tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post5526558354245923443..comments2024-03-28T08:29:42.059-04:00Comments on Cheryl's Frugal Corner: An Arbor for Food and Food for ThoughtCheryl Kimbleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-12612293210008924272018-05-24T08:28:41.728-04:002018-05-24T08:28:41.728-04:00Oh Angela what a cute story. Reminds me of the Ch...Oh Angela what a cute story. Reminds me of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree!<br />I don't mind misshapen fruit or veggies at all. I don't understand why they create a problem myself.<br />I guess people are just strange!!<br />Have a great day and thank you for such a sweet story.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-25231618291303712622018-05-23T22:27:40.100-04:002018-05-23T22:27:40.100-04:00When we were little, my sister would always insist...When we were little, my sister would always insist on bringing home the fruit and vegetables that were misshapen because she was afraid no one would take it home. She got this idea from reading a book called Patchy Pumpkin about a pumpkin that no one wanted to make into a jack-o-lantern because it wasn't cute enough. <br />I personally like to buy the ugly lemons and limes because they always seem to be the juiciest ones!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346526327368134411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-36936403118383370742018-05-23T18:59:28.547-04:002018-05-23T18:59:28.547-04:00Well the stores could probably write off of their ...Well the stores could probably write off of their taxes - but you are right, the govt. has to get their two cents or dollars!<br /><br />We have a lot of programs around here that feed kids lunch during the summer, since they aren't getting lunch in school. Our park does that. Kids don't have to go without - food could be donated for something like that.<br />Have a good one.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-8653015213532117182018-05-23T18:57:12.798-04:002018-05-23T18:57:12.798-04:00My FIL worked at a milk production factory at one ...My FIL worked at a milk production factory at one time and said that older milk was collected and turned into chocolate ice cream. enough flavoring added that no on knew it was old! To this day my MIL will not eat chocolate ice cream. LOL<br />The date on my milk is a sell by date and in no way emphasizes how long it will last. I use way past date as long as it tastes good.<br /><br />Kris good for you on using older items as well. Not a thing wrong with them and it sure saves money!<br />If I got a job at a grocery - they would probably fire soon thereafter - as I 'd be given the what for!!!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-85562942614489314532018-05-23T17:57:06.288-04:002018-05-23T17:57:06.288-04:00Just another thought. Rather than throw it out (i...Just another thought. Rather than throw it out (if it can't be donated to a shelter of some sort or organization) why not give free bags away for people to compost. Oh, but that wouldn't work, because then the government couldn't collect tax dollars on that!<br /><br />Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12293012592263272563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-28526348146777731142018-05-23T17:53:48.371-04:002018-05-23T17:53:48.371-04:00I never go by the expiration date either. I'v...I never go by the expiration date either. I've used items that were five years old. If it smells and looks bad then it gets dumped.<br /><br />I was reading a blog on Facebook where a lady contacted the grocery store and found our that they THROW OUT their expired milk. She made a deal with them that she would take it. On her first visit I think she came home with something like 17 half gallons of milk. It was perfectly drinkable, but with that amount she also gives it to her pigs, chickens and some other animals she has (which helps with the nutrition and feed costs). Maybe I should try getting a job in a grocery store!! No wonder their prices are sky high!! Unfortunately, I'm too old to start milking goats again!Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12293012592263272563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-42980588743329100862018-05-23T15:48:03.910-04:002018-05-23T15:48:03.910-04:00Obviously more cents than since!!! Crazy - not on...Obviously more cents than since!!! Crazy - not only is it incredibly non-healthy - but the cost factor! I just don't understand people.<br />I spend so little on groceries - especially in the summer.<br />I do like stocking up and great finds, but usually have most of what is needed weekly.<br /><br />I am so glad there are many of us trying to spread the word on waste and on being frugal. IF we help just one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />Have a good one.<br />Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-84921359547000272432018-05-23T15:43:37.252-04:002018-05-23T15:43:37.252-04:00I use the compost pile when necessary. I sure try...I use the compost pile when necessary. I sure try to eat all I can. Meat scraps often go out for stray kitties or opossum!<br /><br />I like to re-invent leftover into new dishes. I bet having chickens does get rid of a lot of waste.<br />You go girl! Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-73276660593909245992018-05-23T15:41:23.025-04:002018-05-23T15:41:23.025-04:00You are welcome. Hope the pics help!You are welcome. Hope the pics help!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-66145577888082370192018-05-23T15:40:36.531-04:002018-05-23T15:40:36.531-04:00Hi Laurie - Yes Mimi is good about using everythin...Hi Laurie - Yes Mimi is good about using everything or having an idea for it. Like you, I try to use up everything - if I can't I give to someone that can.<br />I love that there are so many of us that are like minded.<br />Thanks girly!!!!! Have a good one.