January Discount Grocery Haul

It's the beginning of the month and time for another discount grocery haul. I honestly wish that my favorite grocery store was all over so that everyone could get such great value for their food dollars. This doesn't account for all of our nutritional needs for the month but it sure does make a dent and I purchased all of this for $238.

I'll start with the snacks:
~ 5 boxes of Annie's Organic Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Granola Bars
~ 5 boxes of Annie's Organic Chewy Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
~ 2 bags of Annie's Organic Grabbits Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies
~ 3 bags of Annie's Organic Grabbits Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
~ 3 bags of Annie's Organic Chocolate Chip Cookies
~ 3 bags of Annie's Organic Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
~ 3 bags of Annie's Organic Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
~ 1 box of Nature's Path Organic Love Crunch Dark Chocolate and Red Berries
~ 1 box of Nature's Path Organic Love Crunch Dark Chocolate Macaroon
~ 1 box of Nature's Path Organic Love Crunch Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Next up is breakfast foods:
~ 1 box Core Organic Pecan Spice Granola
~ 1 box Cascadian Farm Organic Fruit and Nut Cereal
~ 1 box Full Circle Farm Organic Frosted Flakes Cereal
~ 1 box Barbaras Multigrain Spoonfuls Cereal
~ 1 box Nature's Path Organic Love Crunch Dark Chocolate and Red Berries Cereal
~ 1 box Nature's Path Organic Love Crunch Dark Chocolate Macaroon Cereal
~ 1 box Nature's Path Organic Love Crunch Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cereal
~ 10 boxes Nature's Path Organic Unfrosted Granny's Apple Pie Toaster Pastries
~ 4 6 packs Stonyfield Organic Kids Strawberry and Banana Yogurt Cups
~ 4 containers Stonyfield Organic Double Cream Yogurt

Here's the kid friendly lunch items:
~ 6 24 count Oscar Mayer Jumbo Angus Beef Uncured Franks
~ 4 packs Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat Hot Dog Buns
~ 3 boxes Buff Bake White Cocolate Protein Peanut Spread Chia and Flax
~ 6 jars Peanut Butter and Co Smooth Operator Creamy Peanut Butter
~ 5 cans Health Valley Organic No Salt Added Chicken Rice Soup
~ 1 can Progresso Organic Black Bean Soup
~ 1 can Progresso Organic Savory Bean Soup
~ 24 boxes Annie's Organic Shells and Real Aged Cheddar
~ 2 loaves Nature's Own Non-GMO Perfectly Crafted Multigrain Bread
~ 1 loaf  Nature's Own Non-GMO Perfectly Crafted White Bread
~ 1 loaf  Nature's Own Life Sugar Free 100% Whole Grain Bread

We also picked up some drinks:
~ 1 bottle Ocean Spray Organic Cranberry Apple Juice
~ 2 bottles Ocean Spray Organic Cranberry Blueberry Juice
~ 1 bottle Ceres Organic Guava Juice
~ 1 bottle Synergy Organic Kombucha Gingerberry
~ 4 boxes CapriSun Organic Grape Juice Pouches
~ 6 bottles Grown Right Organic Cherry Limeade

Next are main meal items:
~ 8 packages Buitoni Non-GMO Roasted Garlic and Chives Pappardelle Pasta
~ 12 boxes Imagine Heirloom Jacob's Cattle Beans with Roasted Peppers Soup
~ 10 cans Manischewitz Non-GMO Matzo Meal
~ 60lbs Perdue Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters

These are the fresh (and frozen) fruits and veggies:
~ 2 packages Earthbound Farm Organic Baby Spinach and Arugula
~ 1 bag Dole Non-GMO Mango Chunks
~ 5 bags Simply Perfect Non-GMO Sweet Potatoes
~ 4 Wholesum Harvest Organic Eggplants
~ 4 Lemons
~ 8 Limes

And that leaves us with miscellaneous other items:
~ 1 container Polly-O Part Skim Ricotta Cheese
~ 1 container Turkey Hill Stuff'd Double Cookies 'n Cream Ice Cream
~ 1 container Turkey Hill Trio'politan Ice Cream
~ 1 container Turkey Hill Party Cake Ice Cream
~ 3 boxes Pacific Organic Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
~ 1 container Nature's Supreme Pure Sea Salt
~ 4 bags Enjoy Life Non-GMO Semi-sweet Chocolate Mega Chunks
~ 2 packages Meyenberg Whole Powdered Goat Milk
~ 2 bags Ghirardelli Caramel Chips

I really love this bargain grocery store. They don't carry everything that I need to feed the family but the things that they do have are amazingly priced!!! The rest of our groceries will probably be picked up in bits and pieces so I don't plan on sharing those. I just couldn't resits sharing these incredible finds!!!

