It's been awhile since I posted last on here. Due to alot of rain our garden didnt do well at all. I do however have lotsa seeds to start for next year. I am excited about that! I started composting with just coffee grinds, egg shells and some lettuce added to some leaves from my house plants and dirt I had leftover. You gotta start somewhere. I have been rethinking things alot. I wish everyone would put there thinking caps on and really figure out a few things. We are a world of convenience. Always on the go. I see alot of people talk about how prices have gone up on food and things we use but do they think, "hey I might be able to do better by making it or growing it myself? I make my own powdered laundry soap from Borax, washing soda powder, baking soda and a bar of laundry soap. 2 tablespoons per load and only cost pennies. I make my own Bisquick mix, Magic Mix, taco seasoning, sofrito, buttermilk biscuits from scratch. I grind my own meat. I make my own dogfood. I watch videos on prepping and homesteading. I reuse things when I can. I do have to say one thing I noticed and that was gas went down a bit. Thank goodness. It's getting to the point that scrapping is only making a few dollars. We found a place that may not pay out as much as the other places but they take alot more stuff. So it is worth it. I will be going over some of these things on how to cut costs so you can too in up coming posts.

Celery is Growing!

I was watching some videos on being frugal. Using things you normally would throw away. This includes food too. If you take some of your veggies scraps that you throw away you can grow more veggies. I did this with celery! I use celery alot and even though it is not that expensive it is something that is great to grow yourself. Mine I am going to plant in a pot outside soon. And it doesn't take long to grow.

Just cut off the bottom of where all the stalks are attached. About several inches of the white part. Keep this piece together. Do not take apart. Then fill up a short wide glass with just enough water to cover the bottom of celery. I put mine in my window and in 2 days I had roots. A few more days new stalks started to grow from the middle. It's just amazing!

We were sooo excited! Its great when you can grow things yourself. I transferred the celery to a small plastic container of dirt. I have my next bunch of celery almost used up so I will be doing this again. Next we will try potatoes this way! But with potatoes I found out they spray some of them with a growth prohibitor so the eyes dont sprout. The last 2 bags I bought must have had this done because no eyes sprouted from the potatoes I put aside.