Just curious who else is living super frugal

[Arielle]

ANd the environment is better off too!!

HOmemeade soaps can be frugal if a person has allergies or is irritated to perfumes, or a chemical component. Knowing all the ingredients can be a real boon for those people with sensitive skin.

I cant use Oil of Olay anymore-- by the time I was in my early 20's my face flushed and a slight rashe developed. Wich elads me to . .


Band aids and adhesives can give me terrible contact rashes. THe longer it touches the skin the worse the rash. I often use a kleenex type tissue and vet wrap as bandaids now.

Frugal is wearing socks and shoes to prevent cuts on the feet that let in vile germs. And dont scratch! lol My son recently developed a swollen foot in a matter of hours by scratching a bug bite. Required an emergency trip to the ER, IV meds for a couple days and oral for another 10.

Frugal is more prevention.

 

[LindaB220]

I think I will try this out when we get this year's venison. Venison/pork sausage is soooooooooo good. Always wanted to make it but have never gotten around to it.

Good link!

Yeah, me too. I'm interested in the combo venison/pork sausage recipe. Isn't fennel supposed to be added? What have you got.

 

[lazy gardener]

I have a front load, and use less than 1/4 cup of home made detergent for a load, so a batch of home made will probably last me a year.

 

[PlaidBattleAxe]

Yeah, me too. I'm interested in the combo venison/pork sausage recipe. Isn't fennel supposed to be added? What have you got.

A friend of DH's made them and they were amazing.. Here's the link, except instead of 35g of sugar, I'm going to do 17g brown sugar and 17g ( maple syrup (that's what our friend had done and it was just the right degree of sweet and tangy) and I'll cut the meat abt 3/4 venison to 1/4 pork or so depending on how lean the deer is. I am def going to double the recipe though to make it worth it and freeze a bunch (it'll also make converting the tiny metric amounts easier for me!)
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_homemade_sausage/

 

[Arielle]

ORders from 2 different companies arrived to day for planting. Instead of buying so many pounds of wild blueberries a year, hoping to produce more of our own berries: kiwi, goji, huckle berry, lingon berry, sand cherry, rhubarb, yellow transparent apple std ( to get cuttings), nectarine and another peach. ( Have 5 peaches) . I'm sure I forgot a few.

Like gooseberries!

Figure the returns should be good on our investment in a great variety-- will see which thrive in our acidic soils.

 

[LindaB220]

ORders from 2 different companies arrived to day for planting. Instead of buying so many pounds of wild blueberries a year, hoping to produce more of our own berries: kiwi, goji, huckle berry, lingon berry, sand cherry, rhubarb, yellow transparent apple std ( to get cuttings), nectarine and another peach. ( Have 5 peaches) . I'm sure I forgot a few.

Like gooseberries!

Figure the returns should be good on our investment in a great variety-- will see which thrive in our acidic soils.

What a fabulous idea for you. I only have 3 fig trees and haven't gotten the in the ground yet. I do have a large mulberry.

 

[Arielle]

LInda -- what kind of mulberry if and if it will grow here woudl you be willing to send me some cuttings?? I love mulberries-- I check the local tot lot that used to have a tree overhanging the propery line, but it has been prune back hard so nothing over hangs the public land. I"m sure some one complained about the bees. If I was 8 feet tall I could get some cuttings. Now that I have said that I'm wondering if I am daring wnough to bring a ladder to get a few cuttings. lol

 

[LindaB220]

LInda -- what kind of mulberry if and if it will grow here woudl you be willing to send me some cuttings?? I love mulberries-- I check the local tot lot that used to have a tree overhanging the propery line, but it has been prune back hard so nothing over hangs the public land. I"m sure some one complained about the bees. If I was 8 feet tall I could get some cuttings. Now that I have said that I'm wondering if I am daring wnough to bring a ladder to get a few cuttings. lol

Let me look at the tree tomorrow and I'll see if I can get good cuttings. I'll PM you.

 

[perchie.girl]

Speaking of cuttings does any one do multiple grafts on a single tree.

My Grandma used to have a Peach tree that had Apricot and Plum branches My great grandma had one that was Grapefruit, lemon, and Tangerine...

You can buy them now at Lowes they are called fruit salad trees. Or at least I saw them this spring.

http://www.fruitsaladtrees.com/

I think the criteria is they have to be from the same zones and be similar types of fruit.... Stone fruits, Citrus, Apple varieties, Pear varieties.

Historically Oranges are grafted on a lemon root because lemons have a better hardier root system. the trees with grafts have to be carefully pruned so one doesnt take over. I am a citrus person... I want all cold hardy fruits for the desert .... If I can create or obtain a multi grafted tree I can espalier them so that each branch will follow wire

because I cant climb a ladder I will espalier all my fruit trees to make them accessible for maintenance and harvesting.

Most cherries need another cherry to cross polinate.... Some people plant two in the same hole....

For what its worth in my ill spent youth I worked in a very small nursery... I have never planted trees or grafted or even started plants from cuttings.

deb

 

[Arielle]

Deb, I am just astarting down this road. I researched sources of root stock and scions. Fortunately a huge apple orchard of hundreds of varities is less than 1 hour away. Citrus isnt an option here but certainly apricots, peaches, apples, crabapples, plums.

THe semi dwarf trees dont require a ladder; and the dwarf of course are much shorter. THe work to create an espalier has always over whelmed me but the joy of looking at the orderly growth is thrilling.

THis year I have bought a number of std trees to be used as scion sources. Ultimately prefering to have semidwarfs for the root stock.

Only at the point of lots of reading, finding rootstock sources and scion sources. IT is a winter project here before the spring growth.