From My Home to Yours: 3/20/26

  From My Home to Yours

3/20/26

~  nothing gets wasted  ~

We purchased 2 rotisserie chickens for $4.98 each.  In the scheme of getting the most for our money I consider rotisserie chicken at this price a good deal.  A raw uncooked chicken costs more than each of these did individually and they are fully cooked.

I took both chickens and separated them into enough meat for 7 meals and vacuum sealed them.  Two packages of legs and thighs, 4 packages of chicken breast and 1 package of pieces of dark meat.

I then took the bones, skins, etc and placed them in a crock-pot to turn into broth.  From my pantry shelves I added celery flakes, thyme, cayenne pepper, echinacea leaves, nettles and dried mustard green.  

I made a quick dash outside and harvested some fresh rosemary and parsley to add to the pot.

Here it is all stirred up together ready for a day of cooking down.  One more thing I added was a splash of vinegar!

While the chicken bones, etc were making nutrient rich broth, I took the carriers that the chicken came in, placed holes in each piece that didn't already have holes ... those of you who have been long time followers know what I did with these ...

I used them to start seedlings in ... hyssop, tomatillo, ground cherry and a variety of tomato that we named after the person who gave us the seeds several years ago!

And finally, the broth was ready for preserving ... I was able to add 7 pints to the freezer part of our pantry!  I think we stretched those two chickens quite a way ... what do you think?

Our temps plunged from 90 degrees one day to below freezing by the next night.  We had a couple of days where our high was in the upper 40's to low 50's ... it was a shock to our systems and brought our gardening efforts to a screeching halt!

I did another harvest of nettles and air dried them.  I've designated Monday mornings as the time to harvest nettles.  I'm really trying to harvest them while they're young and tender instead of letting them get what I call 'full grown!'  Our intense heat and humidity during the summer months definitely has an effect on them.  I hope my having a set time will help keep me mindful of the task and my goal.  Do  you have certain days of the week that you assign tasks too?

We planted new red raspberry bushes and black berry bushes this week.  We're really focusing on 'all things perennial' this spring. The roses I ordered earlier arrived as well, so this has been a week of working in and around the weather to get everything planted.  In addition we've been cutting back overgrown brush along our property line trying to tidy things up from winter.

I also transplanted some echinacea plants (another perennial) that needed dividing and worked on creating a new raised bed.  It has been a busy week in spite of the unpredictable weather we had!

I continued reading book 5 in the Bregdan Chronicles, The Last Long Night by Ginny Dye.   I also started listening to With Each Tomorrow by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse during my daily exercise routine.

I didn't get any actual sewing done this week, but I did work more on my sewing plans.  The planning part is necessary too.  I hope to be sharing some of those plans in action in the very near future in the form of completions!

Ladies, the sixth lesson in our Bible study on Naomi has been posted.  You can find it HERE!

That's it for this week, I hope you've found something in my ramblings that will help and or encourage you in the upcoming week.

Until the next time ...  

mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry  

~ quietly holding the home front ~

She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27 

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