tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post5138987440496989236..comments2023-10-31T04:05:57.303-05:00Comments on Living and Gardening in the Ozarks: Cobblers and French Breadgldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-13203888346705184492011-01-16T11:29:25.079-06:002011-01-16T11:29:25.079-06:00Love your blogs, very informative.Love your blogs, very informative.Roxann in East Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12790207831927091372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-26666096651578976762011-01-15T17:52:28.239-06:002011-01-15T17:52:28.239-06:00We love cobbler too, it doesn't matter how it&...We love cobbler too, it doesn't matter how it's made. I do make it both ways though. Yours looks wonderful.<br /><br />I just made my first batch of home made laundry detergent. I'm not sure I have the right consistency. We are venturing toward a greener and more frugal life style with small steps. <br /><br />We raise a garden and last summer I managed to do some canning and freezing. Canning in itself was a major learning experience for me. I plan on doing more of it this year.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169049176661742835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-45662916548288506862011-01-15T16:17:14.628-06:002011-01-15T16:17:14.628-06:00Thanks for sharing what you do and what you think ...Thanks for sharing what you do and what you think about certain services and products. It's good to hear what others think.<br /><br />We've considered ditching the trash too. Ours runs $5 a week and I get annoyed that I'm paying them for recyclables and fuel surcharges.<br /><br />DTV is here to stay (for now). We don't go see movies or rent. ($72 a month)<br /><br />I don't want/own a cell but hubby does for work (business deduction)<br /><br />Landline with internet is $70 a month too. (hate that)<br /><br />Glad to hear your thoughts on soap and laundry soap. Seems to be a popular thing to do but I'm not inspired. I did read an article from a appliance repair guy that said that we all use TOO MUCH soap in our washers, so I've cut back.<br /><br />I thought I'd grow dried beans but you've got me reconsidering it. I grew sunflowers for the seeds and that was a huge PIA so I tossed that.<br /><br />Heard the price of coffe is going up (along with everything else) Would love to know the best way to store (whole beans) long term. Have seen differing opinions on freezing. Vacumn pack perhaps?Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597093453934852571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-54214098103872260772011-01-15T14:40:13.156-06:002011-01-15T14:40:13.156-06:00I know....a lot of us are going through the anger ...I know....a lot of us are going through the anger phase now here....and it's amazing how many people this tragedy has affected without the national attention put on it. There's just a lot of anger that led to finger pointing at gun laws, Sarah Palin, and a bunch of other things....now, it's just hurt and sadness...especially for the 9 year old which has really gotten people angry. The discussion is now about why this guy should be wasting tax payer money and it's pretty explosive stuff.<br /><br />On money things, cable is another one of those things that people can do without...if you have a computer, you can get rid of all those silly zumba ads and save yourself another hundred and some bucks...or maybe sixty bucks at the cheapest? <br /><br />Well life is difficult enough so time to do some outside work:)Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-37035152990523811232011-01-15T13:28:36.918-06:002011-01-15T13:28:36.918-06:00I only have local land line phone. My 'long d...I only have local land line phone. My 'long distance' carrier is a Tracfone. Once a year I load up on minutes then I only use them for emergencies or the rare long distance call. $100/yr is the best buy and I always have minutes to roll over to the next.<br /><br />As for distraction - I'd say that cobbler of yours is a <i>real</i> culprit! *drool*Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-41336578305672481972011-01-15T10:33:17.465-06:002011-01-15T10:33:17.465-06:00One. You need to bring that cobbler to Tucson and...One. You need to bring that cobbler to Tucson and I'll make the coffee! Two. Get rid of all that stuff and simplify. I will not ever own a cell phone. You don't need them and they are a waste of money. My other half has one for an emergency on the road as the job is 45 minutes away in unpopulated desert. Cell phones distract...if they want to talk, they can leave a message and I'll get back to them:)Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-47090995572548724722011-01-15T08:57:57.875-06:002011-01-15T08:57:57.875-06:00I make cobbler both ways! Hubs' mom always ma...I make cobbler both ways! Hubs' mom always made it with pie crust, mine sometimes with batter and sometimes with pie crust. <br /><br />I don't know anything about cows, but when the folks had cows, they milked every day. I never knew you could skip a day till I started reading your blog. <br /><br />Yeah, we have satellite tv. Hubs could not live without it. OR his daily newspaper. If it wasn't for him, I'd have neither. There's an antenna in the attic I'd just hook up for Tulsa channels. My internet is $40 but the alternative is dial-up and I don't think I could blog then. I wouldn't want to try to do it at the library because it's a drive into town, they limit computer usage to 2 hours, and you can't upload pictures. We have one little cellphone that Jesse carries for emergencies. He is pretty good about not using it for contact with his friends since he found out I can see everybody's number and he got chewed out seriously for using it that way. I have it on the plan where it's $10 a month plus 25 cents a minute for any calls or texts that are made. That can really rack up if somebody texts for a few hours -- Jesse found that out! We have a land line that runs around $25, we don't do much long-distance calling and we were getting charged for long-distance setup anyway. So I called and they said they could take that monthly charge off and then just charge us thirty cents a minute when we did use long distance. If we get to where we need to make regular long distance calls, I think I'll get one of those cheap calling cards. You call the 800 number on the card and the call gets placed through them and comes off your card instead of going on your phone bill. I had to have a talk with Jesse about 411 and how it adds $1.95 to your bill every time you use it.<br /><br />I'm trying to use cloth, where possible, instead of disposable paper products.<br /><br />My grocery bill goes down when I start watching my portion sizes. I think that's how Grainlady gets by so cheaply on her groceries. They just don't eat that much. It's the way to go, really, if one can stick to it, which is a challenge for me.... Eat to live, not live to eat. Heh! <br /><br />I don't take magazine subscriptions, they're mostly ads anyway, and I can find anything I want to read about online. I buy books sometimes, if they're cookbooks or reference-type books on gardening or herbs. But I need to quit that. I don't need any more cookbooks, that's for sure!<br /><br />It's a shame there isn't a way to can bananas! I'll buy a big quantity of them on sale now and then and freeze them, but Hubs won't eat them frozen and so those are only for me and Jesse to eat, or for use in recipes.<br /><br />We don't have a trash service. They're $20 a month and that's just outlandish. We burn or compost paper. Other stuff goes to the recycling bin. What little that doesn't fit in that category, we save up, and then one of our friends in town lets us drop our little bag of stuff into their garbage can.<br /><br />I try to get Hubs to batch his trips to town, since he goes to his workout center three times a week. But if the way he does the route when we go garagin' is any indication, I'm thinking he's not as organized as he could be. He'll go someplace that's halfway home and then turn around and practically retrace his route to go somewhere else. I swear, I will never understand men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-68497527481041969992011-01-15T07:57:21.492-06:002011-01-15T07:57:21.492-06:00I make cobbler the way you do. It's the way m...I make cobbler the way you do. It's the way my mom taught all of us girls to make it.<br /><br />I've been doing serious reading about frugal living and know that there are ways we can cut back. We do have Direct TV. Living here in the city, there's little for my husband to do without it. <br /><br />I would think milking every day would be better for the cow. I know they don't like changes to their routines.Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687590785527530194noreply@blogger.com