Lately I have really been concerned about our grocery bill. On a good week if I still have some basic necessities in the fridge or cabinet at home, then I can get out of Walmart with only about $200 in groceries and personal hygene items like TP. But just about every 4th week the bill becomes a whopping $270. Now that may not sound like a whole lot when you have 9 mouths to feed but it is really taking a toll on our budget. So I started looking into gardening, couponing, buying bulk, ect and have come across the term homesteading. It is a term now used to describe a lifestyle of self-sufficiency.
So to ward off the high prices of tomatos and the amount of money we spend on them in the summer, I planted a tomato garden. (My kids love to eat them as snacks or on a sandwich by itself with mayo.) We planted 9 plants in our raised bed of 4ft by 7ft and the garden just exploded into so many tomatos we couldn't eat enough. I began trying to incorporate them into recipes and sauces but alas a lot of tomatos were wasted or rotted on the vine before we could use them. Lesson learned about how many tomatos our family really needs.
Lately, we have been reading about raising your own rabbits for meat and doing some hunting. Everything about homesteading is new and exciting for me and I am looking forward to sharing this journey with you.
Have a Blessed Day,
Jennifer
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