March week 1.

Well we spent 130$ of the food budget this week.  About half at Kroger there buy 5 save 5 and stacking with coupons. Got 5 mos of butter, cheese sliced and shredded, flour and some chicken wings for man. I make out bread and other items instead of buying boxed. Needless to say we use about 25-30 lb of flour a month. Also got Bountiful Baskets, 8 lb of organic strawberries for 17$, 5 loves of sourdough bread and a normal basket. We love Bountiful Baskets, saves us in fruits and vegetables cost during the  garden offseason and keeps us away from the store. 

The only was we saved was hanging 6 loads of laundry out to dry, 3 more dollars and less power used

March

Well I have some goals for this month. 1st use as little of my 250$ food budget. I have a deep freeze full of meat and fruit and veggies. All of my bulk storage buckets are full. Besides buying milk and bananas how much can I save. We shall see. I will be logging my weekly shopping trips and logging it here. We also have a goal to use less power. That means more drying clothes outside. At an average of 50 cents a load it should add up. We do 4-6 loads a week. 

Second we got the garden beds in for two of them it cost 124$. I hope to have them pay for themselves this season. My goal is to sell my extra produce. I live on a very busy corner and my municipality allows for farmers market sales as long as I dont go over my weeks. Seems easy enough but could be difficult. I plan on selling my produce for half of the going store price.