Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living
Posted on | February 24, 2012 | 11 Comments
Hello Frugal Confessions Readers!
Here is my frugal confession of the week:
Planting season started about a month ago here in Houston. Everyone knows that purchasing seeds is much cheaper than purchasing vegetable plants from nurseries. However, for the last two years I have missed the opportunity to plant seeds. By the time I figured out that it was the planting season (I am originally from PA), I had to plant seedlings instead or risk a harvest that would be too late.
This year I have been more diligent; in the second week in January I weeded our vegetable garden and Paul added in organic compost (the soil here is clay). Then, I planted tomato, red bell pepper, spinach, and romaine lettuce seeds. I checked last week, and we have several seedlings all ready!
My total spent on seeds and organic compost was $30.65. Let’s hope I reap this back plus more in fresh produce!
What is your confession of the week? I’d love to hear it!
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February 24th, 2012 @ 11:34 am
Good that you seeded directly in the soil instead of seedlings. This way, the plants will develop a long tap root and require less watering.
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FruGal Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
I was not aware of that benefit. All the better! Especially if we happen to get hit with another drought…
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February 24th, 2012 @ 5:13 pm
Just found you on Twitter and the two words that caused me to read your blog are: frugal, and environmental. I studied Environmental Science in the UK, and lived a frugal year with my husband and 3 sons in Belize. My husband is also from PA originally.
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FruGal Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Very neat! Looks like we have a lot in common. Thank you for visiting!
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February 25th, 2012 @ 4:59 am
Nothing like home grown tomatoes. We’re in PA and planning the garden right now.
Have you thought about investing in a composter? We love ours.
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Amanda L Grossman Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 7:37 am
Hi Olivia!
I am from PA as well (currently living in Houston).
We have a composter that we purchased for half price from the City of Houston (woohoo!) and love it as well. It has produced soil on the bottom, but not enough to recharacterize the clay soil here. So that’s why we purchased all those bags of soil. But I am definitely going to incorporate our compost into a few pots for herbs.
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February 25th, 2012 @ 7:33 pm
Love your site! Hope you get a lot of fresh produce from it! You may have motivated me to plant some veggies myself (I’m in Southern California) so maybe I can still do it?
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FruGal Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Welcome from Southern California! If I were you, I would google the farm/ag extension office out there and check out the planting zone information they have for you. I am not originally from Houston (which is why I have missed the seed planting season the last few years), but was able to find a lot of great information.
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February 28th, 2012 @ 9:15 pm
I think my confession is I don’t even know where to begin with my garden. We bought a house in June, and we have a quarter of an acre. I very much want to get some vegetables going, but it’s still freezing here in Portland, and the yard is barely past it’s foreclosure state. I think I’m going to take it in steps, building my compost pile and raised beds this year, starting an herb garden that isn’t dependent on weather, and tackle the big stuff next year.
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March 2nd, 2012 @ 11:14 am
just read this…way to go!! let me know how it goes!
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FruGal Reply:
March 4th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Thanks! I have a few seedlings that popped up so far. Am hopeful!
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