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Our Garden Party and How We Saved Money the Fourth Week of May
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Our Garden Party and How We Saved Money the Fourth Week of May

I collected seeds from my Pandora poppies and saved them to plant next year.  I harvested apricots, blackberries, peppermint, parsley, lettuce, and tomatoes from the garden. I canned apricot jam from our apricots. I hosted a party for the young women from church. I used blackberries from the garden to make blackberry scones (and used…

Our Frugal Accomplishments for the Second Week of April

Our Frugal Accomplishments for the Second Week of April

In between the windy days, the garden was an absolutely beautiful place to be. I harvested lettuce, Swiss chard, Meyer lemons, chives, snow peas, and cilantro from the garden. I carefully thinned and transplanted my thinned roselle hibiscus seedlings to places where seeds didn’t germinate. I gave haircuts to two daughters. I mended my husband’s…