Pictures from Google Images   This is how I felt when I left the supermarket this morning.    In truth I didn't even have a t...

We are starting to scrape the bottom of the fresh foods 'barrel' now and I'm using up whatever I find lurking in the sala...

  The day started very promising with a weak sun burning through the mist that was lying low on the paddock.  I rushed to put on a load...

I had just started to do the usual weekly menu plan on Monday, when I realised that rummaging about in the freezers to see what we had ...

  And now -  TODAY - it really starts .... the truly frugal living.    Once again my cupboards are full, not purposefully filled up...

Sticking to our Not Spending in September Challenge when we ran out of bread in the freezer this morning I decided to have a quick baki...

    Here they are in order of size, the very last homegrown tomatoes of Summer.  I've had a poor tomato year this year, as have m...

The not spending in September is going pretty well, last week I spent £32 out of my housekeeping budget, so that's the £18 saved st...

  I find the best way of saving money  and running down the cupboards and freezers in a logical way is to menu plan.  Thirty minutes...

Last month I was going to challenge myself not to spend ..... it fizzled out through lack of keeping track and circumstances.  I decide...

We're picking up the pieces of life on the farm, Lovely Hubby is out 'tinkering' with his tractor (assembling from scratch ...

The last strawberries of Summer......that's what we thought on Tuesday when we shared these as a little treat fresh from the polytunnel...