Sunday, May 31, 2020

Homemade hand sanitizer / deodorant

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One of the challenges of the ecofrugal life is that it can make simple things more complicated. For example, this past week I ran into a ve...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Vegan Recipes of the Month: Three spring dishes

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In last week's entry , I mentioned that our asparagus was one of the brightest stars in our May garden, and I promised you'd be seei...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Money Crashers: 10 Nutritious Family Dinners You Can Make for Under $10

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For my latest Money Crashers article, the editors asked me to update a piece on inexpensive family dinners. I thought this would be a breeze...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Household Hacks: An ecofrugal soap-dish solution

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Since the COVID outbreak started, Brian and I (well, mostly Brian) have been washing our hands more regularly and more thoroughly than we ...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Gardening hits and misses

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As I've observed before , sometimes our ecofrugal life seems like a series of little ups and downs. For each thing that goes unexpectedl...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Money Crashers: 2 articles on financial advisors, and 1 update

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Two new articles of mine have just popped up on Money Crashers, and one older piece has been updated. The two new pieces both deal with fina...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Inch by inch, square by square

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Today isn't an official Gardeners' Holiday, but it's one of the biggest days in our gardening calendar. It's the last frost ...