Hi! Welcome to my blog! My name is Jane (PlainJane) and I am the blessed and happy wife to Jeff and doubly blessed mama of two perfectly wonderful daughters. Please join me as I share our Lifestyle of Learning through Christian homeschooling and homesteading on our little hobby farm with our prairie girls.
Bookworm is our dd14/9th grader.
Our perfectionist and over-achiever. She loves reading, playing violin, her Paint horse, Annie, being a farm girl, and History re-entacting.
Ladybug
is our dd11/6th grader.
Our "girls just want to have fun" girl. She loves to play and has a great sense of humor, but also likes reading, music, her Quarter Horse, Kitty, and History re-enactment.
We are finished reading
the Moody books
By Sarah Maxwell
and HIGHLY recommend them
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he said to them, "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you -- THEY ARE YOUR LIFE. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Deuteronomy 32:46-47
Jul. 8, 2008~ Tightwad Tuesday - Putting Away ~
Saving money on food is a big deal for all of us now days.
At our home, we have been putting in a large garden and canning for several years now, but with the current food shortages and rising prices, we are determined more than ever to put in the extra effort to have a really bountiful crop and stock the shelves with as much as possible. Sooo, while I am having a bit of a break between planting and harvest, we decided to go to a U-Pick near our home this past Saturday for fresh strawberries. The four of us gathered 4 one-gallon buckets full of beautiful berries in less than an hour. Most of them I washed, took off the tops, placed them on cookie sheets & set them in the freezer to freeze individually, and then bagged for use later. But I also made 10 half-pint jars of strawberry preserves.
Our local grocery store is advertising a "sale" on their strawberries for $2.50/lb. The local Super Walmart is selling them at $2.20-something or .30-something (I forget). We paid $1.35/lb for fresh, perfectly ripe berries. (big smile).
In about two weeks we will go back and do the same with blueberries! Yum, Yum.
Please join us for Tightwad Tuesday with your money-saving tips or visit our sweet hostess, Mary, for links to other money-saving ideas.
That looks delicious! You know, I have canned a few things in the past, and always intend to can more the next year. Well, the next year comes and goes, and I have nothing to show for it. No longer! You have inspired me, and I'm going to try to find a U-pick around here (okay, so I'm in the Sonoran Desert here in Phoenix, so a little prayer would help, lol!). Thanks for the inspiration, and for sharing with us today!
I totally miss the berry picking seasons! We live in the desert now and I'm spoiled from growing up in Mich where the strawberries and blueberries were sweet and plentiful. We get a few jars of my mom's strawberry preserves so I don't miss out!
Your jars of strawberry preserves look so pretty. I just bought a jar of strawberry jam last week and couldn't believe how much it cost. I'm going to have to make my own or the kids are going to have to start liking grape jelly.
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This is something I'd really love to do, but I don't have a big freezer. Well, I have an extra freezer in the garage refrigerator, but it is full of bread, meat and popcicles. Are you going to make blueberry jam too?
Jenn
I only wish we could be there with you to help with the work! I'm sure it is A LOT of work! I just keep thinking how great an experience it must be to do that. God has truly blessed you with the work at hand!!!
Have a blessed day and our prayers are with you :)
Our local grocery store is advertising a "sale" on their strawberries for $2.50/lb. The local Super Walmart is selling them at $2.20-something or .30-something (I forget). We paid $1.35/lb for fresh, perfectly ripe berries. (big smile).
Shari Ellen 
