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Gardening with my Moms input. No thanks. She has sandy soil and lives in the desert. I'm on rocky glacial till over clay deposits and...

i keep asking Mom to not buy junk and bring it home but she does anyways. i try to avoid it and not eat it when it is here but it being...

Eat for life is the big one here. It's not an easy situation, but you can make small changes that may have huge effects. A little less...

I know I have to take the initiative and assume responsibility for my family’s grocery shopping because every time I expect DH to just...

Eat for life is the big one here. It's not an easy situation, but you can make small changes that may have huge effects. A little less...

I know I have to take the initiative and assume responsibility for my family’s grocery shopping because every time I expect DH to just...

Me too :) Been a very long time but I am mostly retired now and thinking about getting my son into trying with me ... Hate to see it...

this is an aside but it fits with the topic of food distribution centers and i find it interesting: " In Auroville, the universal...

Same here...learned life needs. Came from very limited financial background. You appreciate, you survive. My kids both learned chores...

i've always helped with cooking and canning and have lived alone on a very limited budget and done fine. my Mom raised me to know how...

I pulled prices from walmart online to make sure it was in range. We had one family move into our neighborhood, maybe 20 or 25 years...

It's amazing how many do not cook meals, or really don't know how! Dynamics of "why" are huge. Gardens are extra work & some don't...

sure, that can work (i don't think we'd spend $20 for those items here), grow your own vegetables and forage to supplement the carbs...

$20 per week budget, assuming an empty kitchen Week 1, a 10 pound bag of rice and a pound of butter Week 2, 10 pounds of pasta and a...

as far as i know we only had school lunches subsidized (we paid half rate) for a year, but then Mom got enough work and i was mowing...