This lady shows you how to can pork loin, round steak, chuck roast, ground beef and kielbasa. Wow, that’s a lot of meat! She gives very clear and detailed directions for the process. The video was long enough to have to be cut up into two videos. Canning Meat Part I: Canning Meat Part II:… Keep Reading
Video Answer: Biggest Non Frugal Splurge & Best Tip
Here is my first ever “Video Response” (ie VR) to reader’s questions! Those of you reading this via Email Subscription-just click through to the Video Answer Post to see the video. I actually filmed a 28 min long segment with answers to about 6 different questions-I had to chop it up to make it more… Keep Reading
Ask me!
Ok, I’m at a loss for what to write today. Well, that’s not true, actually I have a ton of ideas of things that I could write about, but they all require a bit of research and some photography. Writing each post probably takes me longer than you think if you aren’t a blogger yourself… Keep Reading
Giveaway Winners! Wonka, Vera Wang & Elmers!
I’ve got a bunch of winners to announce today! Congratulations to: Chad Stevens on winning the Wonka Spooky Assortment candy for Halloween. Stephanie for winning the Vera Wang bag with Tween books (Queen Bees and Wannabees etc) & Unilever Products. Lanie on winning the Elmer’s Kid Craft Camp craft package. All the winners have… Keep Reading
Walmart’s Party Assortment
Here’s another fun project I got to do for Walmart recently. They’ve updated and revamped their party assortments and wanted to let everyone know about it, so I got to shop the department to put together a party! I just love how the paper goods section looks all coordinated by color. It’s like a rainbow! … Keep Reading
Reader’s Question: What kind of Thermos do you use?
This question comes from the Frugal Upstate Facebook page (go on by and join if you haven’t yet!). Most weekdays over there I post the “Lunchbox Report”–a picture and description of what I’ve packed in the kids lunch that day. Last week Kristen wrote: I notice you pack leftovers or soup for your kids a… Keep Reading
October Grocery Benchmark Report
A new monthly feature here at Frugal Upstate is to keep track of a few key grocery ingredients and see what happens to the prices over time. Each month somewhere around the middle of the month (oops, I’m a bit late for Oct) I will be posting the prices and show the change (if any)… Keep Reading
Menu Plan 10/24
The days are cooler now, and it’s really, truly fall! I love fall cooking-so many fun soups, casseroles and crockpot meals to enjoy. Let’s take a look at my menu planning considerations for the week. 1. Soccer season is over. YAY!! So for a couple of weeks, until Girlscouts start up, I have only one… Keep Reading
From Around the Web: Soda Can Passive Solar Window Heater
I just love the idea of passive solar heat–I mean really. . . free heat from the sun? It’s frugal, it’s green and it’s sustainable. A triple play. The only thing is, I’m not really sure I totally believe that it would work in our northern climate. Regardless, here is an interesting video from a… Keep Reading
Readers Question: Information on Dehydrating
A couple of days ago I posted about how I’ve been busy putting up the harvest. There has been a lot of great conversation in the comments on that post. Kimberly in particular had a couple of questions regarding dehydrating. As I told her, I always assume if one person actually takes the time to… Keep Reading
