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Trimming the Fat-Part 2: Sifting Through the Spending
Make a pot of coffee, grab the receipts and your notes on spending for the week. Don’t worry about the bills, yet. Utilities, rent, mortgage… they are a post unto themselves. We are gonna dig in and...
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Trimming the Fat-Part 3: Sorting It All Out
Deep breath. This is probably the easiest step, so don’t give up now. If you missed them, click here for part 1 & part 2 of our Trimming the Fat adventure. Okay, moving on… Look at some of the...
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Your Local Warehouse Book Sale-Heaven on Earth
Grand choruses of Handel’s Messiah sing in my head as I enter the warehouse book sale. So it turns out that with a little search engine digging, you can find the distribution warehouses for various...
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The Backyard Flock–The Beginner’s Flock
It is generally accepted that brown egg layers are the best choice for beginners. It also seems that the brown egg layers tend to be dual purpose birds. Meat and eggs. Raise them for which ever you...
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Alternative Food Sources: Your Backyard Maple Tree
Hurray! it’s maple season, almost. The whole maple syrup process is so easy that I always wonder why more people don’t give it a try. Well, now is the time of year to consider adding it to your...
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Trimming the Fat-The Office Drain
This is one of the simplest ways to save money. It is one that is so obvious that it easily gets overlooked. The evil office vending machine. Buh- bum! Avoid it like the plague or … virus crazed...
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The Fresh Chef: Adding Soft Fruit to the Garden
Adding fruit to your garden, can be surprisingly simple. Don’t worry. Even apartment dwellers can add fruit to their container gardens. And, frankly, I think fruits are a heck of a lot easier to grow...
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The Really Important Frugal Links I Forgot to Mention — Sorry
Well, hello there, thanks for stopping by. Can I offer you a glass of home made strawberry lemonade? There now that’s better. So, in my attempt to bring you some frugal ideas and share some tips, I...
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A Ton of Garden, A Tiny Space: Ideas for Space
Well, hello there. I hope you are well this evening. Me? Oh, I’ve been cooking up some ideas. I’m worried … about my friends and neighbors loosing their jobs. (sigh) Let’s not dwell on the negative....
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You’re Eating WHAT from the Lawn?! — A Quick Quiz
What are these 4 foods found in my front lawn? Here’s the deal. Name as many as you can and offer at least one use for each. Serious and silly answers are welcome. As this will launch a series of...
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