Category: Mend and Make Do

What To Do With An Abundance of Blueberries

What to Do With an Abundance of Blueberries

It’s blueberry time! It’s not hard to eat those yummy things but what if you have a LOT of them?

Like more than you can just EAT. What can you do with them?

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What to Do With an Abundance of Pears

What to Do With an Abundance of Pears

One component of eating the cheapest foods (rather than looking for ways to afford the foods you want to eat) is taking advantage of deals. Sometimes that can land a little more produce in your hands than you know what to do with. Got pears? Here’s what to do with them.

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The Hidden Costs of Saving Money on Food

The Hidden Costs of Saving Money on Food

What? Saving money on food costs money? It sure does! Consider these costs so that you can be prepared for them and control them.

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What to Do With an Abundance of Apples

What to do with an abundance of apples.

Here’s what to do if you’re blessed with what seems like WAY too many apples!

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Real Life Organizing: Cardboard Box Cabinets

Real Life Organizing: Cardboard Box Cabinets

Need more cabinets but can’t afford them? Here’s a simple solution: make cabinets out of cardboard boxes!

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Real Life Organizing

Real Life Organizing: doable, realistic storage and organization solutions for the rest of us

Real Life Organizing. What in the world is that?

It’s organizing solutions that actually work for your real life, right now. It’s a simple solution to the complex and discouraging problem of trying to be organized when you just don’t have the right tools, materials, money, or skills for what everyone else is doing or for what you think would be ideal.

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