Ecofrugal Living

April is a singularly perverse time of year. T.S. Eliot called it "the cruelest month" for the way it reawakens our desires after ...

As usual, Earth Day this year feels like a bit of a letdown. Every twenty-second of April, I feel like I should make some kind of bold, dra...

Just a quick post to let you know that this Earth Day (Friday, April 22) you can get a free coffee at Starbucks if you bring in a reusable ...

A couple of weeks ago, I posted the results of my coupon experiment , in which I found that a $2 local newspaper would not pay for itself in...

Some mail-order catalogues make me feel a lot like Diogenes. He was the ancient Greek philosopher who believed that the key to happiness wa...

Those who have been reading this blog for a while may recall my consternation last June on the subject of ground covers . I was trying to f...

Between the date on the calendar and our first harvest of spring greens on Tuesday, I guess I got to thinking it must be spring. April Fool...