I all the time really feel like I publish many how-to’s and never many “actual lifes”. Though I do attempt to incorporate that into my newer posts, I’ve usually thought that it could be much more useful for my readership to get a greater glimpse within what our easy/homestead/from scratch/frugal life actually seems to be like.
Frugal Friday Week #2
So I’ve began a brand new sequence known as Frugal Fridays and I want your assist. My thought for this sequence is to share among the tasks/recipes/issues that we labored on this week and basically, simply what life seems to be like.
I want your assist although as a result of sure, I’ve tried one thing comparable earlier than and I gave up after some time. I obtained bored, felt like nobody was studying it or cared, and I moved on to different tasks. So what I want you to do every week is to share what your week regarded like within the feedback part. I believe it may maintain us ALL accountable and should function an encouragement to others!
So let’s dive proper in to this week!
Meals We Ate This Week
If it looks like there are a few meals lacking, it was simply that I couldn’t keep in mind what it was or we simply had leftovers!
Breakfasts –
Cinnamon Muffins (recipe coming)
Toast + Fruit
Egg Sandwiches
Toast & Bacon
French Toast
Home made Coconut Yogurt + Canned Fruit
Lunches –
Rooster and Wild Rice Soup + Potato Rolls
Corndog Muffins
Children Alternative (they made salads!)
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Leftovers
Suppers –
Rooster Wings with BBQ Spice Rub (Can publish the recipe subsequent week if there’s curiosity!)
Tacos
Hamburgers
Leftovers
Stir Fry with Beef (and homemade stir fry sauce)
Homemade Pizza
This week we additionally had a birthday! I talked concerning the decor and presents in certainly one of my YouTube movies. Above is the cupcakes I ended up making for the “pirate get together”.
Purchasing I Did
None this week. Groceries have been final week. I did meal prep all the veggies and fruit that I had gotten from our coop. It’s so good to have that each one able to go within the fridge!
Exterior Tasks We Labored On
We completed many of the mini barn which was good since we had one other little snow this week and the sheep may go inside. Maude and Maisy nonetheless have to settle down a bit however we’re excited to have them. They’re very curious and observant women.
We picked up some bottle feeder Guernsey Goats this week for the boys to deal with. They’re fairly huge already so we’ll begin the weaning course of so we are able to feed them much less milk replacer…it’s costly!
Inside Tasks We Labored On
This week I offered all of my additional eggs and I additionally offered a few of my gluten and dairy free bread after we went to city for a homeschool exercise. I may over $50 complete which was excellent! I’ve been attempting to promote our additional eggs and baked items to pay for all of our animal feed.
I washed all of our sheets and blankets this week as a result of it was so good and I may grasp them exterior. That’s all the time a giant chore!
I began some rhubarb seeds this week. I want to start out my onion seeds as properly, that may in all probability occur right now so I’d get footage for you by subsequent week. I plan to develop a considerable amount of rhubarb within the coming years (it grows rather well at my home) and promote it however this yr I’m beginning all the vegetation by seed for myself and I’ll promote some vegetation as properly.
Lastly, I cleaned out my pantry this week. It’s been a multitude for a very long time. I even obtained a video up on my canning pantry on YouTube!
Books I’m Studying
A Year Without a Grocery Store – Completed this one. In the event you don’t have any earlier data of stockpiling you’d discover this useful. I assumed it could be extra recipes and concepts but it surely’s largely about stockpiling. The why and the way.
The Resilient Farm and Homestead – One in all my favourite homesteading books of all time. I personal a replica and am re-reading it now to get some concepts for this yr.
Weblog Posts I Wrote
I’ll add this part so you may also atone for the most recent weblog posts I put up in case I missed sharing them in my newsletters this week!
Wanting Forward to Subsequent Week
We’re getting some little pigs to boost for this yr (we butchered our final set of pigs in December and the meat is all offered). We didn’t plan on getting them this yr however our man from final yr had some already and the value was proper. We are going to get all of them settled on this subsequent week.
I’m undecided what’s on my agenda for subsequent week but! If it’s good we would exit and do some winter mountaineering (if the mud dries up a bit of) and I can also work on organising my seedling racks to prepare for planting extra seed begins.
Lastly… I assumed it’d be enjoyable to have a bit of “incentive” to remark every week and what higher approach to try this than to do some giveaways! This week I’m gifting away a couple of copies of my newest guide, Residing Slower. Go away a remark after which enter to win beneath!
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So inform me….what did life appear to be for you this week? What did you do, make, or plan to do?
Merissa has been running a blog about and residing the straightforward life since 2009 and has internationally printed 2 books on the subject. You’ll be able to examine Merissa’s journey from penniless to the 100-acre farm and ministry on the About Page. You’ll be able to ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.
