A Practical Walk

More Than Expected

My little garden project just keeps on inspiring me. As I was watering it, I realized it might need more water that I was anticipating. On one hand, I’m trying to keep our water bill down, on the other, I want my plants to actually live! I’ve tried saving water when I’m working in the…
Complex & Intricate

Everything in this world is complex and intricate: I could go on and on. But think about it. When have we ever learned everything there is to know about something….even just one thing? Doctors are still learning more about our bodies’ cells. We still know so little about outer space, or the ocean floor. We’re…
Be Like a Plant

As my little seedlings started to grow in my kitchen, they kept reaching, reaching for the window. Through the window shines the sun, that’s what they’re looking for. They start to bend in the direction of the light. If I turn them around, they’ll start to bend back again to the light. What an illustration…
Frugal Five

We got a dog! Getting a dog in and of itself was not frugal, however, we did multiple things to make it cheaper. First off, we got him from a shelter. I like shelter pets for 2 reasons: Our yard is not fenced in. We’d love to fence in the whole back yard at some…
My Lil’ Part Time Job

Remember how I said that during this phase of life my job is stretching our dollars, rather than bringing dollars in? That’s still true, but now I’ve opened an ebay shop as well! Will it be smashingly successful? I don’t know. But I’m trying it. There’s not a lot listed yet, and it’s rather eclectic.…
After the Hail Comes…

Remember how worried I was about my plants, then we had a hail storm? Remember how the one thing I wasn’t really worried about was a freeze? Well guess what? Right after that, I was told they were calling for possible freezes! The lady who told me said she’d be putting buckets over her tomato…
My Biggest Debt

“And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions. He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the…
Frugal Five

Since I shared that I’m viewing my job right now as making our dollars stretch, I thought it’d be fun to share some of the ways I’m doing that on a weekly basis. Personally I’ve really enjoyed reading this type of post at The Frugal Girl, The Prudent Homemaker and The Non-Consumer Advocate, so why…
My Fear Became Reality

I’ve been nervous about transplanting my little veggie plants in our raised garden bed. If I move them to a pot, there’s still the option to bring them back in the house in case of high winds, too much sun, or hail (also frost, but I’m pretty sure that’s not a threat anymore). It makes…
Transplanting

As my plants sprout, ideas are sprouting in my mind. It’s no wonder Jesus used plants so often as illustrations. Yesterday I started transplanting some of my lil’ seedlings to bigger pots and I feel like I identify with these little green guys more than they’ll ever know! I was living by a dusty West…