Comments on: WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP x2

By: Aspen

Aspen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:25:53 +0000

I would love the lentil loaf recipe! Also, I have been looking over your Freedom Seed list again. I already placed a small order when I ordered my DVD but there are a few more things that interest me.

I am also becoming more interested in saving my own seeds and sharing them locally. I am becoming more and more concerned about food security and want to do my part to protect our food supply.

By: The Future

The Future — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:32:57 +0000

This is great.

Is it the case that the grains you are using you are not growing yourselves? Does everything you grew in that list say homegrown in front of it? Curious as to how self sufficient you are for calories (vs. all foods). If you grow 99%, what is the 1% you buy composed of?

By: Juanita

Juanita — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:51:27 +0000

My husband and I put in a 10 x 4 raised bed just after the new year. We're using the square foot gardening method. We also planted some garlic and strawberries in pots. Can't wait to start harvesting. We are really enjoying watching everything start to grow - lettuces, carrots, beets, chard and peas all in the baby seedling stage right now!

By: Dirty Girl Gardening

Dirty Girl Gardening — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:50:44 +0000

I love your "cast of characters"

By: Chas

Chas — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:33:52 +0000

We are in the process right now of a $40 a week grocery budget. This is a big one for us. A family of 6 and trying to use what we have in the pantry as well as what we have in the freezer. It is working rather well thus far. Three more weeks to go.
Once we make that, if we have enough left, I will try again for next month.
Blessings,
Chas

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:51:37 +0000

I can't believe you're still getting tomatoes!

By: Mavis

Mavis — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:15:25 +0000

I liked the idea of you taking pictures of your weekly meals so much that I've started taking pictures of our dinners as well... It's rather eye opening. Here's to eating better... hopefully soon.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:09:20 +0000

I am hoping to decrease our monthly food budget of $280. (for 6 people- 4 growing boys, mom & dad). I am hoping by the summer when we can actually pull things from our garden, to be spending under $200. Maybe a lot less than that...

We just got 2 goats, who will have babies in the next month of so, and we are going to milk them. In milk ALONE each week, we buy 6-7 gallons regular milk and 3 half gallons of soy milk (for lactose intolerant mom). There is almost $35 a week! That is most of our budget. I am hoping by Fall, that we are only buying flour (BIG ONE!), and other necessities that we can't produce ourselves.

I think our changes are going to be BIG this year!