Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Snowed in

Today I organized the garage so I can get my car in there. Mostly I stacked stuff up to make room. The original intent was only to check on my rototiller to see if there was gas in the tank. Yep, there was so I put some Lucas gas treatment in the tank, only a little gas was in it...shot some starter fluid in the carb and pulled twice and it fired, and died...pulled again and vroom...I let it run until the gas was gone. I also cleaned the underside of the mower...must have been tired when I put it away in November or whenever I mowed last...I scraped and brushed it cleaned, then sprayed wd-40 all over the underside. I felt good about getting that done. I am not used to taking care of the gasoline powered machines..so I am learning. Getting ready for the next snow storm..tired of being snowed in...and shoveling.

Monday, February 8, 2010

urban homesteading

While cutting celery that I was given at market on Friday, and dehydrating it, I thought about sharing the things I do here in my home to live more frugally and better. I make two loaves of bread with the organic flour I have stored in the pantry. Went to the freezer and pulled out a pork roast, cut some of that celery, onion and seasoned it up good before I baked it for 3 hours. Then in the last hour, I poured some of my home made and canned sauerkraut over it to finish baking. I also got some corn out of my freezer that I had frozen previous summer. I whipped up a half gallon of instant non-fat milk from storage, and made baked corn. I also peeled potatoes that I bought from the store on sale and made gourmet mashed potatoes which I love. Homemade dinner on a budget!!
Today I took some of the pork, pulled it, seasoned it with BBQ sauce, toasted some buns that I was given at market(I work there)and had a pork BBQ for dinner...Then I packed up the left over BBQ into 3 containers, just enough for me and froze it for quick meal later. I also put the remaining pork back in the sauerkraut and froze it for a meal later. I have saved energy, mine and the electric company and will have quick meals another day. I am done buying prepared foods from the store with all their chemicals and inferior quality and high price. You can do it too!!