The theme for this year is“Laser focused, hunkered down and spending as little money as possible.”
(picture) Can you stand more iris pictures! This one is growing at one end of our chicken coop ... I really do have flowers planted everywhere I can find a suitable spot on our property! Their beauty just makes me smile!
In the Vegetable Garden:It's been cool and windy since my last 'A Journal of My Days' post so I haven't gotten any gardening done.
While doing a walk-through one day though, I did notice that my Roma paste tomatoes, that I planted a couple of weeks ago, are about finger high and that the cabbage seeds I planted a little earlier than the tomato seeds, are about 3 inches tall. As soon as the weather warms up a bit, I'll get those planted. This will be my second planting of cabbage. As soon as I plant them, I'll start seeds for a third planting. I think I can get 3 successions of cabbage planted and harvested before the miserably hot and humid weather gets here.
My sweet potato slips that I grew and planted around the same time as the cabbage and tomato plants, are doing well also!
I also harvested the first of our spring green onions from the garden this week. They were so good!
In the Kitchen: Hubby prepared and seasoned a whole rack of ribs. He got up early one morning and put them in the oven in a big roasting pan covered with aluminum foil. He set the oven at 45o degrees for one hour and then turned them down to 250 degrees and let them slow cook all day. The house smelled so delicious within an hour of putting them in the oven. By the time mealtime came around that afternoon, we were more than ready to dive in. They were fork tender and absolutely delicious!
Preparing and cooking ribs is one of my hubby's specialties and I have to say, he is really good at it! Yum ... I can still remember how delicious they were!
We served the ribs with home-canned green beans and potatoes and pan-fried home-canned pears.
In the Pantry: I got the blueberries all flash frozen and then bagged up. I added 2 one-gallon bags of blueberries to the freezer portion of our pantry.
The circle of restocking the larder for another year has started and it is a journey that brings greatsatisfaction to this heart of mine.
Health/Fitness: I got back to my exercise routine this week. It felt good to be able to get back to this habit.
Thrifting,Bargain, and/or Loss Leader Shopping:We purchased some after Easter chocolate marked down to at least 50% off with some having a bigger discount. We brought it home and either froze it or vacuum sealed it in a jar. Chocolate comes in different forms ... peanut butter and chocolate eggs, peanut butter and chocolate mini cups, candy bars, m & m's, and peanut m & m's. We are well stocked on chocolate for a while and yes, some of this will be used in baking.
From my Sewing Nook: No sewing this week!
Bible Study: I am up to chapter 18 in my efforts to write the whole book of Genesis. There are so many spiritual nuggets in this the first book of the Bible that build the foundation for who we are and why we are here. Writing out Scripture is such an easy way to slow ourselves down and 'study' God's Word. Smile ... when we know what the Bible says and doesn't say, we are more equipped to recognize false teaching. Writing out scriptures is one way for us to learn what God's Word says ... we're not just reading or listening to what someone else says God's Word says. Sadly, what God's word says and what someone may say God's Word says can be totally different. It's our responsibility to know what God's Word says and that comes from studying it ourselves. Writing out Scripture is an easy way to do that.
In the Flower Garden: I promise, I'm going to get those flower seeds planted as soon as possible! I'm ready ... now, if the weather will just cooperate!
In the Herb Garden: I harvested oregano, dried it and started the process of making oregano oil for making salves and other herbal remedies.
Continuing Education/Skills: I watched this video on making cayenne pain relief salve. I've done quite a bit of research on cayenne salve, and I think I'm ready to give it a try.
What I'm Reading: I started reading The Heirloom by Beverly Lewis on Libby the Library app. I couldn't decide by reading the back cover if I had read this book before, I usually can, but this one I couldn't. There was a good reason, once I started reading it, I knew that I hadn't read it before. Do you ever do that, forget if you've read a book before or not? Please tell me I'm not the only one!
This week’s frugal quote/discussion topic … Frugality has the ability to center a person financially and help them focus on what is most important! Do you agree or disagree? What are your thoughts?
That’s it for this week, what has your week looked like?
until next time,
mrs. patsi @A Working Pantry
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