Long lost blogger has returned with more advice, and the challenge is still on!

Good golly! I can't believe it's been 10 days since I posted on this blog. Where did the time go? I hope you are all staying strong on your April financial goals! Dallin and I are still doing really well! We are right on track and I LOVE watching the cash flow into the bank account, and then not flow back out again.
My discovery of the day is not long or incredibly life-changing, but it's definitely money-saving! How many of you are getting more and more creative with cooking at home in an effort to save some money?! The one thing that I have begun to discover is that having fresh herbs to use in cooking makes a DRASTIC difference in the taste of your food. Who knew! Dried herbs are an excellent resource, but fresh herbs are just out of this world. Unfortunately, to buy like three fresh basil leaves at the store will run you about $2.50. I don't know about you, but that could buy me 2 1/2 pounds of apples to last me a week or so, and the basil leaves just start to look a little wiltier once I look at the price tag... ;) So, for the past two summers, I've planted my own herb seeds! They were a great success last year, and I'm still encouraging the little seeds this year to sprout (I just planted them about a week ago). According to my calculations, I'll probably get 10-15 grocery store "packages" worth of herbs out of my little (like, really tiny) herb garden. How much did it cost me to plant those herbs? Well, I'm estimating about 30 cents in seeds...since I'm still using up my seed packets from last year. Thirty cents to plant in comparison to probably $40 in herbs at the grocery store! I don't know about you, but those are some fiscal little herb seeds sitting on my front porch! They are practically making me money just sitting there growing their little green selves (the picture above is my sprouts from last spring...aren't they cute?!). Anyhow, I would encourage you to plant a little herb garden or even get really brave and plant some veggies in your backyard. The taste is so much better and the fiscal savings are OH so much better! Need some advice as a beginner? I found this article to be pretty helpful. Growing plants is so much easier than most people make it out to be....try it! You can't really go wrong when you're only spending 80 cents on a packet of herb seeds. ;)