Until next time,

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Starting Seeds ~ 2018 Kitchen Garden

~ Starting Seeds In Yogurt Cups ~

I've never had much luck with the seed starting kits that you can buy at the garden supply store. Instead I opt to re-use single serve yogurt cups and potting soil. I'm really liking these clear Stonyfield yogurt cups because the paper label isn't glued down.

~ Big Boy Starting Seeds ~

I had planned on starting seeds at the beginning to middle of March but we have gotten a little behind. Here's what we were supposed to have finished already:

Seeds To Start Indoors 5-6 Weeks Before Last Frost (March 6-13)

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Eggplant

Peppers

Sweet Potatos

Tomatoes

So far we've started Yellow Brandywine tomatoes, Red Brandywine tomatoes, Mr. Stripey tomatoes, Sugar Lump tomatoes, Pepperocini peppers, Red Cherry peppers, and Black Beauty eggplant. With 9 varieties of peppers, 2 varieties of eggplant and 7 varieties of tomatoes in our seed inventory, we have some decisions to make. Should we plant a few of each variety or a lot of a few varieties? We are currently leaning hard on planting only a few varieties. 

Seeds To Plant In The Garden 2-4 Weeks Before Last Frost (March 20 - April 3)

Beets

Carrots

Celery

Peas

Potatoe

Radish

We are squarely in the middle of this time frame. However, I'm not sure when we will get to planting seeds outside as we took down the garden a few weeks ago and haven't set it back up yet. What I mean by that is that we took all the raised beds out of the garden area and spread out the small amount of soil that was left in them.

We had a load, 11 cubic yards, of mulch delivered and then it snowed. We are currently waiting for the 13" of snow to melt so we can get to the mulch. It will be moved to the garden area and spread out as a base, so we don't have to worry about mowing between the beds. Once the mulch is spread out, we can put the beds where we want them and have a load of topsoil and mushroom soil delivered...... and moved to fill up the beds.

Our new time frame is to have the garden put back together and everything planted, as listed on this page, by the end of April. Wish us luck!!

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"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."  Genesis 8:22

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Todays Harvest

I'm so pleased with our garden harvest today. We haven't worked in the garden for so long that the weed have totally taken over. Thankfully, neglect doesn't stop the productivity of our nightshades.

What a great start to our morning's harvest!!

We originally went out to see if there was anything left of the potato patch. The plants had come up beautifully, grew thick and strong, and then died. I totally missed noticing that they died because the weeds took over so fast that the bed always looked green. By the time I noticed what had happened, I gave up all hope of having a harvest.

The last (and only) time that I left the potatoes in the ground the mice had very nicely eaten them all. When we went to harvest, we found lovely holes where there had once been mature potatoes. After that episode, I vowed to harvest the potatoes as soon as all the plants had died back. That didn't happen this year, of course.

As I was saying, we originally went out to see if there were any potatoes to harvest because I purchased a lot of chicken in my last grocery trip and I had wanted to make chicken in the crock-pot. I'll post the recipe another time. I had just used all the potatoes that I had on hand and my fingers were crossed that by some chance, we could get at least a few potatoes out of the bed. I was well pleased to find half a bucket full.

Then, we all turned our attention to the adjacent beds that were full to overflowing with tomatoes and eggplants. I'm surprised how many cherry tomatoes are still green. But it's reassuring that there will be plenty more in the next days and weeks. A great deal were already split and many more were already on the ground. Those will all go to the hens.

Today's harvest all washed up and sitting pretty.

Until next time,
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"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." Genesis 8:22