I don’t know about you, but I’ve been pinning on Pinterest for a while now, and I actually do some of the things I pin. I find this quicker than reading a book at the library about a subject I like. I thought I would share two pins today, because they both support a frugal lifestyle: gardening and home cooking.
I have a “home outdoors” pinboard, where I thought a pallet garden idea looked fabulous. I got a rough start, and it’s only gotten worse. Despite growing roots, my plants are failing. The soil washes out when I water with my drip irrigation system. All but one of my pole beans has died. Additionally, I didn’t place them properly between the slats: the herbs should have been above the tomatoes to avoid being shaded out. Conclusion: I love the idea of using vertical space and the bunnies aren’t a bother, but I won’t be planting a pallet next year.
I also have a food pinboard. And while I did not use the pallet for planting all my veggies, I did make a hash browns recipe that included the veggies of zucchini and potatoes. I repinned the recipe from Alea, whom you may have seen before through a prior Frugal Tuesday Tip. Conclusion: I loved the recipe, and had hopes of extra crispiness from my waffle iron. I didn’t detect a difference, and had to invert my waffle iron to remove the food, which seemed dangerous.
It’s time for the Frugal Tuesday Tip!
The Frugal Tuesday Tip is a linky blog hop dedicated to encouraging the frugal lifestyle. The Frugal Tuesday Tip is hosted by:
- Sara at Learning the Frugal Life
- Jennifer at Getting Ahead
- and me, juliecache!
Anyone with a frugal tip can share. Just post a frugal tip on your own blog, then come here to add your post (the permalink) with the linky tool. Your post will appear on all of our blogs. Please adhere to the following rules or your post may be deleted:
- Please use your permalink, which is the URL to your post not your home page. If you don’t know what a permalink is you’ll find instructions here.
- Please keep your post on topic.
- Please link to a post you have written in the past 7 days.
- Please DO NOT link to a giveaway.
- Please link back to one of your hostesses or add the button below to your post.
Last words (I have lot today!): look for your tax free shopping days and school supply sales at the office supply stores, because they are good whether you have kids or not.
Happy savings this week!