Large Family Raising Fruit John 15:5
With our apple trees, it’s been different every year how many apples we get…it seems to be affected mainly by the weather in the Spring. The past few years we haven’t gotten very many apples, but this year we have quite a few, which we’re …
Since we live in the country, I don’t go to the grocery store very often. I always try to stretch how often I go, as much as possible, to save time & money. But that means needing to stock up on things like lettuce & …
Our family lives a full, rich life! We make spending time together a priority, making memories, laughing often, reading lots of books, and even watching more movies than we’d like (with Grant & I both dealing with chronic pain issues, evenings get hard. So sadly, …
If you missed Part 1, you can read it here… If you missed Part 2, you can read it here… If you missed Part 3, you can read it here… *Credit Cards – If you are going to have & use credit cards – make …
If you missed Part 2, you can read it here… And Part 1 here… *Food – The best way to save money on food is to not eat out! 😊 (easier said than done, I know!) We have always limited our eating out. At the …
If you missed Part 1, you can read it HERE… *Vacations – We don’t take a lot of expensive vacations. Most of our kids have never been on an airplane. We do take some trips, though. We used to go to Colorado for Family Reunions …
I wanted to share an easy frugal tip. We make a lot of homemade bread & every time you slice homemade bread, it leaves crumbs on the cutting board. (Even if you use store bought bread, there are often crumbs at the bottom of the …
This will be a long post, which is why it will be several parts. 🙂 I was raised by a frugal family, my parents have been missionaries since I was 5. Grant learned a lot of frugal principles from his Grandma. We have never done …
We had several birds in our freezer that needed to be used (that we had raised & had butchered.) I used our instant pots to cook 2 birds. Took a fraction of the time it would have on the stove or crock pots!! I boiled …
With Spring coming up, I wanted to share something we learned last year. Did you know that the main ingredient in Bee Sting Ease is Anbesol (also known as Orajel or oral analgesic gel)? One of our kids got stung at the Renaissance Faire a …