\n- One of the things that I have realized while participating in the #3RiverPantryChallenge, is that over the past several years I have spent alot of money “stocking up” and really have not been making using of the items I already have. For example, in April 2020 I purchased 90# of chicken. I processed all but around 20#.\u00a0 I currently have 3 or 4 bags of this processed chicken left.\u00a0 I also realized that I am a food hoarder, even if I have a lot of stuff when finding food on sale I purchase. This is not neccessarily a bad thing, but I am spending money on items that are not really getting used. My goal for this year is not only to reduce the amount of money I spend on groceries overall but to use items we have in addition to only purchasing items that I know we will eat within a year.<\/li>\n
- Our chickens are currently producing exactly the amount we need!\u00a0 \u00a0I have been able to use all the eggs we are getting and honestly have not put a single dozen in the fridge it.\u00a0 \u00a0The debate is currently do we just keep what we have with exactly enough or do we attempt to purchase more chickens?\u00a0 This is a work in progress and a decision that I don’t have enough data to really decide at this point.<\/li>\n
- Our living room is currently home to a table full of dirt. The hope and goal of this dirt is that we will have pepper and tomato plants to plant in the garden so far, our only seeds that have germinated have been a lettuce mix.<\/li>\n
- We have decided not to plant sweet potatoes this year.\u00a0 I realized that some of the potatoes we harvested back in October were beginning to sprout.\u00a0 Matt and I spent several evenings baking the remaining sweet potatoes and bagging up in 1 pound bags. We currently have 13# of baked sweet potatoes in our freezer for use during the next year.<\/li>\n
- I stopped at Walmart on my way home from work today. I decided to check out the marked down bread. I grabbed a loaf of French bread for $1.03. Half was used for\u00a0 our garlic bread tonight and half is drying to use for French toast tomorrow. I was also able to find 2 bagels of everything bagels for $2.20. But overall my best find was bathroom cleaner with bleach for $0.98 each!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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