Ecofrugal Living

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So, remember that  futon  we found at a yard sale way back in July? Well, as it turns out, it took us six weeks to put it together. This w...

This week, Brian and I harvested our first ever crop of lima beans. This is the third year that we've tried to grow them: in 2012 we got...

Regular readers of this blog have no doubt noticed that I've been posting a lot more frequently for the past few months. That's a po...

Last weekend, I came across a startling article in Money Talks News about the amount of money a family needs to maintain a "normal...

DAY 7 (Thursday): Rite Aid: $2.94 Total spent: $2.94 Total remaining: $21.49 So, as you can see, I made it through the Live the Wage ch...

DAY 6 (Wednesday): Stop & Shop: $1.00 Stop & Shop: $6.05 Total spent: $7.05 Total remaining: $24.43 On Wednesday, our only pur...