Tag Archives: Frugal
Canning Dark Brown Beans
It seemed like the perfect day to can up some dark spicy beans. I set a whole bag of navy beans to soaking last night, changing the water twice. This morning into my big pot went the beans and my … Continue reading
Posted in Charcuterie, food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal
Tagged Canning, Canning Baked Beans, Cost cutting measures, Dark Baked Beans, Frugal
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November No Buy Finish up.
Nov 28th It was a busy day here on the farm, the morning was spent doing the normal weds things, I did some banking, I did some cleaning and so forth. This lovely photo came up on the Facebook memory’s. … Continue reading
Posted in No Buy November
Tagged Farmgal's No Buy November, Frugal, saving money for a goal
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November No Buy
Now normally it is No Buy Feb and I might do that one as well.. but I have been reading along on a couple of blogs and a Facebook group that are all doing “reduce” or no Buy challenges. The … Continue reading
Posted in No Buy Feb
Tagged Belt tightening, Cheap and Frugal Meals, Frugal, No buy challanges
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Frugal Pasture Repair
Happy Sunday to my lovely readers.. We are having a very productive weekend, we are in repair mode on a project here on the farm.. We are in the final push on it today.. If we get it done fast … Continue reading
Lets talk about the farm’s Sugar use in 2016
So in 2016, we used a grand total of 126 pounds of sugar for coffee, tea, baking, canning and so forth.. My records show that approx. 76 pounds went into canning or curing items. Now it gets really trick at … Continue reading
Posted in Food Storage, frugal
Tagged Canning, Frugal, homestead, storage sugar, Sugar, Using sugar for curing, Using sugar in canning
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No Buy Feb Update-Week 1
What a challenging start to No Buy Feb, It seems like every time I turn around, I am having to say no.. it got to the point that even my dear hubby had a bit of a bad day over … Continue reading
Posted in No Buy Feb
Tagged Frugal, Homesteading, No Buy Feb, No Buy Feb 2017, No Buy Feb Challange
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No Buy Feb 2017 – My Sixth Year..
Its amazing to me that we have been doing No Buy Feb for Six years now.. What is No Buy Feb? It all started years ago as a way for folks to reach two main goals a) do a home and … Continue reading
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Tagged Farm budget check, Frugal, Frugal February, No Buy Feb, No Buy Feb 2017, Saving money on the homestead
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Overdone.. Waste Not
This was the sauce.. half a cup of mustard, 1/4th cup of marmalade, 1 soy sauce, half a tsp of keen hot dry mustard and half a tsp of black pepper. So yummy.. it was put over a mix of … Continue reading
Sept-Harvest Challenge 2016- Sunflower Seeds
Now I should have had a killer sunflower harvest, we planted out four rows of around 40 seeds each, so I should be harvesting around 120 heads for storage, some for our own use for lovely homemade eating.. but a … Continue reading
Golden Needles Harvesting
or in common terms, picking and drying lots and lots! of unopenned Day Lily flowers. Ah, the common, humble daylily that most of us call, tigerlily’s or Ditch Lily’s are so wonderful to have in the kitchen, the little root … Continue reading
Posted in frugal, gardens, wild foods
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Wild Foods
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