I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!So we spent $253 on beef, pork, and whole chickens at
www.skagitriverranch.com today. That is approximately a four week supply of protein, though we do get about another $50 worth of ham, seafood, ground sausage, cheese, milk, sour cream, chicken thighs and legs at the food co-op.We also picked up $18 worth of flour and $50 worth of produce for the week at the food co-op, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi!!!!, cabbage, radishes, 4 nectarines, 1/2 pound of black cherries, onions, and some garlic. We have plenty of berries still. Oh, and I got about four more pounds of apricots to make jam with. The first kind I got were pence apricots. These ones are sundrop apricots. They were really inexpensive because they were in season. $1.29 a pound, and I spent $5.44 and they were part of that $50 of produce. They should make at least 6 or 7 pints of jam.
I need to buy another 25 pound bag of sugar. I am down to 25 pounds and I will go through that fast this week canning jams of apricots, blackberries and blueberries. Possibly even more raspberries.
I went down to the ranch with $300 and only spent $253, so the extra $47 is going into the Freezer Fund. I'll do an update on the Freezer Fund tomorrow. It's a couple updates behind. Now, to bed. It's already well past my bed time.
July 22nd, 2012 at 01:06 pm 1342962373
I hope the link works. We're being told to expect a run production. I think they clear the old model line in Sept. Have you researched which brand and size will best meet your family's needs?
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Yes, we have researched what we want. We have it narrowed down to three that all have equally good reviews and ratings and when the time comes it will be whichever one is on sale. I don't believe in brand loyalty, but I do want a good brand. We will be buying right around when the model year changes, too, which should mean a better discount.
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Jerry