As I write this on Sunday evening, there is a freeze warning for tonight. I expect the bouquet to be the last of the year cut from the garden, which includes butterfly bush, orlaya, black & blue salvia, soapwort, zinnias and hyssop. I've not done a very good job keeping up with my frugal accomplishments recently, and am combining the weeks since the last time I joined in with The Prudent Homemaker.
Borrowed books and movies from the library. I enjoyed reading The Orchard and Farm City. While we were at the beach in September, I made one purchase from a thrift shop that supported animal rescues, the book it happened on the way to war: a Marine's Path to Peace...good story.
Gathered eggs, persimmons, basil, purslane, carrots, lima beans, lambs quarter. Added carrot tops, lima pods, tomato & onion bits, lambs quarter and parsley stems to the freezer bag for vegi broth. Weeded chard, dehydrated cayenne peppers.
The usual harvesting rainwater, washing plastic bags for reuse, composting, hanging laundry on the line.
Made Black bean burgers using Brandy's recipe; we ate them for 2 meals and froze the rest for a third. Made waldorf salad using celery from the cold frame. Prepared a spaghetti squash and spinach dish, using vegis in the freezer. Need to be eating from the freezer, as there is no more room. Used tromboncino squash from the freezer in a pasta dish, with basil, rosemary & tomato from the garden. Baked sweet potatoes from the garden.
Searched for and found a coupon code giving me 18% off of some needed Massage Therapy continuing ed classes. I took water, snacks and lunch to the hospital/hospice almost every day, during the week my dad was there.
Saved seed from a Cheese Wheel pumpkin. Juiced a bag of limes I got a few weeks ago for 1.00 on the marked down rack, and began a batch of lime cleaning vinegar with the skins.
The past week, I've harvested carrots, lambs quarter, chickweed, purslane, tomatoes, swiss chard & parsley. Saved seeds from basil, shiso and garlic chives.
Cooked with onion, tomatoes, garlic, parsley and potatoes grown here
There is a nice patch of swiss chard in the garden, but it will die back with cold weather, and begin growing again in the spring. We also got our garlic planted. The planting, harvested in June, usually supplies us for the year.
I've gotten better about using the dregs from the yogurt jar, cans of beans, etc, mixing in a little water if needed, and pouring over the pups meals. They're enjoying a little extra zip from what are healthy foods, mostly organic, and nothing is wasted.
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