over the last few months. I guess I wasn’t prepared for this, though I should have been. With these cuts in pay, and the whole whopping $121.00 in foodstamps that my family receives, I have been feeling the need to cut costs wherever I can, simply to [...]
