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Snacks? What are those?
Those are NEVER on my grocery list. A snack is a luxury.
What can I say? I have 2 teen age boys and 1 high metabolism husband - snacks wormed their way onto the list until they practically took it over. It was mostly when they took lunches to school and when we started homeschooling they never went away. So, snacks were our downfall.
The snacks my boys were eating were fruit leathers, roll ups, "nutrition" bars, that kind of thing. I save so much money by just making them eat real fruit instead. I don't know how I got trapped into those packaged foods, they just snuck in gradually until it was out of hand.
Debi - that's great that he likes fruit! One thing that I don't cut down on, ever, is good produce. It's just too important to scrimp there.
Making raised beds out of pallets is a fabulous idea! The bag method works, too. You can get bags of dirt really cheap. The only way that it may not be worth it is if you are in an area with water shortages with high water bills. There are ways to make a good waterwise garden, but they take an initial investment.
