We've had some beautiful Spring weather this week. It's been wonderful to get out in the garden to pull weeds, plant more seeds and pick bunches of flowers. Darren and I feel truly blessed to have a backyard to grow, sow, pick and eat from.
Here's how we saved money this week -
* I made up a bottle of surface spray using water from the kettle and a dash of dishwashing liquid. I keep one bottle in the kitchen and another in the laundry ( for bathrooms and toilets ).
* I spray painted a serviette holder that had turned yellowish with age. It now looks like new. I also spray painted a blue trinket dish that I no longer liked the color of.
* To start being prepared for the many occasions in the lead up to Christmas, I made a double recipe of chocolate brownies. Most of it has been frozen. In the coming weeks I plan to make and freeze lots of biscuit dough, cakes and slices.
* I made three loaves of wholemeal bread with extra goodness.
* Darren and I staked up our tomato plants. We reuse the same stakes year in, year out. When the stakes start to split with age, Darren saws off the split end to make shorter stakes.
* I've planted zucchini, cucumber and Jap pumpkin seeds as well as more sprouting potatoes. I've also planted more dwarf bean seeds where there were gaps under the tomato plants.
* The kettle was cleaned with citric acid to get rid of the mineral deposits.
* While I had the oven on for the bread, I baked 10 wholemeal rolls for Darren's lunches.
* I made 10 bars of lemon verbena scented soap. I love anything lemon scented and this soap smells amazing.
* Because it's the start of the month, I've cleaned the dishwasher with bi carb and vinegar. I also used the homemade surface spray to clean around the door.
* I made up a big bottle of foaming handwash to refill the soap pumps around our home.
* I mended a pair of sandals that were starting to fall apart. The glue I used is called Shoefix and works really well.
* We picked lettuce, silverbeet, sugar snap peas and lemons from our garden.
* I made a bulk amount of spag bol sauce and added silverbeet, TVP and grated carrot to bulk it out. From 750g of beef mince I got 15 serves of the sauce. Most of it has been frozen for future meals. This will be great over the Christmas / New Year / Summer period.
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Wholemeal Bread With Extra Goodness
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| Planting sprouting potatoes |
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| Cleaning the dishwasher filters |
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| Lemon verbena scented soap |
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| Bulk chocolate brownies |
