Ecofrugal Living

Remember how, three weeks ago, I set myself a challenge  to put together one entire new outfit entirely from items purchased (or otherwise a...

In the four years since we installed our brown-paper floor in the big room downstairs, we've been generally happy with it. It looks coo...

As usual, I didn't do anything particularly momentous for Earth Day this year. My behavior yesterday wasn't significantly greener th...

Last fall, when we had our boiler tuned up for winter, the repairman confirmed what we had long know was coming: our ancient boiler, probabl...

Our own garden isn't producing anything yet (though we do have a couple of promising-looking asparagus spears beginning to poke their wa...

A supervillain has invaded our back yard. Its name is MUGWORT. Mugwort, for those who don't already know it and curse its name, is the...

Our town has a pretty good recycling program. We have curbside pickup for all kind of paper, as well as glass, metal, and plastic; with the ...