Farm Stands, Pickled Beets and More - EP 1043

Today, I take your questions in an old-school LFTN Variety Show: Pickling beets, more about our new farmstand, how to prioritize what you grow in your smaller garden space, how to prioritize your time on the homestead and more. We will also cover our usual Monday segments.

Featured Event: River and Imanee’s Solstice Meetup at Haven Villiage, June 21 - I will be making cheese in case you want to come see that. 

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast, InvestableWealth.com

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• 20 quarts of extra tomato sauce from last year
• Initiating canning season with round one of pickling
• Drying herbs from the garden on rotation - adding it to the homestead store
• Preparing meatloafs in advance while also cooking them for now

Weekly Shopping Report

Dollar Tree was first.  The drink selection always changes, but there was plenty of stock.  That’s all we needed in there this time, after adding a variety of storage containers and the like, and minor health items over the past several weeks.

The online price of a 2x4x8 stud at Home Depot is still $3.85.

Aldi was last.  We found everything we wanted.  There have been a number of price changes since the last report, but nothing dramatic.  Egg and milk prices have definitely come down.  Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39; eggs: $3.46 (-); whole milk: $2.66 (-); heavy cream: $5.29; OJ: $4.25 (+); butter: $3.75 (+); bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.39; sugar: $3.29 (+); flour: $2.35; and 80% ground beef: $4.69 (+).

I may make an additional trip tomorrow to Walgreens as I recently opened my last melatonin, and I want another wrist brace.  I will likely also stop at the adjacent Food City for another bag of Meow Mix (that our cats ask for by name).

Untainted regular gasoline at Weigels is still $3.59/gallon.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Down here in Florida we are getting ready for the Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday.  For two weeks we get to purchase things such as batteries, coolers, tarps, radios, fuel tanks, and generators and not have to pay sales tax.  We are currently in the market for a new generator and we are going to save about $100 buying that during this break.  So look up your states tax holidays and see what you can purchase during them and save some money.

Happy Savings y'all

Main topic of the Show: A variety show

Tina in Arkansas asks:

“I’ve got more beets than we can eat—how do you preserve them?

Nicole Sauce’s Pickled Beet Recipe

1/4 bushel beets makes about seven quarts

Brine: