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Po-ta-toes, boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew?Hi there! How are you this morning? I hope everyone is doing well... I am pretty good... I had an early morning wake up call from my youngest and I dealt with that and laid back down. When I did, I didn't fall fast asleep, but my mind was spinning with ideas and ways that I can help our home financially. We live on one income and things are getting quite tight with the rising costs. But I have to hold fast to believe that the Lord will provide and I just need to do what I can to keep a budget and be sensible with what God has already blessed us with...One thing you can do is, you can check out the compiled list of helpful frugal hints on The Front Porch, it turned out to be a good amount of great information so swing by and check that out! I have mentioned to you before how wonderful Shannon's grandparents are. They have taught us SO much about gardening and we just keep learning. This year they taught us about growing our potatoes in a tire! What you do is find a sunny spot of land and fill in a little good dirt in the tire. I know it is truly glamorous looking right? Don't knock it till you tried it!   When you do, you add about 5 pieces of potato with good eyes and press them in the dirt, eyes up. (sorry I didn't get pictures of this step by step). Cover the potatoes up with just a little bit of good soil. Water daily and watch for growth... before long you will have this! Now what you do is add another tire on top and more soil to cover the leaves...  you will do this until you see blooms on the leaves and then you are ready to dig your potatoes!I just read that some people have yielded 38 lbs of potatoes from planting them in tires! You can read more about this ultra cool (haha) way of planting tires here. So round up some tires and get thee some seed potatoes. This is fun and you are growing your own food, which in turn helps us be more healthy and frugal! Then you can Boil em, Mash em, Stick em in a Stew. If you have any more frugal tips or ways of living, leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you! If I get enough I will compile another list to go on The Front Porch for next week! My Cup Runneth Over...Chas 07:37 - Thursday, May 1, 2008 - post comment
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Description Welcome to the Journey of our lives here at our place on this Mountain, our Heritage Acres Homestead. My name is Chas and here you will find my thoughts, my ideas and my accomplishments of my life as a Christian wife to my Sweetheart of many years, and as a Homeschooling Moma to my 4 beautiful blessings. We are making the most out of what God has abundantly blessed us with! Truly, My Cup Runneth Over... I hope you enjoy your visit here and come back soon! 
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