Canning green beans at home is easier than you imagine, but make sure you have a pressure canner! We are in the middle of prime green bean season, where our plants are overflowing. Canning green beans allow you to put them up for casseroles and easy side dishes later in the year. I aim to…
Gardening doesn’t need to be an expensive hobby; there are plenty of gardening on a budget ideas. Gardening is meant to save you money or at least be enjoyable, but the beginning start-up costs can feel overwhelming. Not everyone has the cash to start a large garden all at one time – but I promise,…
Dandelions have real benefits besides helping the bees. You can tap into them with infused oil.
Christmas often feels financially overwhelming, but these cheap Christmas activities bring all the holiday spirit on a budget. We lived on a tight budget for years, but I never wanted my kids to feel like we couldn’t do things during the holiday season. I wanted the memories of this season to be treasured all their…
If you’ve spent time canning, you’ve heard all about acid levels and why it determines if you can safely water bath can food. Acidity for canning is truly important! While canning jellies and jams are one of my favorite activities, it is important to understand how to do so correctly. There are a lot of…
Having a Frugal Christmas doesn’t break the bank and helps you enjoy the reason for the season even more! I remember looking at our budget, thinking that we wouldn’t have enough money to give our kids a big Christmas. I grew up with large Christmas mornings; I knew my parents spent thousands on two kids….
With a bit of creativity, starting seeds on a budget indoors is easy! When I first started gardening, I didn’t want to start seeds because I felt like I had to purchase all of this special equipment that was going to cost me too much money. I’m cheap, and I’m not embarrassed to admit that….
Do your kids love Go-Gurts as much as mine do? I have to admit; they’re pretty delicious. However, even the “Simply Go-Gurts” contain chemicals that I don’t necessarily want my children to eat on a regular basis, so I decided to make some homemade yogurt tubes instead. We drink raw milk that we purchase from…
Cloth diapers are an environmentally safe, money saving choice for parents. An average family can spend over $1,000 on disposable diapers for one child. A family can spend under $500 on a stash of cloth diapers that lasts longer than one child. Trying to decipher and understand the cloth diaper world is challenging at first!…
*This post contains affiliate links at no additional cost to you. Our family LOVES biscuits. I’m sure that my kids consider biscuits a separate food group. If I make biscuits for breakfast, lunch or dinner, they disappear off of the table before anything else. Buttermilk biscuits just happen to be a huge favorite, above all…
