{"id":5732,"date":"2018-03-17T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T21:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2018-03-18T17:19:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T21:19:48","slug":"saving-on-saturday-3172018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=5732","title":{"rendered":"Saving on Saturday  3\/17\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned yesterday that we had purchased a trailer of mulch. The cost of the mulch was $15. I was totally amazed at the amount of mulch that we received. Here is a picture of the trailer AFTER I worked on spread for a couple of hours on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503-e1521406844868.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=5726\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503-e1521406844868.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521282472&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0071942446043165&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503-e1521406844868-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503-e1521406844868-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503-e1521406844868-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8D715B5F-EE26-404C-88DF-92FB40C18503-e1521406844868-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a picture of the mulch uncovered about half way through Saturday. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=5728\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521306704&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001497005988024&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/F04326A2-961B-4E22-97B5-3DD6D659BC09-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have never purchased mulch this way before. I am used to purchasing by the bag at Lowes.\u00a0 I would have been able to purchase approximately 7 bags at Lowes during the best sale which is $2 a bag. This was ALOT of mulch. We were able to apply mulch to all 3 flower bed around the house in addition to the two areas in front of the building and the new area I started in front of the kids play house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC-e1521407132839.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5727\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=5727\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC-e1521407132839.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521282505&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0079365079365079&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC-e1521407132839-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC-e1521407132839-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC-e1521407132839-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/8FAE3612-7839-48E7-A581-43F5C55CAFDC-e1521407132839-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=5733\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521392834&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001779359430605&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/57878C0A-03E0-47E6-9DC4-B9A4B5CD62EF-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Finally I decided to add mulch around the square foot garden and mulch in the area directly beside several of the beds. I have been doing some research and the mulch should help maintain the temperature better, hold water and prevent weeds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E-e1521407450670.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=5731\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E-e1521407450670.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521310668&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0020746887966805&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E-e1521407450670-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E-e1521407450670-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E-e1521407450670-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/E46F18F3-8B5C-4FE1-8ABA-913F6A383F0E-e1521407450670-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780-e1521407433753.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=5730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780-e1521407433753.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521310655&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0050251256281407&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780-e1521407433753-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780-e1521407433753-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780-e1521407433753-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0AE1EE75-92D9-4434-90C3-8D57D61F9780-e1521407433753-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505-e1521407417940.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?attachment_id=5729\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505-e1521407417940.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1521310652&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0045662100456621&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505-e1521407417940-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505-e1521407417940-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505-e1521407417940-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EA87F234-42A5-4F78-B7FC-7EE2F7774505-e1521407417940-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I will admit defeat, I was unable to use the entire trailer of mulch, left approximately a fourth of the mulch for someone else.\u00a0 It did take a lot of effort or more accurately plain old hard work but we saved over $200 in mulch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned yesterday that we had purchased a trailer of mulch. The cost of the mulch was $15. I was totally amazed at the amount of mulch that we received. Here is a picture of the trailer AFTER I worked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=5732\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,14,5,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budgeting","category-goals","category-saving-money","category-square-food-garden","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ySyX-1us","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5735,"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions\/5735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}