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ALBERTSONS

Wild Harvest Organic Coffee $5.99/10 oz through May 29th

Cucumbers .69/ea

Precious Ricotta Cheese $3.99
*Use the $1/1 coupon from the 2/12 Red Plum to pay only $2.99

Welch’s 100% Grape Juice $2.99
*Use the .75/1 printable coupon to pay only $2.24

KING SOOPERS King Soopers in CO doubles coupons. Prices reflect doubled coupons.

King’s is continuing a Buy 10 Get $4 off sale from last week. If you participate in this sale, they will donate $1 to the USO. Natural Food items included in this sale:

Barbara’s Snackimals
Barbara’s Cereal
Barbara’s Cereal Bars
Clif & Luna Bar Multipacks
Clif Builder Bar Multipacks
Ethnic Gourmet Entrees
Fage Yogurt
Kashi Pizza
Kashi Waffles
Silk Soymilk
*Use the $1.00 off one Silk Fruit&Protein if included in the sale
Smartfood Snacks
*Use the $1/1 Smartfood printable coupon
So Delicious n Purely Decadent
Mountain High Yogurt
*Load the .50/1 Mountain High Yogurt ecoupon to your loyalty card

SAFEWAY Safeway in CO doubles coupons. Prices reflect doubled coupons.

There is a coupon in the ad to save 30% off Amy Organics with a minimum purchase of $10. The sale includes soup, pizza and entrees.

O Organics Milk $2.79/half gallon

Organic strawberries and blueberries $3.99/ea

There is a new coupon for Gerber Organic Pouches:

85¢ off when you buy any FOUR GERBER® Organic Pouches

Brands like Plum Organic pouches go on sale for $1 quite often, so hopefully this will net a good deal.

Amazon currently has Clif White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Crunch Bars for only $3.99/10 pack. That is only .40/bar, which is a GREAT deal on these. The typical supermarket price is $1/bar.

Please note: Amazon prices are subject to change at any time. This is the price at time of publication.

In case you don’t already know – I have a cookbook addiction.  It’s almost as bad as my magazine addiction. So I have a particular weakness for cooking magazines! Which is why I had to order Cook’s Illustrated for only $19/year.

Most of the time, you can get a magazine subscription for well under $5. So this is far more than I normally pay. However, I have never seen the price on Cook’s Illustrated go that low, so I’m willing to pay more since it is such a comprehensive cooking magazine.

UPDATE: Reader Nicole informed me you can use promo code: MAY10 to get an additional 10% off! Yea!

Last year I was struck with either the greatest – or the stupidest – idea I’ve ever had. To grow some of our own food. Little did I know I gardening is not a hobby. It is an obsession.

It’s been one year since we first laid out our plan for our fruit garden (pictured above).  While we laid out our plans with the very best of intentions, we only managed to plant last year the raspberries, the strawberries and the wild currants. Here’s what I learned:

• Strawberries – The first year we were supposed to pinch the blooms off to make a hardier plant. This meant each family member only got to eat one homegrown strawberry last year. All the other blooms were pinched.
• Raspberries – I was pretty sure none of our raspberry plants were going to make it. Again, we each got to eat one raspberry apiece – that was it. They were all red raspberries – none of the yellow produced.
• Rhubarb – I missed the window. I was supposed to plant the rhubarb in April and by the time the weather and my schedule permitted, it was too late in the season. So, I had to wait until this year.
• Currants – Despite finding these on Craig’s list, driving about 30 minutes away then digging them up to relocate to our backyard, they did ok. No fruit though.
• White Pumpkins – I did plant these last year, but I moved them to a different location.

So how is the fruit garden this year?

So far, the fruit garden is happy!

The strawberries have tons of blooms and the fruit is starting to set. If we can beat the birds and the racoons, we will actually get to enjoy our own homegrown strawberries this year.

