I harvested peppermint, Indian snake cucumbers, red noodle beans, zucchini, serrano peppers, and eggplant from my garden. (My experiment of growing mint under my fig tree has been very successful; the mint there is shaded from the summer heat and did not burn).
I needed to replace several fruit trees that died this summer. I have seen dead trees everywhere in town this summer, a phenomenon I haven’t seen in all my years here, so I know it’s not just me. I was able to purchase trees on sale to replace six dead fruit trees. I will plant them once it cools down; it’s still 100 F/38 C.
I wore one of my new to me dresses from my thrift store shopping. I purchased this dress a couple of weeks ago for $6 at the thrift store. I think this dress was actually brand-new! (The sandals were bought half-off from Old Navy last year and the purse is from T.J. Maxx. The earrings are from Amazon here.)
I worked out using weights I had previously purchased at a garage sale.
I tried a couple of new to me meatless meals. While neither will end up in my regular menu, I ate them anyway.
I spent time at home, working in my garden. The busy season for gardening is here, but it isn’t quite cool enough for some of my seeds to germinate like it usually is, so I am not planting yet. I spent time trimming suckers from trees, starting to prune the roses back by 1/3 before the fall flush, and pulled weeds. I have many, many things to do in the garden in the next two weeks before it’s cool enough for me to direct sow my cool-season seeds. I am watching the weather (it’s supposed to be a much warmer fall this year) and waiting to sow until it’s cool enough, or my seeds will be wasted (I always direct sow my seeds, usually this week and next).
I cut roses to enjoy inside.
My library had two new Urdu learning audio e-books available via the Hoopla app. I downloaded both to study. I am really excited about the first one so far; it repeats everything much more than the other books I’ve used so far, and I am learning new words better with this book. I have listened while driving alone and while gardening.
An influencer I follow in Britain posted about a book that sounds really interesting to me: The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World. It’s recently released in the U.K., but not available in the U.S. until April of next year. I was tempted to purchase it from the U.K. now, but it would end up costing me double. I’ve decided to wait until next spring; my library carries other books by the same author, and I can likely read it then from the library for free. I may be able to request that the library purchase the e-book, so I will try that route. They purchased the last book I requested, Maya’s Laws of Love, as an e-book.
What did you do the past three weeks to save money?
