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caitlinsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
St.A
Idaho
USA
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 Posted - Sep 08 2011 : 5:54:32 PM
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The food price thread has had me thinking about food and money...alot. I once had a grocery budget of $500 and that included a lot of splurging. That is not the case now. I can no longer get what I used to for $500 even without the splurges at this point in time. With rising food costs that is only going to get worse.
So I am going to give myself a challenge starting next monday....for the rest of September I am going to see how much I can shave off my grocery budget by meal planning, using my storage, ect.
Anyone want to join me for this challange?
www.imnaturallysimple.com
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
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Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2011 : 7:18:00 PM
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I feel like I've been doing the challenge already. Some things are definately long term. We have shaved our budget by having a huge garden,canning and freezing as much as we can, starting fruit trees, getting eggs,chickens and beef from local farmers. We make a weekly menu plan using what we have and supplementing only as necessary.
That and menu planning are real biggies. I bake bread most of the time since any healthy bread is ridiculously expensive. I occasionally make yogurt. I'd like to start making more cleaning products though. Using rags more often than paper towels has made a difference too.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2011 : 8:27:55 PM
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I'm working towards that goal. I like to think my garden was a success until my mother's horses ate it. I bought some ducks for eggs this summer, but they have a ways to go before they start giving back. I did however get in contact with a waterfowl rescue who is thrilled to place a half a dozen currently laying ducks with me (for free, they're just pleased to not have to feed them anymore.) It's a really nice contact to have. I may order some meat turkeys this winter from a hatchery though.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2011 : 10:11:06 PM
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I, too, feel like I am always working to keep every week's grocery bill as low as possible. using WalMart's price match helps me a lot. It lets me get every store's best price without running all over. It takes a bit of effort keeping all the newspaper circulars straight to show the cashier the price on the items.
My garden is really starting to produce now. I sure miss all the peaches we usually have ( a wet spring resulted in a fungus that kept all the fruit from developing).
It sure is nice to read that plenty of my sisters are pinching pennies too!
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