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Cottage Economy: What Do You Really Need?
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Tuesday, March 6, 2012. What Do You Really Need? What do we really need. Sometimes we do things or buy things just because that's the way we've always done it. I challenge you to look at all aspects of your life to find ways to do things better; better for your family, your pocketbook, your quality of life, better for the planet and the environment. Why do I need to spend money on plastic garbage bags? Posted by Mary Hysong. April 30, 2012 at 4:36 AM. My Art for Sale. My Jou...
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Cottage Economy: July 2012
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Thursday, July 12, 2012. You Get What You Get. My grand daughters have a saying, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit". I think that fits very well with eating from the garden. People of course have different goals for their gardens. Some are just to supplement what they buy at the store, while others eat completely from their own resources (which is my eventual goal.). Well, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit! If it's the same thing for a few days run...
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Cottage Economy: September 2012
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Saturday, September 15, 2012. Summer squash from my garden. Well prodded by a readers comment (thanks for that, Nancy! I am reminded I need to update a few things on this page. This has been a terrible hot dry summer and even tho we finally got some monsoon rains, it wasn't nearly enough and my place didn't always get any even when it was raining by the bucket load just 2 miles away. The kitchen cupboards, Oct 2009. In other financial areas things are going well, the line of...
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Cottage Economy: More Grocery Budget Reduction
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Sunday, March 11, 2012. More Grocery Budget Reduction. Root crops from my garden. Just a small review of the marvelous shrinking grocery budget. You can read more about the beginning of this Here. So what happened in February? And we're almost two weeks into March and I've only spent $47.92 so far. What did I buy? Of course February only had 29 days in it and March has 31, and I've eaten up some more of my stored food. So wondering how low will March's total be?
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Cottage Economy: Grocery Budget Update
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Friday, June 22, 2012. A harvest in May. May's grocery total was $176.99, quite a bit more than April's. Most of that is still meat, milk, organic yogurt, butter, cheese and olives, along with some fresh and frozen fruit. The good news is that June will probably come in very much under budget, unless there is a great sale on meat and I stock up. What value can you place on the number of bugs and grubs they eat, reducing the numbers of things that might munch on the veggies?
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Cottage Economy: December 2011
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Saturday, December 10, 2011. Change Should Be Gradual for Best Results. Homegrown organic salad mix, much cheaper than store bought! When you are thinking about making lifestyle changes, whether they are because of your own core beliefs or are imposed from the outside due to things beyond your control it is always a good idea to work at them gradually. Are you thinking you don't have enough land to grow your own food? Posted by Mary Hysong. Grow your own food. My Art for Sale.
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Cottage Economy: March 2012
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Sunday, March 11, 2012. More Grocery Budget Reduction. Root crops from my garden. Just a small review of the marvelous shrinking grocery budget. You can read more about the beginning of this Here. So what happened in February? And we're almost two weeks into March and I've only spent $47.92 so far. What did I buy? Of course February only had 29 days in it and March has 31, and I've eaten up some more of my stored food. So wondering how low will March's total be? Plastic is n...
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The Edible Garden: Giotto Update: Good Boy!
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A Garden of Eatin' in the making. Doing what I can, where I am, with what I have. Garden location and background. My Organic Gardening Articles. BUILDING A HOOP COOP BROODER HOUSE. The New Chicken House. BUILDING A HOOP COOP FROM CATTLE PANELS. Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Giotto Update: Good Boy! Oh, were you talking to ME? Giotto is getting soooo big! He turned right away and barked in it's direction. After about 20 minutes the hawk flew away. Posted by Mary Hysong. Labels: Italian Sheep Dog. My Art f...
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Cottage Economy: Don't Be A Debt Slave!
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Saturday, July 9, 2011. Don't Be A Debt Slave! Why is it that Americans are (on average) only frugal when they are facing a big financial crisis? Then once the crisis is past they don't seem to learn from their mistakes, they just go right back to their over consuming ways. If they would continue to be a bit on the frugal side, they could avoid another financial crisis! Today I continue to make a budget each month and try to stick with it. If you are deep in debt. Was the am...
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Cottage Economy: Grocery Budget Update; June
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Health, Wealth and Happiness. Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Grocery Budget Update; June. Red and yellow new potatoes cooked together. June's grocery total was $141.31 This again was mostly dairy, meat and some pickled olives. The garden is beginning to really come on now, with potatoes, tomatoes, squash, corn, greens, and herbs. I even managed to get peaches and plums in June and harvested summer apples in July. Posted by Mary Hysong. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Other Blogs and What Nots. My Art a...
