April 29, 2019
What’s the most unusual expense you’ve had?
I live a fairly understated life. Simple, basic, although not boring. So, I really had to think hard about this one.
Was it the food dehydrator for drying fruit? Or maybe the ice cream maker? How about the supplies for drying and selling the straw flowers I grew one year?
I thought about it, and decided it wasn’t any one thing, but the pattern of purchases that counted. After all, how many people do you know who have grown Kentucky Wonder beans? (I think that’s what they were called. That was a lot of years ago.) This variety had a beautiful purple bean. I don’t remember that the flavor impressed me, but the rich color did.
Or how about the years we grew gold potatoes? They are more common now, but were a rarity back then. They were pretty to look at and tasted great.
One year we grew a plot of kale because it is supposed to be healthy. You’ll note we grew it one year and only one year. That should tell you what we thought of it.
Then there was the disaster with Brussels sprouts. No matter what we tried, we couldn’t keep the bugs away. We lost about 90% of the crop.
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Remember the straw flowers I mentioned at the beginning of the post? We had a bumper crop. I sold bunches at a craft fair, made Christmas presents for my large family, and had plenty left over. The decorations I made with them lasted more than a decade.
Are any of these purchases unusual? Taken one by one, no. But there aren’t many people who have the space to experiment with different plants. Most people who garden grow the same thing year after year. And yes, we had crops we grew every year, but we also were lucky enough to be able to experiment.
So, that’s my most unusual purchase (or purchases.) What was yours? While you share in the comments, i’m going to hop on over and see what the other authors have bought.
April 29, 2019
What’s the most unusual expense you’ve had?
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