big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
I'm going to Home Depot tomorrow! That is cheap!
What did you do to save $ today?
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FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
Tuesday was too hot here, so we harvested our produce in the morning and watered everything well, including the chicken yard!! to keep the birds cool. Yesterday was only in the upper 80's so I filled three trays of the dehydrator with peaches, made 6 1/2 pints of peach jam and 6 quarts of canned peaches, before I had to go and pick up and adopt my little black kitty. I saved 20% on the adoption fees, because I volunteer at the shelter. I am also saving another kitten life, because when I was there someone brought in a tiny kitten (maybe 4 days old) that they found near a creek. I offered to foster it and so came home with two kitties 
freemotion
Food Guru
Today I made some summer pj's from fabric I bought years ago....a bit ugly, so must've been a great clearance price....I'm guessing $2 for the 2 yard piece of cotton knit, like a heavy t-shirt fabric. I made a tank top and shorts with a drawstring. The drawstring was a long blue shoelace.....why did I have that? Probably a ten cent salvage store bin that I rummaged through.
All my summer pj's were in scary condition, and I wanted pj's, not a t-shirt and shorts to sleep in. More comfy, and I am less likely to go from the barn to bed!
They came out pretty nice, so I will do some more searching and see what fabric I have to make another pair.
I have tons of parsley in the dehydrator, I think I will be giving parsley away this year. I filled a jar, packed tightly, with lemon balm earlier today.
All my summer pj's were in scary condition, and I wanted pj's, not a t-shirt and shorts to sleep in. More comfy, and I am less likely to go from the barn to bed!
They came out pretty nice, so I will do some more searching and see what fabric I have to make another pair. I have tons of parsley in the dehydrator, I think I will be giving parsley away this year. I filled a jar, packed tightly, with lemon balm earlier today.
keljonma
Epicurean Goddess
We stopped at a local farm market to check out their available veggies today. I was hoping to get some sweet corn and green beans. I ended up buying some beautiful green beans, but sweet corn was $4/dozen, so decided not this time.
When I got to the checkout, I saw a sign advertising corn for chickens. I asked the cashier about the corn. She said it is sweet corn that was picked yesterday and the day before, so they wont sell it when it is that old. So I brought home 4 large bags of corn. I think each bag has 10 dozen ears it in, so we got 480 ears of corn for FREE!
We are feeling really blessed today.
We are sharing our blessings with two families that live near by.
When I got to the checkout, I saw a sign advertising corn for chickens. I asked the cashier about the corn. She said it is sweet corn that was picked yesterday and the day before, so they wont sell it when it is that old. So I brought home 4 large bags of corn. I think each bag has 10 dozen ears it in, so we got 480 ears of corn for FREE!
We are feeling really blessed today.
We are sharing our blessings with two families that live near by.
PunkinPeep
Humble Ambitions
wow! i hope you have a big freezer! cool deal!keljonma said:We stopped at a local farm market to check out their available veggies today. I was hoping to get some sweet corn and green beans. I ended up buying some beautiful green beans, but sweet corn was $4/dozen, so decided not this time.
When I got to the checkout, I saw a sign advertising corn for chickens. I asked the cashier about the corn. She said it is sweet corn that was picked yesterday and the day before, so they wont sell it when it is that old. So I brought home 4 large bags of corn. I think each bag has 10 dozen ears it in, so we got 480 ears of corn for FREE!
We are feeling really blessed today.
keljonma
Epicurean Goddess
I wish I did, PunkinPeep! We have just a small over the fridge freezer here.
ETA: I will probably dehydrate a large portion of the corn, some will be frozen, and some canned into corn, tomato, & pepper relish. The flock will get some as well as family and friends.
ETA: I will probably dehydrate a large portion of the corn, some will be frozen, and some canned into corn, tomato, & pepper relish. The flock will get some as well as family and friends.
freemotion
Food Guru
So will you be drying it? Canning? That is a great find!!!
I found something I wanted....a few days ago, I went to check on the ripeness of the elderberries in "my" patch on the neighboring xmas tree farm, and there were a bunch of workers stripping the entire farm of weeds, rogue trees, bittersweet, etc.....and elderberry bushes!!!!
A couple of days later, I was walking the dog by the brush pile they'd left, and I spotted them......six small birch trees with bittersweet vines tightly coiled around them, digging into the bark. Twisty sticks, I call them. But these are twisty TREES!!! So I snagged them all, and they will become a headboard for my bed....we will see if I have the building skills for that project! Right now they are in dh's car, because my book says beetles can be in the wood and the best way to kill them is to kiln-dry them for a few hours at 110-120 degrees F. I think the sun will get the car at least that hot, so they are in the car-kiln, aka "the big dehydrator" and hopefully we will have some sun today or tomorrow.
I have a some twisty sticks in my dining room, being used as curtain rods. They are very cool. I just thumbtacked a big square of shear green curtain fabric to them at intervals, with the thumbtacks out of sight. I have clumps of twisty bittersweet vines in my office with cream linen draped around it as curtain rods/toppers, also very cool. And in my kitchen, straight birch sticks as rods with rectangles of a botanical print fabric with buttonholes along the top and loops of rough twine to hold the curtains to the sticks.
Now a headboard. I can't wait! I may have to finally paint the bedroom. The color of the walls when we bought the house over 7 years ago can only be described as "pasty caucasian!!!"
I found something I wanted....a few days ago, I went to check on the ripeness of the elderberries in "my" patch on the neighboring xmas tree farm, and there were a bunch of workers stripping the entire farm of weeds, rogue trees, bittersweet, etc.....and elderberry bushes!!!!
A couple of days later, I was walking the dog by the brush pile they'd left, and I spotted them......six small birch trees with bittersweet vines tightly coiled around them, digging into the bark. Twisty sticks, I call them. But these are twisty TREES!!! So I snagged them all, and they will become a headboard for my bed....we will see if I have the building skills for that project! Right now they are in dh's car, because my book says beetles can be in the wood and the best way to kill them is to kiln-dry them for a few hours at 110-120 degrees F. I think the sun will get the car at least that hot, so they are in the car-kiln, aka "the big dehydrator" and hopefully we will have some sun today or tomorrow.
I have a some twisty sticks in my dining room, being used as curtain rods. They are very cool. I just thumbtacked a big square of shear green curtain fabric to them at intervals, with the thumbtacks out of sight. I have clumps of twisty bittersweet vines in my office with cream linen draped around it as curtain rods/toppers, also very cool. And in my kitchen, straight birch sticks as rods with rectangles of a botanical print fabric with buttonholes along the top and loops of rough twine to hold the curtains to the sticks.
Now a headboard. I can't wait! I may have to finally paint the bedroom. The color of the walls when we bought the house over 7 years ago can only be described as "pasty caucasian!!!"
Beelzebubbles
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I just finished heater for the chicken coop that burns methane.
a while back i made a methane stove for the outdoor kitchen (used in the summer months to keep heat down inside) I get the methane from the chicken poo (after the methane is made the rest is great fertilizer). I figured i can cook with it in summer and keep them warm in winter ...not run the a/c so much or have an electric heater for them and get a great garden. So around here we never call it waste.
a while back i made a methane stove for the outdoor kitchen (used in the summer months to keep heat down inside) I get the methane from the chicken poo (after the methane is made the rest is great fertilizer). I figured i can cook with it in summer and keep them warm in winter ...not run the a/c so much or have an electric heater for them and get a great garden. So around here we never call it waste.
punkin
Don't Quote Me
Had to go to the grocery store (Ugh!) today. I noticed they had ground beef marked down. The sale by date was 7/30/09. I got 10 lbs. for $3.00 per pound.
Thin spaghetti noodles was buy one get one free and Ragu pasta sauce was on sale.
Guess what we are having for supper tonight?
Thin spaghetti noodles was buy one get one free and Ragu pasta sauce was on sale.
Guess what we are having for supper tonight?
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
First of all,Beelzebubbles said:I just finished heater for the chicken coop that burns methane.
a while back i made a methane stove for the outdoor kitchen (used in the summer months to keep heat down inside) I get the methane from the chicken poo (after the methane is made the rest is great fertilizer). I figured i can cook with it in summer and keep them warm in winter ...not run the a/c so much or have an electric heater for them and get a great garden. So around here we never call it waste.
And you know you are going to have to share how you made a methane stove and chicken poo heater in the do it yourself secton!
