First of all I want to wish all my faithful readers a very Happy New Year! I enjoy the first of a new year, a time to reflect on what happened in the previous year and a resolve to do things better for the upcoming year. I like to look over our budget and seeContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Saving on your Grocery Bill”
Category Archives: Home Front
Turkey Victoria Soup
I make a delicious turkey stock with the last bits of the turkey I then to use the stock to make Turkey Victoria Soup, it’s the best soup ever!
Prudent Pantry: Vinegar Part Two
Last week I talked about using vinegar in the household for cleaning and laundry. Did you know that you can also use vinegar in your gardening and for your health? Here are some more tips for ways to use vinegar: 1. Kill weeds and grass growing in unwanted places by pouring full-strength white distilled vinegarContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Vinegar Part Two”
Gardening: Seed Catalogs
Late December is not a time to be working in the garden in Vermont but it is a time to be planning next years garden. One of my favorite occupations in the winter is to sit by the woodstove and read through the new garden catalogs! Some of them have the best copywriters and canContinue reading “Gardening: Seed Catalogs”
Frugal Tips: Homemade Bread
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas weekend. I feel like I’m still on vacation, after all our boys are home from college and they are enjoying time off. It also feels like a Monday when it really is Tuesday. It’s a lazy morning here, the boys are still asleep as I write andContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Homemade Bread”
Prudent Pantry: Vinegar
Vinegar has been around for years and it has thousands of uses! You can use it for anything from cooking to cleaning, to gardening and home remedies; white distilled vinegar is one of the most versatile and economical products you can have on hand. Definitely something you want to stick in your prudent pantry! IContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Vinegar”
Gardening: Overwintering a Geranium
Did you know that you could keep your geranium alive over the winter and enjoy it again in the spring? Geraniums can be grown indoors easily as long as you give them proper care and keep them in the right conditions. Before the first frost cut your plant back to half of its original size.Continue reading “Gardening: Overwintering a Geranium”
Frugal Tips: Homemade Holiday Potpourri
Are you still looking for a simple gift idea? Perhaps you plan to be entertaining and want your house to smell wonderful. Here is a simple recipe for a delightful smelling potpourri. In preparation for this recipe I have been drying orange peels for the last week, our counter has a rather large pile ofContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Homemade Holiday Potpourri”
Prudent Pantry: Oats
Oats are a staple that everyone should have in their pantry! They have so many uses, as a hot cereal on a cold winter morning, for making bread, baking cookies or even making granola. You can use rolled oats as a meat extender in meat loaves. Oat flour makes rich thickeners for soups, gravies andContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Oats”
Gardening: Forcing Bulbs – Update
Before Thanksgiving I wrote a post on forcing bulbs. I set up several containers of bulbs and placed them in a cool spot while we went away. Was I ever surprised when we got home and I saw all the green shoots coming up out of the bulbs! The bulbs were so healthy they hadContinue reading “Gardening: Forcing Bulbs – Update”
Nancy on the Home Front 