Thankful: November 5th
Today, I am thankful for the chance to go slowly. I needed the rest. What are you thankful for today?
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Thankful: November 4th
Today as I dug in the garden and planted bulbs, I was very grateful that we were able to relandscape the garden. That area of the garden had been overrun with solid crabgrass roots and I had not been able to eradicate them in over 15 years. We removed all of the soil from that…
Thankful: November 3rd
Today, I am thankful for all the new (to me) songs that I have discovered this summer. What are you thankful for today?
Thankful: November 2nd
I’m thankful that we redid the garden and I have these beautiful roses! One of my reasons (and there were many) in wanting to relandscape the garden was to put in this particular rose (Desdemona from David Austin). What I didn’t know was that this rose would bloom almost nonstop in my garden, far outperforming…
Thankful: November 1st
It’s the beginning of November, and that means it’s time for my daily gratitude posts! Each day in November, I share one thing for which I am grateful for that day, and I invite my readers to do the same! Today, I am very grateful for my dearest friend, who makes my life more joyful….
How We Saved Money the Fourth Week of October
I harvested roselle hibiscus from the garden and dried it to make herbal tea. I harvested zucchini and basil from the garden. The zucchini is an open-pollinated type (Black Beauty), so I saved the seeds to plant next year. I sowed seeds for lettuce, Swiss chard, and green onions in the garden. The lettuce seeds…
How We Saved Money Last Week
I harvested zucchini, Armenian cucumbers, watermelons, and roselle hibiscus from my garden. I am drying the hibiscus calyces to make herbal tea. Roselle tea tastes a lot like cranberry juice and is high in vitamin C. I like it made into a cold drink in the summer with a little sugar and orange slices. I…
How We Saved Money the Second Week of October
I harvested roselle hibiscus, basil, and Armenian cucumbers from the garden. I canned a batch of sweet pickle relish using cucumbers from my garden. I tidied part of the garden and sowed seeds for parsley, beets, and artichokes. We had a church activity up in the mountains. It’s a ways away and would cost us…
How We Saved Money the First Week of October
I made myself a pair of earrings and a bracelet using a $1 garage sale necklace of blue beads that I had bought previously, a chain and findings that I had previously bought in bulk. I cut apart the simple string of beads that was on thread and remade it into a longer necklace with…
How We Saved Money the Last Week of September
I read The Weaver’s Daughter as an e-book through the library (using the Libby app on my phone). I mended a pair of pants for my son. I harvested lots of basil from the garden and dried it to use in recipes later. Garage sale season here starts now so I updated my list. I…
How We Saved Money the Third Week of September
Attending the symphony is something I love to do. I was delighted to find out that the Henderson Symphony is performing again, as they have free concerts. I wore a dress that I bought a couple of weeks ago on ThredUp, which sells used clothing. It’s more expensive than the thrift store, but they have…
How We Saved Money Last Week
I made and canned 5 pints of sweet pickle relish and 18 pints of dill pickles from the Armenian cucumbers from the garden. I found red bell peppers on sale at Winco for $0.79 each, which I used for the relish. I also purchased the onions at Winco. I read three e-books from the library…