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How We Saved Money the Third Week of December

How We Saved Money the Third Week of December

Frost came to my garden this week. I focused my time inside the house. My daughter made four loaves of pumpkin chocolate chip bread using pumpkins that I grew in our garden. I purchased some Christmas gifts on sale at the grocery store in the seasonal aisle for my two youngest children. My husband gave…

How We Saved Money the Last Two Weeks

How We Saved Money the Last Two Weeks

It’s been mostly slow for me the last couple of weeks as we have dealt with illness all last week and I spent the week of Thanksgiving cleaning the house. I harvested butternut squash, a pumpkin, roselle hibiscus, lemon verbena, basil, Meyer lemons, a zucchini, an Armenian cucumber (that I had missed earlier), cherry tomatoes,…

How We Saved Money the Fourth Week of April

How We Saved Money the Fourth Week of April

I harvested lettuce, Swiss chard, a lemon, parsley, chives, and a couple of cherry tomatoes from the garden. I made pancakes twice–once with blackberries from our garden (from the freezer) and chocolate chips, and once with bananas (which I blended and used in place of part of the milk in the recipe). I used some…

How We Saved Money The Third Week of December

How We Saved Money The Third Week of December

We harvested lemons and basil from the garden. We zested the lemons to make lemon pepper and used the lemons to make lemonade. I hemmed a pair of pants for a daughter and mended a hole in a dress. We made spritz cookies, peppermint bark, chocolate and Pretzel Christmas trees, brownies, and popped popcorn on…

How We Saved Money the Second Week of October

How We Saved Money the Second Week of October

Each year, right around the last day of October, a great wind comes in and the temperatures drop. This year, the wind showed up much earlier than normal. It included a bit of rain (something we don’t usually get in October) and even snow on the mountains, something I have never seen in October! The…

How We Saved Money The First Half of September

How We Saved Money The First Half of September

Note: All photos in this week’s post are from the garden at my children’s university, which we visited a couple of weeks ago. Last week we were invited to stay on a houseboat on Lake Powell. All we needed to bring for food was enough for us and the houseboat owners for three dinners. They…