We picked apples, plums, peaches, and apricots from the garden. I cut two bunches of grapes from the garden. We cut larkspur, gladiolas, and lilies from the garden for three flower arrangements inside. I planted seeds for cucumbers yet again in my garden, as most of my seedlings have once again disappeared. Though I…
I harvested Green Gage plums, Dorsett Golden apples, 2 bunches of Red Flame grapes, and the last of the blackberries from the garden. I cut garlic chives, Swiss chard, and green onions from the garden. I cut larkspur and roses from the garden. I sewed a peasant blouse for Elsa from some fabric trim I…
Last week I had three family members gone at camp for the majority of the week. I took on many of their chores myself, so my list for this week is much shorter than usual. When everyone asks how I get so much done, it really is because everyone helps with chores. We picked figs…
June is a month where there is much to enjoy from the garden, despite the 110ºF/43ºC temperatures. I cut flowers from the garden. We picked blackberries and figs from the garden. We picked the last of the lemons from the garden. It’s been amazing that we’ve been able to keep so many fresh on the…
I recently received a letter from a reader that really touched me. It was a wonderful reminder of why I write, and reminded me of what this particular post does to help all you find ways to save money each week. I’m glad that as we share how we’ve saved money each week, we can…
The garden was full of wonderful fruits last week! We picked peaches, white strawberries, and blackberries from the garden. We made a delicious fruit salad with them, ate peaches for snacks, made peach pie popsicles, made peach shortcakes, made peach smoothies, and froze sliced peaches. I made lemonade from our lemons. The children picked more lemons…
Note: This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. We picked Katy apricots, Desert Gold peaches, and white alpine (vesca) strawberries from the garden. I froze three cookie sheets full of sliced peaches, which we will use later in smoothies. We were blessed this week to receive several meals from…
We ate spinach and garlic chives from the garden. We picked white strawberries from the garden. We picked the first few apricots and peaches that are just starting to ripen in the garden. We went to the community garden and picked strawberries and artichokes. We left a donation and will be back to donate seeds…
This post contains an affiliate link. I finished a necklace that I started for myself a few years ago. I picked spinach, lettuce, white strawberries, and snow peas from the garden. I pulled radishes from the garden. I picked more lemons from our trees. I planted seeds in the garden to replace those that…
Our week did not go at all as planned, but I did manage to accomplish some money-saving activities, despite dealing with a family emergency. I finished sewing a pillow for Winter’s room. I picked snow peas and pulled radishes from the garden. I cut green onions and lettuce from the garden. I used water collected…
Thanks to the unexpected rain that we had on the weekend, I was able to have the drip irrigation and sprinklers turned off for several days. I also collected water in buckets where it poured off the roof, and used it to water potted plants in the garden. The cooler temperatures meant I didn’t have…
I cut roses from the garden. I sold a few items via a local Facebook garage sale, and took the money with me to go garage sale shopping at the community garage sales. I went with a list, as I always do. I didn’t find much this time, as we had an unusual rain storm…