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| two reasons we can't grow much of a garden - deer and trees how many deer can you see?
Other resource saving tips:
WATER:
When I am running water to let it
heat up for washing, I capture the runoff water for drinking, cooking, watering
plants, etc.
GREASE:
I save the grease from cooking
bacon. I use this grease for cooking
potatoes or other dishes that would compliment the flavor.
OTHER ITEMS OF TRASH:
Butter wrappers. I save these in a plastic bag in the
freezer. I use these for greasing baking
pans.
Cereal box liners. Although we rarely buy commercial cereal,
when I do I save the inner liner. I use
this for rolling out pie crusts, making tortillas on my tortilla press, tenderizing
or smashing dry bread into crumbs.
My dad always took this one step further. He would cut the cereal box apart, trace his
feet on the box, cut out the foot prints and slip it inside his boots. I think this was a holdover from his childhood - trying to make footwear last as long as possible. He also polished his boots every time he wore
them.
Foil and plastic bags. If I have not used the foil or plastic to
store meat, I wipe down (foil) or wash (plastic bags) and reuse.
Glass jars. Of course, I save and reuse all my canning
jars. But I also save straight sided
jars from the grocery store. These are
great for freezing . My freezer
currently has more canning jars in it than plastic zip type bags. I am a little suspicious of storing food in
plastic. I have glass jars with chopped onions, chopped peppers, blueberries,
corn, turkey broth, chicken broth, ham broth, peels, sloppy joes, spaghetti
sauce, chili, peas….in the freezer. As long as
you use straight sided jars and leave about an inch of head space you
shouldn’t have a problem with breakage.
Also I don’t put hot liquids straight into the freezer but slowly cool
them down first.
 
Some of the above lessons were
directly learned but Grandma but many more were inspired by her way of life. I am so glad Dad told me not to leave so much 'potato on the peel'. I don't use all of the ideas I have shared every time, but I use them as often as I can. Not to be miserly, but to watch for ways to be a better steward of the things with which God has
blessed me. I store food for family, and try to live frugally and responsibly so I have plenty to share.
And speaking of sharing - I’d be
interested to hear some of your ideas!
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Thursday, February 20, 2020
inspired by Grandma part 5
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6 comments:
Loving these memories and all this wisdom. Wished I'd learned more from my grandmother when she was still alive...
Thank you, Rebecca! I too, wished I'd learned more from both my grandmothers. Now that I am a grandmother, I feel like it is my responsibility ( and Joy!) to keep learning and teaching.
I enjoyed your articles. There is so much waste in our country.
Thank you, unknown. I'm always trying to figure out to reduce waste in our home. It can be a fun challenge!
What a lovely post and blog. Found it via down to earth. Doing a little blog - hopping with my morning coffee. I grew up on an old Farm by the sea. My parents and grandparents all lived frugal lives. We only ever bought what we needed and threw away very little. It all makes so much sense to me, and I do a lot of the same things myself now, as an adult. My father would use cardboard, like cereal boxes, for all sorts of things too. Blessings, Pam in Norway
Thank you for stopping by, Pam in Norway! We can learn so much from those who have come before us.
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