The raspberries are back and are spreading. I think in the future I am going to need a plan on how to best train (or is that restrain?) them. However, this usually involves roping my husband into a home improvement project he has no desire to do. So, I’m letting them grow wild in the meantime.

Hard to see against the big green bush behind them, my currants have survived being transplanted and look like they are filling out. I really don’t hold out any hope that we will have currants this year. So, we’ll wait.

I planted rhubarb but it is totally ticked off. I don’t know if I missed a watering, if I neglected to add enough compost, or if the weather got too cold. Whatever. It is NOT happy. Here’s the deal with rhubarb – you shouldn’t harvest it until the third year. So if it doesn’t make it, it could be 2015 before I ever get to eat any homegrown rhubarb. Crazy isn’t it? So those of you with a patch that you inherited with the home you bought (wasn’t it a prerequisite in the 70′s to plant rhubarb?) treasure it!

Greatest lesson learned? If you want to eat homegrown fruit, you need patience in spades. (pun so totally intended) While I do expect to being eating raspberries and strawberries, gardening is a crap shoot. So the best advice I have? Don’t wait! If you have ever wanted your own little fruit patch, you need to act now.

I only post the deals that offer the best Organic and Healthy Choices deals. These are the items that save you the most greenbacks while feeding your family a Green Diet!

Don’t forget, on Wednesdays, you can also shop from last week’s deals.

ORGANIC DEALS

Cucumbers .99/ea

Red, Green or Romaine Lettuce $1.50/head

HEALTHY CHOICES

Lemons .33/ea

Brown Cow Yogurt .69/ea

Sesmark Rice Thins $2/ea
*Use the $1.25/1 coupon from the 3/25/12 Red Plum to pay only .75 each!

Grass Fed Beef $3.99/lb

I went to Whole Foods and checked out the prices to go with this month’s Whole Foods printable coupons. Remember: These are the prices in my Whole Foods. Whole Foods prices vary greatly. Use it as a guideline.

.50 off 1 Back to Nature Cookie, Cracker or Granola Item (Priced at $3.00)

$1.00 off 2 Blue Diamond Almond Breeze (Priced at $2.69)

$1.00 off 2 Crofter’s Organic Fruit Spreads (Priced at $3.19 – $3.69)

.75 off 1 Earth Balance Soymilk (Priced at $3.39)

$1.00 off 2 Cascadian Farm Organic Cereals or Granola Bars (Priced at $3.49)

$1.00 off 1 IZZE 4-pack 12-oz Glass (Priced at $4.99)

$1.00 off 2 Kashi Heart to Heart Products (Priced at $3.69- $3.89)

$2.50 off 1 Kiss My Face Sun Care Product (Prices starting at $9.99)

$1.00 off 1 Lightlife Product (Priced at $3.00)

$1.00 off 2 Gluten Free Nature’s Path or EnviroKidz Organic Cereals or Bars (Priced at $3.99)

$1.00 off 2 Nature’s Path Organic Granolas or Granola Bars (Priced at $3.49)

.50 off 1 Organic Valley Sour Cream (Priced at $3.29)

$1.00 off 1 Seeds of Change Organic Product (Priced at $3.69)

.50 off 1 Organic Valley Eggs 6-Pack (Priced at $2.79)

$1.00 off 2 32-oz Brown Cow Yogurt or 5 6-oz Brown Cow Yogurt (Priced at $3.69 32 oz and .99 6 oz)

$1.00 off 1 Yogi Tea (Priced at $4.99)

.50 off 1 16-oz 365 Organic Tortilla Chips or Strips (Priced at $2.19)

.50 off 1 16-oz 365 Organic Salsa: Mild, Medium or Hot (Priced at $2.99)

$1.00 off 1 365 Trail Mix (Priced at $5.69 to $6.99)

$1.00 off 1 6-ct package 1/4 lb or 1/3 lb Nature’s Rancher Black Angus Beef Burgers (Priced at $7.49)