I ran across this eat-down-the-pantry challenge from one of my new favorite blogs. It reminds me of something we do here.
I'm probably going to eat down my pantry this next week or two. I realize I've got soooo much stuff and soooo much food already. Why not just buy milk and veggies and see what we can come up with? Maybe it's the spring cleaning bug. I'm ready to clear out the old and have some empty spaces in my house, whether its the basement storage or the pantry shelves.
I admit I have another motive. Hubby bought me a way too expensive mother's day gift ( a $2,000 laptop computer. I'd be happy with a $500 one, but he's a computer geek so low end is not an option for electronics. Sigh), so now I have to figure out how to pay for it. I thought about returning it, but my mom said not to. He never buys me gifts, and he told her it's because I never like what he gets. She thinks if I send it back, I'll never get anything again!
Oh well. So yeah, trying to pay for it out of cash flow by mid-June. We might be able to do it. If I cut on groceries, send all my freelance checks to the CC, and some of the next paycheck, that might do it. We'll see.
In other news, the pantry challenge might be good because garden season is ramping up and I have a lot of canned goods still from last season. Might be good to empty some jars and clear some room for this year's harvest.
Unfortunately, planting is on hold another week as we have a cold front coming through. Crazy weather this year. So, I have a bunch of plants sitting in limbo.
But, the perennial onions are doing great!
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We have been eating smaller, we've hardly had more than one dinner party a month in this brutal winter and DSs are working in the east. If we manage to have a decent summer I hope we can do a lot of BBQ fun with friends, relatives and neighbours
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However, you made me realize I need to defrost the Deep Freeze, so I'm going to have to clean it out and figure out what is good and what isn't. So I can do a little Pantry Challenge and make stuff out of meat from the freezer. Thank you for the lovely idea.
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I'd probably have no frame of reference otherwise, but since we just bought a laptop, that is crazy!! Is it really so bad if he stops buying you gifts?
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I would love to grow at least herbs someplace. Maybe I should dig up the front window box and plant herbs there. It used to be full of aloe plants but they got too thick and then got infested with black widows so we took them all out.
I know cilantro grows wild here, maybe thyme - yum. That may be a worthy project!
May 15th, 2014 at 02:55 pm 1400165722
I will say herbs generally don't need the best soil, so if there is any spot you can plant them in the ground, then you might be able to plant some that are perennial or self-seeding, so you don't have to buy new plants or seeds each year.
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It's very popular here to grow herbs in the plastic type gutters nailed to the fence at a convenient height.
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I wonder if I can grow aloe plants outside alongside herbs. I know I can grow aloe because I did it before.
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