Tag Archives: Frugal

Canning Dark Brown Beans

Posted on December 29, 2018 by

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 →

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November No Buy Finish up.

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

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 →

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November No Buy

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

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 →

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Frugal Pasture Repair

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

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 →

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Lets talk about the farm’s Sugar use in 2016

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

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 →

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No Buy Feb Update-Week 1

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

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 →

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No Buy Feb 2017 – My Sixth Year..

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

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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Overdone.. Waste Not

Posted on January 26, 2017 by

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 →

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Sept-Harvest Challenge 2016- Sunflower Seeds

Posted on September 2, 2016 by

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 →

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Golden Needles Harvesting

Posted on July 29, 2016 by

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 →

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