Ah the 15th, I thought it was the 11th for some reason and had felt quite down hearted that day 1 I ran out of cheese and had to buy some (not too bad as thats only timing I can't make cheese anyway),
but day 2 the dog ran out of chews (just had 4 teeth removed at GREAT expense so chews are important!) I can get free bones from the butcher but only if I go Tues or Weds.... when I'm at work- so had to buy them.
To cap it all there was a knock on the door from bettaware and my OH had obviously ordered some fancy duster all plactic and nylon, wrapped in more plastic for £7- more than I had spent on food for us this week- and had bogged off fishing so I had to pay!
OK so If I have til the weekend thsing are looking up! I'm getting lots of veg in now, I don't think the OH will entertain veggie food every day so we will ahve to buy meat, fish, flour, fat, milk, probabaly tinned tomatoes as I think i have blight too, and sugar to carry on jam making/chutney making and breadmaking....well and cake making too!
Geting on well with the local farmer so I'm getting free eggs at the moment in exchange for cake - so see the cake making IS essential!
Got loads of potatoes, onions, garlic, marrow, spaghetti squash, beetroot, carrots, cabbage, beans, herbs and corn is looking promising....
I can find puffballs occasionally around here but not really experienced enough for true mushroom foraging.
There's a good supply of plums which I can scrump and apples too, plus blackberries on the way.
I think I'll keep count of what I DO buy and see if I can improve on that next year maybe.
I'm absolutely sure the OH will suddenly need stuff but at least if I try...