Gardening is a great Money Saver

Gardening is a Great Money Saver

Gardening is a great Money Saver each year for us! Each spring we plant a garden in order to get some fresh vegetables at a fraction of the cost as well as to preserve them for other seasons.  The average family saved $530 just by growing a garden, and I for one know that the (Continue Reading…);

Create Flower Baskets and Pots for Less

Creating Hanging Baskets for Less

Do you guys remember a while back at the beginning of spring when I told you about saving money by planting your own hanging flower baskets and flower pots? If not, you can go back and read all about it at the bottom of the post here. But, basically I suggested buying the little 6-packs (Continue Reading…);

5 Steps to Dehydrating Jalapeno Peppers

dehydrating jalapeno peppers

Dehydrating jalapeno peppers is a great way to preserve them for later use in soups, chilies, beans, or anything you cook. It seems we use them in just about everything. Dehydrating basically takes all the liquid from them, or dries them out. Later, when you soak them in water or use them in your recipes, (Continue Reading…);

Home Grown Vegetables Taste Better and Saves Money!

tomatoes, tomato plant

It’s been a bit since we had an update on the garden, but everything is starting to grow fast! I do have a few interesting tidbits to tell you about. We have an abundance of fresh home grown vegetables now!!! We have been getting plenty of cucumbers, squash, zucchini, jalapenos, bell peppers and cherry tomatoes. (Continue Reading…);

Krazy Savings From The Garden: Week 3

tomato plants

  Things are starting to pick up in the garden here! It is growing and we actually have our first fruits coming off already! Once, it is in full stream we will start seeing the savings on all those veggies So, I am excited to show you a few updates: We have a lot of (Continue Reading…);

Krazy Savings From The Garden – Week 2

cherry tomatoes 5-18

Well, it has taken a little while to get to Week 2 in the Krazy Savings from the Garden. But, honestly it would have been quite boring. Besides watering, if it doesn’t rain, all you do is wait on the seeds to sprout and grow a little. So there is nothing really to see or (Continue Reading…);

Growing Organic Vegetables with Whitney Farms Organic & Natural Plant Food

Organic Vegetables

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Whitney Farms for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Most of you already know that we always have a fairly big home vegetable garden every year. We are just getting started this year, but we can’t hardly wait on all the fresh vegetables. You (Continue Reading…);

Krazy Savings From The Garden – Week 1

garden spot

Come see how we save year round with our gardening adventures! Today, I wanted to do something a little different and give you a glimpse into my life. We bought our little place here a little over a year ago, but we have always had a big garden and fruit trees. Growing your own veggies (Continue Reading…);