+ My son had a broken button on his collared shirt. I removed the broken one, replaced it with the last button (which won’t be seen since the shirt will be tucked in) and voila! Ready to wear.
+ Mark made a brisket and, after removing a lot of the fat, decided to try his hand at making tallow! Super easy process in the slow cooker and it was nice to get one more use out of something that we would normally just throw away.
+ I used my handy dandy declogger recipe to fix our utility sink.
+ The seam on a pair of Sophie’s leggings ripped open, so I hand sewed it back together. (My little sewing basket is getting a lot of use!)
+ We gave haircuts to three of the boys.
+ I made chicken stock from a roasted chicken carcass (from one of our own chickens!) and veggies scraps I keep in the freezer. Per usual, I used my favorite Souper Cubes (affiliate link). Later, we used the stock as the liquid for cooking pinto beans. Delicious!
+ We fed the hens some of our kitchen scraps and the rest went to our growing compost pile.
+ I chose a few books to read and review on Netgalley. Gotta love new books without spending any money!
GARDEN SAVINGS:
+ As of this writing, we have picked 244 strawberries from our little strawberry patch. In our area, 2lb. of organic strawberries cost $5.56, so we’ve saved about $20 by growing our own! Not bad for just ten bareroots.
Previous Frugal Accomplishments
2020: JANUARY // FEBRUARY // APRIL // MAY // JUNE // JULY
Yippee for strawberry savings!!! You’ll save even more $$ if you cultivate the “daughter” or runner plants that come from your main plants. i was able to start a second strawberry patch with the runners from last year and this years new patch is already sending out its own runners…. our strawberries are trying to take over the garden!!! i have had worse problems!!
Yes! That’s my plan here too. No such thing as too many strawberries, ha!
Ooo, I love the garden savings section! So fascinating to see how all that garden produce adds up.
I’m anxious to see our total numbers at the end of the growing season!