Limes Are Our New Money Tree

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Discover the many health benefits of limes. From boosting immunity to promoting skin health, limes are a tangy and nutritious addition to your diet.

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Benefits Of Limes

The limes: you know how much we love our fresh limes and lime juice dressings as there are many lime health benefits, and it’s hard to say no to them.

Limes are great for;

• digestion
• constipation
• respiratory disorders
• gout
• to fight scurvy
• excellent for skin care, eye care, gums,
• piles
• weight loss
• urinary disorders, and other health benefits.

Mrs. CBB and I can’t get enough of that tangy flavor in our salad dressings.

We use lime every chance we get; if we see a deal on limes, you can bet we will get in.

Buying Our First Lime Tree

While picking up some bits at Home Depot last week, we wandered into the garden center to buy bushes for the front yard.

Another couple hundred dollars has gone into landscaping, but it looks beautiful.

We NEED A Lime Tree

Sometimes, it pays to check in to big box stores that aren’t in your city because they all seem to carry products that the other might not.

While pushing the cart around, if Mrs. CBB doesn’t see a blinking lime tree for $24.99 on the shelf.

Quite a few lime trees were waiting for a new owner to take them home.

I didn’t say anything to her the last time we were there because I knew she’d want one.

She was so excited to see the lime trees and wanted one to love and grow at home.

Insert sarcasm, I think. Ha!

I told her that she was responsible for learning how to grow a lime tree and that I had nothing to do with its life or death.

She agreed, and I knew it would only be a matter of time before the funeral of the lime tree.

So, the lime tree is planted in a mini plastic whiskey barrel that I will drill holes into so she can baby her lime tree all she wants.

She doesn’t often spend money on herself, so seeing her so excited about something she wanted was great.

I’ll keep you updated on the life of the lime tree.

Grow Food At Home And Save Money

The lime tree is our new money tree, so it may save us a buck or two if we start growing limes.

Either way, it’s a great conversation piece when you have guests over, and it smells beautiful.

2024 Update- The lime tree died! Bug infestation, so I can’t blame Mrs. CBB, although it did give us plenty of limes to eat.

Discussion: Have you ever grown a lime tree? Share any growing secrets in the comments below.

Thanks for reading,

Mr. CBB

CBB Week In Review

When Saturday rolls around, it has to be one of my favorite days for writing a blog post because it’s a time that I just let loose and tell you how great or miserable my week has been.

I’m teetering on very busy territory shortly as my new blog design and move to self-hosted is on the horizon.

I hope you enjoy the new look created and that I continue to improve upon this site built for you and me.

I must admit that WordPress is one of the best free blogs I’ve ever used.

It’s so easy to learn and navigate once you get used to it, and support here has been wonderful to me. 

Moving to self-hosted has meant that I’ve had to find a hosting provider, and I’ve decided to go with Bluehost, which came highly recommended.

You can read all you want online.

There will always be the good, the bad, and the ugly, so I plan to experiment.

Around The CBB House

The front gardens are as good as done.

Now, I need to focus on sealing the steps.

I did manage to seal our driveway this past week, and it makes a difference in the overall landscaping of the property.

Our driveway seems to take a pounding each winter, although it’s in perfect condition.

We were going to replace it at over $12,000 but decided not to fix what’s not broken. 

I take my time, tape, and measure it to perfect.

How many DIY driveway sealing jobs have you seen where the black sealant is everywhere?

Not at our house.

A little planning and patience goes a long way.

I got a decent price for a new garage track and seal at Home Depot, so I figured I might as well get that replaced.

If I’m landscaping the front and pouring money into it, I might as well go to the full yard and make it all new.

I’ve taken the caulking around the windows out as they were looking a bit discolored and unsightly.

Then I managed to pop off part of the trim and spray paint it white, and it looks brand new again.

It makes a world of difference for the small price of a spray paint can, which is $3.99 plus tax at Canadian Tire.

Any time you see a bargain at a garage sale, online, or free at the side of the road that needs some new life put into it, pick it up if you like it.

You only need sandpaper, a wire brush, black spray paint, and good elbow grease.

Price Adjustment

I ran out of driveway sealant, and of course, I paid a bit of money to get a good sealant from Canadian Tire, but it was on sale the previous week that I bought it.

Unfortunately, I had to pay full price, as we can’t get everything at a discount or with a coupon.

However, while reading the weekly flyers, I saw the driveway sealant is on sale again this week at Canadian Tire, so I can return it and get a $13.00 price adjustment.

I can’t tell you how much money I’ve saved by reading the newspaper.

If you aren’t reading receipts and reviewing flyer sales each week to get a product price adjustment, you might be missing out on savings.

Making A Difference

Hi, my name is Sean from OneSmartDollar.com.

I had only been out of college for a couple of years and I quickly realized how expensive it was to buy groceries when I saw my two bags add up to over $50.

That is when I learned the ins and outs of using coupons.

Then, I became passionate about showing others how much money they could save.

I wanted to help as many people as I could cut their grocery bills so their families could use that savings to pay for the fun things life offers.

As a former banker, I decided to return to my roots in 2011 when I launched One Smart Dollar.

This new blog helped me hit a completely different side of personal finance.

It allowed me to use my education and work experience to help others better their financial situation. 

Financial literacy is the backbone to making our society a better place.

My goal for the years to come is to continue to reach new people and help them achieve financial happiness.

Thanks for reading.

Sean.

Google Search Words

Keywords for search engines help me to understand what people are looking for at CanadianBudgetBinder.com.

Any typos below are simply how the person who searched Google and typed it in search incorrectly, or me  

Although I get thousands each week I pick out a few that caught my eye.

It’s great what you see behind the scenes so I want to share some laughs with all of you.

• Canadian Is Me Budget Binder: I’m unsure what to make of this one.
• Love Letter About Money: I love you, but money is important, you know……..
• Women Only Want Money: What About Us Men?
• Dash For Cash Jamaica Supermarket Game Show– No Jamaica here, man! I’d be interested in checking out that game show, though. I only have the grocery game challenge, I’m afraid.
• 25, Single, Homeowner: No dating site here; this one was great.
• Pot in the fence: Well, if you’re growing pot, it’s a good sign your neighbor can tell what it is. Look, pot in the fence.

That’s all for this week’s Saturday weekend review; please join me again next Saturday for more happening in and around the blog and at the CBB home.

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