The Last Week of July from the 25th

 After the church tour last Sunday..............

Pink Dots on a map!

The last week of July was HOT again, Wednesday was exceptionally steamy, not encouraging for going far at all........

First of all a catch up with food shop photos.

This was the 4th food shop of July on the 25th

 

Cherries 65p(were still on offer); coleslaw 79p; 1Kg nectarines £2.39; peanuts 59p;  2 x Prunes @£2.49 = £5.58; pack 2 Naans 69p (I cut these in half before freezing); 4 pints milk £1.65; Melon £1.49.

Total £13.83

Then I had to go into town on a market day for sunflower hearts for the birds, as the goldfinches had been feeding their babies like crazy, so needed to spend £5 at Asda to get my £1 car park fee back and called at Aldi on the way in for a couple of things that are cheaper there.

Pack 2 little gem lettuce 95p;6 mini apples 99p;pesto £1.49; 6 large eggs £2.29; 2 peanuts @ 59p = £1.18; pine nuts £1.69. Quickly into the freezer went ice cream £1.62 and pack of 2 Linda McCartney vegetarian ¼lb mozzarella burgers £2

Total £12.21 

 

 As mentioned in yesterdays July financial round up - food for home including above was around about £128, but there were also  meals out with and without family and one coffee out to add to that so it turned into a very expensive food month. 

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Garden bin was emptied so I started filling it again with all of  this years old  raspberry canes. I thought about  getting rid of the raspberry bed if summers are going to be so dry making the seeds so hard that I can't eat them, but they went into the freezer for jelly making so not really wasted.

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Good Grief - Balsam Hill are advertising their very posh, very expensive artificial Christmas trees on TV in JULY - it shouldn't be allowed!

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Despite holidays and grandparent duties there were still enough people at the over 60's Keep Moving Group to cover costs which is good.

This week I'm grateful for

• Still being able to use hose to fill water butts for watering food crops
• Plenty of good reading
• Vegetables from the garden and greenhouse
• Finding things to fill blog posts this week - not sure about next week!