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-80943257494567454902018-05-23T13:56:08.495-04:002018-05-23T13:56:08.495-04:00The pictures of your simple arbor are great, and i...The pictures of your simple arbor are great, and it is beautiful. Never got around to having one when I was in Egg Harbor. Now I can't. <br /><br />The food waste issue is completely in my radar too. I see how much gets wasted whenever I go to take my one bag of trash to the dumpster each week. I am totally amazed also, at how much fast food comes into the apt. building I am in. I see one man who goes for coffee and a breakfast sandwich daily for his family, the wife goes for fast food for lunch, the kids come in with huge drink cups from a fast food place after school, and then the father picks up dinner again in the evening. They spend more per day, than I do per week on my groceries. All I can do is shake my head, and pay more attention to make sure I am not wasting my money or my food. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579989452439876698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-15143451758548833332018-05-23T10:36:24.270-04:002018-05-23T10:36:24.270-04:00oh and we have found a way to not waste food, betw...oh and we have found a way to not waste food, between our compost pile and our chickens and our dog , all get quite a few of the almost but not quite gone completely bad food items, their systems are much better prepared biologically to deal with a few pathogens that would put my system under stress! and the compost pile makes it way back to the veggie garden eventually, the heat from composting destroying those pathogensEllenMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862195995276660737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-49540976114252192332018-05-23T10:34:25.470-04:002018-05-23T10:34:25.470-04:00Thank you very much for posting your grape arbor p...Thank you very much for posting your grape arbor pictures. It really does give me ideas on how we can do ours. We even have some lumber from a previous project so reduce reuse recycle there, too.EllenMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862195995276660737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-54333285683544552322018-05-23T08:41:51.372-04:002018-05-23T08:41:51.372-04:00Waste!!! My soap box! I try to reinvent, save, pi...Waste!!! My soap box! I try to reinvent, save, pick others trash you name it. <br />Check out this blog A Tray of Bliss, atrayofbliss.blogspot.com <br />Mimi has done a few posts about wastefulness. LaurieShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669706520501609006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-69295024139175436282018-05-22T18:06:37.384-04:002018-05-22T18:06:37.384-04:00I will go read that for sure. many kids haven'...I will go read that for sure. many kids haven't been t aught not to waste. They get anything and everything they want - IT DOESN'T COST NOTHING!!!!!<br /><br />It is so sad to see just waste and disregard in this world.<br />Thanks my friend for spreading the word as well!!!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-90487495005548083992018-05-22T17:28:54.252-04:002018-05-22T17:28:54.252-04:00I just wrote a post about students wasting snack p...I just wrote a post about students wasting snack pack food. It hurts my heart to see it happening. SO many people, like you said, can and will use this food. Something needs to be done about this!Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-64351436470375834242018-05-22T13:47:59.108-04:002018-05-22T13:47:59.108-04:00I am so glad to hear that your area store does tha...I am so glad to hear that your area store does that. It is just sinful in my eyes, to trash decent food.<br />You are right, it could be fed to animals, or even composted - but no they trash it.<br />Many poison it so others can't use it. Pitiful!!!<br />Thanks for letting me know!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-62913112936790406372018-05-22T13:46:15.448-04:002018-05-22T13:46:15.448-04:00Thanks.
Yes, start at home and then we can educate...Thanks.<br />Yes, start at home and then we can educate and hopefully expand to our neighborhoods and grocers. Helping each other is what it is all about.<br />Waste not - want not!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-41237556827106522242018-05-22T13:44:53.559-04:002018-05-22T13:44:53.559-04:00WOW that is amazing. I know diet has a lot to do ...WOW that is amazing. I know diet has a lot to do with how we feel. That is so great that you have figured out what causes you trouble.<br />Oh, but I don't think I could give up tomatoes or their products! But that is just me.<br /><br />We all have to make choices for our bodies and our families. We also need to make choices for the betterment of society!<br />Thanks for the info!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-78369132320114786802018-05-22T13:16:07.487-04:002018-05-22T13:16:07.487-04:00It is just another way for them to make more money...It is just another way for them to make more money and it is so sad. They can use it for animal feed if nothing else. It makes me sick. I know our local Albertsons takes all old things to the food bank, which I appreciate.Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-30863998135626618712018-05-22T11:56:43.393-04:002018-05-22T11:56:43.393-04:00I totally agree with you! I'm watching the wa...I totally agree with you! I'm watching the waste her myself and trying my best to use up everything. It's going to start here at home first. I love your arbor by the way. I could do that! Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-21635863753049713552018-05-22T11:47:32.835-04:002018-05-22T11:47:32.835-04:00This is well said! I have a choice between Kroger ...This is well said! I have a choice between Kroger and Albertsons, so I will chose Kroger due to their efforts. We have started eating less, but eating better. Very few packaged foods, and no more of what's known as The Deadly Nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, etc.) I've just read The Plant Paradox and found that my pain in hands and legs subsides when I don't eat plants with lectins.At Rivercrest Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068816102263605128noreply@blogger.com