pinching pennies.. and nockels and dimes

With all the talk of the economy the Trash stead pretty much tokes along unscathed. Why. Because we have to.. We DD as much as possible and our motto is
"It's free for me". Free food seems to taste better than store bought.
YArd sales and Walmart are a necessary evil but we avoid the rest of commercial America as much as possible.
I barter or trade for what we need or want. Everything else God has a way of providing for us.
I have now harvested 10 pounds of zuchs from the patch and more coming.