Remarks: The first sale we stopped at was at a house with magnificent grape vines covering the privacy fence surrounding the yard. Gail got chatting with the woman holding the sale, and she invited us to pick some, even furnishing us with a bag and clippers. Gail, Mick and I picked grapes for a few minutes and harvested quite a few (see picture below) very nice, fragrant concord grapes!
Amount spent: $19.35
Felix was back at his old job, helping me log the cuuh, this week!
- vintage light fixture-$1
- book, hardcover, The family of Man-25 cents
- set of foglights (one light missing in picture)-$10
- book, paperback, Creating Unforgettable Characters-50 cents
- book, paperback, about life in Guam during WWII-50 cents
- glasses case for traveling-10 cents
- '70s era classic ashtray-$2
- small squirrel-cage fan-$2
- book, hardcover, Wingborne (printed on rice paper)-25 cents
- book, paperback, Coolinary Art (ice cream, etc)-50 cents
- book, paperback, Cool 'N Frosty-5 cents
- radio alarm clock-50 cents
- silk shirt-5 cents
- cribbage board-$1
- book, paperback, Fun With Coffee-5 cents
- folder-booklet, Helpful Kitchen Hints-5 cents
- book, paperback, 100 BakeOff Recipes-5 cents
- 2 Michener paperbacks-25 cents each
I am going to make grape juice with these, using the juicer I bought last year!
Update: the picture above is "before," here is "after":
The grapes turned out to be challenging to juice, mostly because of the seeds. Joe ran the juicer, and he quickly figured out that he needed to drop a handful of grapes into the chute and then get the red pusher in quickly before seeds started popping out! By the time he finished juicing there were seeds everywhere!! Most did go through the juicer and were ground up with the pulp, but quite a few escaped and I expect to be finding grape seeds in the area for awhile.
The juice is EXCELLENT!! Really, really good!!!
A fun experiment and some free grape juice = better living through garage sales!!
Update: the picture above is "before," here is "after":
The grapes turned out to be challenging to juice, mostly because of the seeds. Joe ran the juicer, and he quickly figured out that he needed to drop a handful of grapes into the chute and then get the red pusher in quickly before seeds started popping out! By the time he finished juicing there were seeds everywhere!! Most did go through the juicer and were ground up with the pulp, but quite a few escaped and I expect to be finding grape seeds in the area for awhile.
The juice is EXCELLENT!! Really, really good!!!
A fun experiment and some free grape juice = better living through garage sales!!
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