Cottage Garden Ideas

My favorite type of flowering garden is the cottage garden. These cottage garden ideas will inspire you to add color and the fun more relaxed style of the cottage garden to your home.

Cottage gardens are more relaxed than a formal garden. I prefer this method as I can just tuck plants in together and enjoy the mass of color a beautiful cottage garden provides.

How To Organize A Baking Drawer

I bake a lot of our food from bread to cookies and treats and this is how to organize a baking drawer frugally in order to make all that baking easier. I wanted a drawer where my tools were at hand but didn't want to spend any money to organize baking supplies so I used what I had on hand for a free organization project.

Cook Once, Eat Twice - Meal Plan Sunday 3/22

I am trying something new for Menu Plan Sunday and going with cook once, eat twice meals this week.
We are so busy for the next few months that I really have to streamline my cooking. I will be driving to my daughter's competitions for about six weeks so I need a lot of healthy cook once eat twice options so I can cook only on the few days I am home but we will have meals all week.

Benefits Of Frugality

The older I get and the longer I consider myself a frugal person, I see the many benefits of frugality. This is my opinion of how living frugally aids many other areas of our lives besides our finances. Frugal mindful living has brought me to a place where I am more content with life. I am happy with my little home and garden and thankful for what I have. Frugality as a way of life has many pluses. Here are a few I find most beneficial.

Kitchen Quick Tip - How To Get ALL The Mayo Out Of The Jar

You know I hate to waste any food and this frugal tip on how to get all the mayonnaise from the jar is a simple one but works so great. Frugal tips to save money on food is something I strive for.

I used to use a standard butter knife when try to get the last of the mayonnaise out of the jar. Then I thought maybe a spoon would work but then you had to get the mayo off of the spoon. A few years ago it dawned on me that a rubber kitchen spatula would be perfect. And made even more fun with a cute chicken rubber spatula.

Kitchen Quick Tip:

Use a rubber kitchen spatula to get the last of the mayo out of the jar and use it to spread right on your bread or stir into your recipe using mayonnaise.

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5 Reasons You Should Garden Often

5 Reasons Why You Should Garden Often

Gardening is a relaxing way to escape the stresses of daily life, but this hobby has other benefits that may well surprise you. From banishing stress to improving brain health and even boosting the immune system, here are five reasons you should be gardening more often.

Meal Plan Sunday - March Meal Ideas 3/13

We are headed into a busy few months and a weekly menu plan I prepare on Sunday helps me to keep on track and always have a dinner plan.

This begins some prime barbecue weather with lots of warmer weather and longer days. Watch for good deals on charcoal. We went to Lowe's and bought two of the large double bags of briquettes on sale cheaper than the rest of the year. Also watch for Memorial weekend deals.

Wine Cork Craft Ideas

If you drink wine you have a lot of them, I have curated a small list of some of my favorite wine cork craft ideas. If you are wondering what to do with all those wine corks, there are no shortages of clever cork projects.

Menu Plan Sunday - March Dinner Ideas 3/6

Onto March and closer to spring and thinking of fresher ingredients for Menu Plan Sunday - March Dinner Ideas. Our garden is coming to life and greens and lettuce are ready for picking. Can't wait for the first batch of beets.

Frugal Seed Starting - Frugal Fridays

I always try to garden as cheaply as I can and frugal seed starting is easy when you reuse many household items that you would be throwing in the trash. Seed starting can be expensive if you are buying seed starting trays, lights and special pots. Here are my frugal gardening ideas for spring seed starting. A busy week here so I am sharing with you a day early.