The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

I volunteer at my kids’ school at lunch time and other events. I don’t make homemade hummus anymore either – we don’t have enough people eating it now, so it just goes to waste. We’re not good gardeners but we planted a lot of trees for the shade and beauty. A cake with a perfect swirl!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 22, 2016

They had a cow for milk, chickens for eggs and a garden for vegetables. Americans pride themselves on their ‘Yankee ingenuity’ – making do or doing without. You can’t have much of a garden in a high rise apartment. I used to garden. Wood was there for the taking.

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Canning At&T Gardening Garden 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 1, 2014

Something tells me there were some harsh words between the two events. Mom had a vegetable garden and grew sweet corn. When the ears were full and ripe she would pull one down and let me make a doll – using the cob for the body, the silk for the hair and the husk for the clothing. Do you have a funny story about making do?

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