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Garden Report & Frugal Living 23.08.07

It is easy to forget how much I love working in the garden when I am feeling overwhelmed. I just love it so much and even more so when I have my kids help me! We harvested garlic, trimmed up the seaberry/ sea buckthorn and picked so many berries off those bushes; two beds and two paths were reclaimed. So much was done and I am so grateful for the help. Very happy time and so inspiring to do more now that the overwhelming parts are beat back.

While we were trimming up the thicket of buckthorn we discovered a nest!! It is like a Seal Of Approval or a major award: the birds love the garden and feel safe enough to have a nest to raise their young. We get many birds coming through but to have one that wants to set up housekeeping is just a blessed joy.

We moved an additional brush pile into the self feeder compost rack (from the last heavy pruning job -- months and months ago but the wood was still fresh and green as it has been wet and cold). Soon all the weeds will be layered in and then another brush pile. The self feeder compost “rack” is a long row area with pairs very tall metal fence stakes set every so often. The stakes guide/keep the organic matter in row while we stack and tamp it down for a fence like wall. No turning required, we just let nature do its thing and add to it as we need/have.

There are now two grow boxes that need to be repaired. The centre one I am thinking of spliting to create a ‘hi-lo’ with a barrow/walker wide path between. The ‘lo’ will be for the humongous rhubarb I can’t dig out/lift and the ‘hi’ will be walled up maybe three ‘levels’ (at least knee height) . I’m thinking for limited mobility access if necessary but it will also make an interest instead of three uniform low level beds. I will lose a bit of production ground by inserting another path but there is no saying that in several years it can be changed again (and again and again).

Sides notes on the harvest: We left the higher up seaberries for the birds but need to come back for a second harvest of the gooseberries. I like to leave part of the fruits for the birds especially if the little buggers don’t eat it all ahead of time >:) The red alpines are fruiting. One or two nibble-worths of early blackberries are coming off. Some of the kale is growing: enough for snacks for the hens or little bits for our salads and soup accents.

Still pondering the elderberries. I can see them out the bathroom window and they are so beautiful with those large white umbels waving against the sky. Daughter 1 and I discussed just leaving them for the bees (she is a great bee lover! we would have a hive if we could rest assured the spray-happy neighbor would just Stop). So I will watch and see if they will visit there -- its up very high on the north-side where the wind tunnel forms as it comes off the ocean and through the city’s buildings. If there is no bee action, I will take some flowers. The tree-shrub is just loaded with blossoms this unexpected second flush. The first blooming was slow but those bracts do have some fruit currently (but not ready for harvest -- still very green). There might be enough of those fruits to add into the firecider that needs to get started soon.

For the frugal living tip: we use to do a lot of hand washing outside so I kept a tightly crotched or knitted hand size bag/pouch tied to the outside water bib in the summer that all the bits and pieces of soap bars went. Now at this place, we don’t do that as much so what I want to do is recycle a small dish soap squirt bottle for the same purpose but leave it in the half bath to use up those tiny bits (instead of poking them down the drain!).

Hope you are enjoying your garden or even a friends garden be it in physical labour, visiting to enjoy the nature or dreaming of a future garden -- and that there are birds nesting there!

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Any frugal living tips? Know any affordable frocery stores?

Shop at grocery stores like Food Basics and No Frills. Those are Canadian Bargain stores, idk what they have in other parts of the world.

Live by what's on sale to the best of your abilities; meat, produce, dairy, canned goods, and household supplies like cleaners, toilet paper, and laundry detergent.

Learn to recognize a good deal. If you have a 6 pack of toilet paper for $5 and a ten pack of toilet paper for $7, the ten pack is actually cheaper in the long run because it has 4 more rolls for only $2 more. This goes for things like shoes and winter coats too, a more expensive pair of shoes or a more expensive coat is more likely to last you longer and keep you more protected than the cheap ones you can get at Walmart.

Speaking of coats, check your local thrift stores, they usually have some good deals on outerwear that will keep you warm without breaking your bank. If you live in a cold area DO NOT skip out on buying protective gear unless it's absolutely necessary. Like "I will end up homeless if I don't spend put this money towards rent" necessary. Giving yourself hypothermia or frostbite is not going to help you.

Gloves and hats at the dollar store are cheap, buy a few pairs and wear them in layers. The quality is shit but it's better than nothing.

Never walk by change on the ground. Nickles, dimes, and quarters add up more quickly than you realize, put them in your pocket, keep them in a jar, and once a week, count them and take them to the back to be traded for bigger bills or deposited.

Never underestimate the same convenience of a slow cooker or insta pot. They can cook delicious meals for you all day while you're at work and then you can have leftovers and very few dishes to clean. Check Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji, EBay, and thrift shops for second hand ones, those are typically cheaper.

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Do not buy cans that are dented, popped, cracked, or otherwise damaged. That's how you get botulism. Same goes for jars that have bloated lids. You aren't saving anything but making yourself sick on bad food.

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Hello everyone!

I've just gotten back from a much needed vacation. So things here are gonna be a lil off for a short bit.

This week, I've got to do some cleanup in the garden, plus some seed selecting and starting/direct seeding. And some new garden space set up, now that we no longer have the ducks, this space is being used for more garden area. in addition I'll be getting home ready for swinging back into "normal" mode. (Yay meal planning!)

Thank you for being patient with me while we get back into the swing :) there will be a few small random posts this week as I'm able to get to things~

For now, this lil pic to tide over :)

Sunflowers, kale, hollyhock are finally taking off :)

I'm hoping to use this area as a supplemental feed zone and shade zone. If I can get it to mostly self seed even better :)

I seeded a bit thick as this is a "minimal/no touch" zone. As they grow out I'll thin a bit more, but mostly I've been leaving this to do its thing alone.

🌱🌻Happy Homesteading and Gardening 🌻🌱

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