Monday, February 27, 2023

Small space ecofrugality (and its opposite)

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I generally think of tiny homes (under 500 square feet) as inherently ecofrugal. After all, a house with fewer square feet naturally costs ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

What's the most ecofrugal car?

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Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I didn't post anything last weekend. That's because we were away visiting some fr...
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Recipes of the Month: Two low-carb pastas (that we probably won't use in future)

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One of the things I've missed most on my new reduced-carb diet is pasta. Even the high-fiber varieties made from whole wheat, chickpeas...
Saturday, February 4, 2023

Gardeners' Holidays 2023: Festival of Seeds

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Although February 2 is the first Gardeners' Holiday of the year , there's usually not much going on in the actual garden at that tim...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

The vanity project

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It's become kind of a tradition for me to ask Brian to tackle a new DIY project every year as my birthday present . This has proved to b...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Thrift Week (in one day) 2023: Stuff Green People Hate

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If you've been reading my blog for several years, you may have noticed that I did not run my usual Thrift Week series this past week, as...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

Now we're (still) cooking with gas

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This past Tuesday was my birthday, and one of my gifts was a subscription to the Washington Post. I'd asked for this specifically becaus...