Friday 24 April 2015

A challenge in the hungry gap

https://www.livebelowtheline.com/me/lovefullshelves
Next week I'm doing the live below the line challenge.
I can spend £5 for food and drink for 5 days!
If anyone would like to sponsor me it would be greatly appreciated!
My nommy breakfasts will be rice pudding!
12p for 6oz of rice, 55p for a tin of evaporated milk and  8p for sugar!
85p for 5 (not particularly healthy) breakfasts!
Lunches will be....3 days of nettle soup..Which seems to have worked out at 8p a portion
(With bread at 4 x 4p a slice!)  So, 24p a lunch adds 72 p to my total.. £1.57
Other 2 lunches will be beanburgers in flatbread. Woot!
23p for a tin of kidney beans mixed with veg I've grown.
Flatbread are flour and a tbsp oil.....another 20p
Oooh I've spent £2!
Evening meals...
#1 Omelette with tomato 44p
#2 macaroni cheese  with froz veg 41p
#3 egg and chips 13p
#4 curry and flatbread 40p
#5 scone pizza and chips 42p
Adds £1.80
£3.80!
Cups of tea.
I'd rather have tea than crisps or biscuits  or cake!
25 tea bags 24p,  pint milk, 22p half bag sugar 25p. 71p  five cups of tea a day!
£4.51
Allowing the rest of the pennies for seed costs to grow the veg I've used.
No coffee, no cake, no biccies. All week...
Watch my sanity slip.

Tuesday 7 April 2015

Warmth

Love it...in the greenhouse. ..sweating!  Ok, too much information I know.., but it was lovely...and it's still 22 degrees in here and it's nearly bedtime!
And no fire....no heater.., woohoo! Warm weather....its cheap!
So the greenhouse is filling up...
My fairy garden! Mine I say!  Cant wait for the flowers to bloom! And teeny windmills made of plant labels and milk bottles!
Ok, I know I'm supposed to sell things...you know...vegetables...fruit maybe... but hey...cack all in season..girls gotta have a reason to smile😊
Back soon x

Thursday 2 April 2015

Fairies in the greenhouse

Somethings been happening in the greenhouse. ...teeny gardens have appeared. .....teeny arches, tyre swings, little paths and yard bells.
Sadly they'll have to find new homes, or there won't be room for the cabbages! And we all love cabbage☺☺
Fairy gardens, in the stall for easter weekend. £5 each.