Sunday, October 18, 2020

Small potatoes

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It didn't occur to us until recently that, when we planted potatoes for the first time this spring, there was one thing we didn't p...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Money Crashers: Retailers Slashing Prices to Compete With Amazon Prime Day Deals

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Amazon Prime Day is officially under way, with two full days of deals. Now, you might think that, for folks like me, who prefer to avoid sho...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Our new invisible deer fence

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For all those who have been wondering how we've been faring in our battle to protect our new flowerbed from groundhog attacks , there...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Money Crashers: 10 Most Satisfying & Fulfilling Jobs and Career Opportunities

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Earlier this year, my editors at Money Crashers asked me to update an article on the best careers for the next decade. They left the criteri...
Sunday, October 4, 2020

Raspberry Trellis 2.0 (a belated Gardeners' Holiday celebration)

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I just realized this week that, in my haste to fit in my Recipe of the Month post for September, I completely overlooked Harvest Home, the ...
Friday, October 2, 2020

Money Crashers: Loyalty programs and Inflation vs. your retirement savings

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Two more of my articles have just gone live on Money Crashers. The first is one I started ages ago that languished for a while in the editor...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Money Crashers: 9 Best E-Book Download Sites to Find Free or Cheap Books Online

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A few years back, I wrote a piece for Money Crashers on how to find cheap books . When I updated that piece last month, my editor decided th...