Category Archives: frugality

Even Frugal Has Limits

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Laura Grace Weldon

I grew up learning to make do or do without. This approach not only saves money, it encourages creative thinking. Continue reading →

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Best of the Net: Poultry Raising Hacks

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Laura Grace Weldon

The best ideas from the net’s top 100 sites for raising chickens and ducks. Continue reading →

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Cooking For Chickens

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Laura Grace Weldon

Chickens can’t eat potato peels. That is, unless those peels are cooked. Same for some other foods you may be tossing in the compost pile! Continue reading →

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Use Till Tattered

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Laura Grace Weldon

Just past frugality there’s a sort of a Velveteen Rabbit feeling about objects worn from use. Is this something others experience or am I more odd than I realize? Continue reading →

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Fresh Produce Auction

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Laura Grace Weldon

This wholesale produce auction enables farmers to find buyers while avoiding burdensome storage and transportation costs. And the resulting profits stay in the local community. Continue reading →

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The Resilient Gardener: A Must-Have Book

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Laura Grace Weldon

This is becoming my go-to book. Continue reading →

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Stocking Up, Spring Style

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Laura Grace Weldon

Spring means time to stock up to make summer more relaxing. Continue reading →

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Is Communal Cooking For You?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Laura Grace Weldon

Large batch cooking is a fun way to take the burden out of making meals. Build community over the stove, together. Continue reading →

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Spinning Straw Into Gold

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Laura Grace Weldon

Annoyances tend to come with built in irony, at least around here. I trundle down the basement steps clutching piles of wet jeans so I can hang them close to our wood burning furnace, saving a bit of propane our … Continue reading →