How thrifty is it to makes purchases from Warehouse clubs like Sam’s and BJ’s? Before you make your decision you have to know your prices. This is where having a Price Book comes in hand. For example if you buy maple syrup at the local grocery store it might cost $17.18 for a quart ofContinue reading “Bulk Mathmatics”
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Recipe Box: Best Ever Pumpkin Muffins
A few weeks ago we were cleaning out the freezer to make some room for beef from a nearby farm. I found some frozen pumpkin and decided to make these muffins. They have a gentle spiciness and hold up well when traveling in the car! Pumpkin Muffins 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder ¼Continue reading “Recipe Box: Best Ever Pumpkin Muffins”
My Garden: Planting Bulbs
The gardening season may be winding down but there are still chores to be done. I need to cut back my hosts, day lilies and iris. I also need to put the tomato cages and hoses away in the barn along with the wheelbarrows. Here in the northeast fall is also the time of yearContinue reading “My Garden: Planting Bulbs”
Strange Ways To Save Money
Often when you want to save money the advice you are given is to keep track of all your spending. While this is good advice and will help you to expose any wasteful spending habits you may have there is another way to save money, examine your trash! When you look at what goes intoContinue reading “Strange Ways To Save Money”
Blueberry Lemon Sauce
This blueberry lemon sauce would make a nice gift in a basket with pancake mix. It is also delicious served on ice cream or even a cheesecake.
My Garden: September Clean Up & Planting Garlic
It’s not fall yet on the calendar but it sure feels like it. Our nights are getting chilly and the forecast for this week is for cooler days too! I don’t mind as I feel much more invigorated when the days are cooler. I seem to get a lot more done outside. One of theContinue reading “My Garden: September Clean Up & Planting Garlic”
Frugal Tips: Top Frugal Tips
We’re all interested in saving money and there are numerous books and blogs to help us reach our goals. Maybe our goal is to get out of debit or pay off a car loan or even pay off our mortgage. Perhaps you just want to reject consumerism and trim the unnecessary expenses from your life.Continue reading “Frugal Tips: Top Frugal Tips”
Blackberry Jelly
Our wild blackberries have a lot of seeds so I don’t like to make jam with them. What I do like to make is blackberry jelly.
Recipe Box: Morning Glory Muffins
I like to think that Morning Glory Muffins originated on Nantucket, at least that’s where I first had them. My husband’s grandmother had the recipe in her recipe box and I fell in love with them from the first moment I tried them. My original recipe had a lot of oil. This recipe is as adaptationContinue reading “Recipe Box: Morning Glory Muffins”
September in the Garden
Seems like I blinked and the summer flew by! After several days of July like weather this morning is nice and cool. I love the end of summer days when it is warm and sunny during the day but cool at night. Everywhere I look things are flowering, that last ditch effort to produce seedsContinue reading “September in the Garden”
Nancy on the Home Front 