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I cut and dried basil from the garden. We picked pears from the garden. My husband gave my two elder boys and himself a haircut. I gave two daughters a haircut. I found one of my daughter’s college texts used on Amazon for $30 less than buying it from the university bookstore.  I received a survey…

Saturday’s garage sale finds: Vase $1, lidded basket $0.50, bust $1, silver-plated knife $0.50 I updated my garage sale list in preparation for going to the community garage sales on Saturday. There will be even more this upcoming Saturday and I hope to find lots of items on my list. I found several things for…

We harvested grapes, peaches, tomatoes,  chives, basil,  chocolate mint, New Zealand Spinach, arugula (which had self-seeded!) and apples from the garden. I made a turkey salad (aka chicken salad, but with turkey I cooked last week) using apple and grapes from the garden, a few pecans, two stalks of celery, and some homemade Greek yogurt…

Pavlova with peaches and blackberries from the garden (that I froze) and the strawberries I bought on sale and froze earlier this year. Recipe here. I picked more apples from our tree and canned applesauce, using resuable canning lids. (I shared a few photos on Instagram). I harvested Swiss chard, basil, garlic chives, chocolate mint,…

It’s incredibly hot here this week. We started on Sunday with a high of 112º, and the thermometer just kept going up. I picked tomatoes and basil from the garden for a caprese salad. I cooked a ham, which we sliced for sandwiches using my meat slicer. I cut grapes from the garden, which we…

I cut flowers from the garden for the entry table. I put them in a $2 urn that I bought a couple of weeks ago at a garage sale (the mirror is the $20 mirror I bought at a garage sale the first Saturday in April; my dad recently hung it for me on a…

I cut larkspur from the garden for my table. We picked peaches from our Desert Gold peach tree. We ate lots of peaches this week; I made fruit salads and peach clafoutis. I sliced and froze peaches from the garden for us to eat later in the year. We picked a few white alpine strawberries…

For the first time ever, I have apricots and peaches ripe at the same time (usually the apricots are ripe first). This past week we enjoyed both from the garden. I watched a few shows on pbs.org for free. I harvested a few white alpine strawberries from the garden. Strawberries were on sale for $0.99 a…

Dorsett Golden Apple Blossoms I transplanted a potted pomegranate tree that I had bought last fall into the raised bed (where the espaliered apples used to be). It can get larger in this spot than in a pot and give us more fruit. I transplanted the lettuce seedlings from the same pot into the raised…

Here’s what we did to save money this past week:  I bought two beautiful poinsettias marked down to $0.99 each. I gave one to a neighbor and put one on our table. I sewed some more gifts for the children while my husband watched the children. I used fabric I had on hand, including fabric…

I hosted a Harry Potter themed baby shower this past week. I had several people ask me if they could bring anything or help in any way, so I assigned out several things: paper plates, cups, and bowls; salad; soda (and she went the extra mile and made butterbeer, which was delicious!), and a banner….