I have an admission. There is one particular thing I do that is totally, completely, and in every way, NOT POORGANIC. It is expensive. Heart-stopping and take a giant gulp expensive. It is not organic. I cannot find the money in another way, such as couponing. I just have to yank healthy food out of…Continue reading The Most Unpoorganic Thing I Do
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Real Food on A Budget
Compost the Easy Way
Are you trying square foot gardening, but feeling overwhelmed by all the information about composting? If you look up composting on the Internet, you will find the typically DELUGE of information. In the midst of that information, there will be a lot of rules. After reading for about thirty minutes, you may start to think…Continue reading Compost the Easy Way
Poorganic Gardening: Square Foot Beds
This is our third year of gardening. Our first year, we miserably failed at a row garden. Last year, we had our first square foot garden and had moderate success. This year we are adding a second square foot garden, using our poorganic principles. It’s not too late for you to start gardening, so if…Continue reading Poorganic Gardening: Square Foot Beds
Poorganic Gardening: Step 1
Today I began the first step of my gardening for 2012. I’m going to share this year’s joys and frustrations with you just as I have in previous years and I invite you to join in with tips, tricks, and strategies that will help us all to be more poorganic gardeners this year. Here’s what…Continue reading Poorganic Gardening: Step 1
Poorganic Grocery Budget- One Actual Month
I’ve tried four different times to write a “Poorganic Grocery Budget” for a month. Many of you have asked what we usually buy, but it is too hard to generalize since every month is different. I’ve decided that to just show you what food we ACTUALLY bought in the last 30 days, the good, the…Continue reading Poorganic Grocery Budget- One Actual Month
Poorganic Menu Planning
This is the MAIN post that everyone has been begging me for. This is also the MAIN post that I’ve put off writing because I am probably NOT going to say what you want to hear. There is no menu. What I mean is, there is no one menu that is the cheapest menu, that…Continue reading Poorganic Menu Planning
Six months of Eating Poorganically
We’ve been Eating Poorganically for six months now, so I thought maybe I would give you a little update on how our lives have and haven’t changed since we started eating differently. In the spirit of honesty, I am going to tell both the “pros” and “cons.” (Number 10 is my favorite. :)) 1. Our…Continue reading Six months of Eating Poorganically
GET SAD PiG Recap
If you are a relatively new reader of this blog, you may be interested to know that we only started Eating Poorganically in August 2011. I changed the name of the blog from “The Low Ryder” to “The Poorganic Life” in October. Lately, I’ve thought it might be helpful to review a few of the…Continue reading GET SAD PiG Recap
Thrifty Real Food Shopping Tips
I’m VERY excited to tell you that I have my first ever GUEST POST at another blog. My absolute favorite coupon blogger, Shelly, at My Coupon Teacher, has invited me over to her blog to share some poorganic shopping tips for her Thrifty Thursday feature. Of course, I probably won’t call them “poorganic” tips over…Continue reading Thrifty Real Food Shopping Tips
Recipe: Poorganic Honey Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
I’ve had a lot of questions about bread since I posted a conversation about how to judge the “poorganic-ness” of your bread. It includes information about homemade and store bought breads. I HAVE been trying to make bread more often, and now that I’ve incorporated it into my week, it isn’t as much of a…Continue reading Recipe: Poorganic Honey Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread