My son is absolutely in love with our chickens, so he wanted to have a chicken birthday party. They made a game of “pin the beak on the chicken” by drawing our polish crested rooster on a big sheet of paper and making little beaks for everyone to try to pin on the right [...]
This morning we made waffles with our new waffle maker. We got it free using Swag Bucks we earned while doing regular web searching. If you aren’t familiar with Swag Bucks, you simply use it like you would any search engine. Occasionally, you win Swag Bucks. I usually win several each day. When you accumulate [...]
We have a small orchard in our yard. Two pear trees, a few peach trees and several apple trees. Oh, and the cherry tree we just planted. We aren’t wild about spraying the trees with pesticides, so last year we tried this homemade bug catcher. By the end of the season we had LOTS of [...]
We have weeds at our house… LOTS of WEEDS! Back in my less earth and cost conscious days, I bought Round-up and sprayed those weeds that I couldn’t pull up. Last summer, I discovered a cheaper, safer way to get rid of those stubborn weeds.
Soil Sterilizer
Dissolve 3 Tablespoons salt in 2 cups white vinegar. Add [...]
A couple times each year, I have the kids clean out their rooms and pick out the things they don’t play with anymore. When we lived in town, we could easily put all of these out grown toys into a garage sale. Now that we live in the country, I don’t feel a garage sale [...]
Last fall, I stopped using my dryer almost completely. Before this, I had hung out clothes when it was nice outside. But, I wasn’t very faithful with my clothespins. Now, about the only time I use my dryer is when I wash the sheets and it is raining and I can’t hang them outside.
I have [...]
We went to Costco last weekend and got some staple items. I am always amazed at how much we end up spending there even though everything we purchase is cheaper per unit than we could get it elsewhere. I suppose it is because the quantities are so large that it is always such a large [...]
We have been working on eliminating the need for certain paper products from our home. We have stopped buying paper napkins and now use cloth napkins. We are also trying to stop using paper towels. I used to use paper towels for cleaning, washing dishes and wiping up spills.
It was easy to quit using paper [...]
We receive a lot of hand-me-downs clothes for the kids, for which I am very thankful. Sometimes, though, they are in need of repair or a little altering before the kids can wear them. I’ve re-sewn hems, put flowers back on dresses, sewn up little holes in seams, and the list goes on. It makes [...]
Personal finances and the economy seem to be on everyone’s mind lately. We are blessed that my husband still has a job, but this recession has got us looking at how we spend our money. I like to think we are pretty frugal people, but there is always something more we could do. I thought [...]
