Don't Need Much Money is exactly what it sounds like: a site about needing less, so you have more. More time. More freedom. More room to actually live. The idea is simple. The less money you need to survive, the more time you have to thrive. Lower your living costs, live a healthy lifestyle focused on longevity and mobility, stay out of debt, and build a little savings, and you buy yourself something far more valuable than money: time. Time to do what you actually love, spend with people you care about, and put toward things that matter. This site is my own real life running that experiment. Most of what you'll find here are recipes and day-to-day habits. They aren't filler posts, it's intentional. Cooking from scratch, buying smart, wasting less, eating well, and staying healhty, fit, and limber all without spending much are some of the most direct ways I practice this philosophy day to day. This blog doubles as my own recipe box and exercise notes, and I share it b...
Notes
3/2 - daffodils and walking onions popped up
3/30 - daffodils flowered, some weeds need pulling
4/6 - mowed lawn for the first time, dandelions started growing in the rock beds
Garden Plan
Bed #1 - Capsicums and Cucurbits
- Zucchini in middle - try from both 2023 seed packet and my 2023 harvest
- Start inside 5/1 (or 5/15) and outside 6/1
- Early jalapeno on two corners - try from 2024 seed packet and my 2024 harvest
- Start inside 2/15 and outside 6/1
- Big Jim on one corner - from 2024 seed packet
- Start inside 2/15 and outside 6/1
- Green pepper - from 2023 store bought organic or just buy another one
- Start inside 2/15 and outside 6/1
Bed #2 - Roots
- Swiss chard two in middle - from 2024 seed packet
- Plant 4/15 or as soon as I see dandelions growing
- Carrots two long rows on each side - from 2023 and 2025 seed packets
- Plant 5/1
- Watermelon radish follow carrots in late summer - from 2025 seed packet
- Plant 8/1
Bed #3 - Fruits
- Gem State tomato in first half of bed - try from both 2024 seed packet and my 2024 harvest
- Plant 4/15 (or 5/1) indoors and outside 6/1
- Grape tomato in second half of bed - Red Pearl variety as potential
- Get starter plant from nursery on 5/15 to plant outside on 6/1
- Garlic in late fall if I decide to try it as a root in 2026
Bed #4 - Compost
Bed #5 - Grains
- Flax Seed - from my 2024 harvest
- Plant outside 5/1 (or 5/15)
Bed #6 Greens
- Kale - from 2025 seed packet
- Plant outside on 4/15
- Cabbage - from 2025 seed packet
- Plant outside on 5/1
Bed #7 - Beans and Peas
- Spring snap peas - from my 2024 harvest
- Plant outside on 4/15
- Mayakoba beans - from my 2024 harvest
- Plant outside on 6/1
- Fall snap peas - from my 2025 harvest
- Plant outside on 8/15 (?)
- Wheat in late fall if I decide to try it as a grain in 2026
- Plant outside on 9/15 (or 10/1)
Other
- Three (four) sisters side yard
- Corn
- Soak beans for 4-6 hours
- Plant outside on 5/15 after evenings are 50 degrees or more
- Plant in mounds about 2ft apart (confirm)
- Beans Kentucky Wonder
- Plant 3-4 seeds six inches from corn after corn in 6 inches tall
- Squash Butternut
- Plant seeds 1ft from beans
- Sunflower black oil
- Cucumber in hydroponic box
Inspiration
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