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Our Absolutely Amazing Fall

Playing at Frugality… or Really Living It?

7 Grocery Shopping Strategies That Work For Me

The Final Cut and Summer Memories

What True Frugality Is… and What It Is Not

What Voluntary Simplicity Is NOT

Learning To Slow Down

Our Load of Logs — A Progress Report

Leaving Your Comfort Zone & Taking That First Step

Making the Most of Those Lifestyle Challenges

The Mister & the Missus

Appreciating the “Now” of My Life

A Truckload of Logs — Our Winter Firewood Supply

How Do You Choose to Fill Your Time?

Achieving a Simpler Life — Step 1: Track Your Spending

Sometimes It Takes a Closer Look

196 Little Seedlings

Tricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)

When Organic Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Do Unto Others — Practicing the Golden Rule

Produce and Pesticide Residue — the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15

A Reasonable Dial Tone

Will the Squeaking Wheel Finally Get Some Grease?

A Downside to Our Rural Life

Inexpensive “Cold Frames” — Our Solution to Our Short Growing Season

Why We Got Rid of Our Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

Growing & Harvesting Garlic

This Is Sugaring Weather

Energy Conservation & Convenience — A Trade-Off?

What We Don’t Say

How To Make Your Own Italian Seasoning Mix

How I Make Garlic Powder

Does the Electric Company Really Need My Social Security Number?

If It Still Works, Why Do I Need a New One?

Cooking & Baking with a Wood Stove

When You Give The Gift Of A Smile

When Voluntary Simplicity Really “Works”

How To Stop Procrastinating

Organizing, Decluttering, And Purging

Being Sensible About Frugality

Elderly Vehicles, Emergency Funds, and a Panic-Free Crisis

Real Advice for the Current Economic Situation

Whatever Happened to the Sound of Silence?

Frugality for the Birds?

Living Frugally Without Feeling Deprived

The Rewards Of The Simple Life

My Surprise Streaked Hosta Seedlings

The Wood-Burning Cook Stove In My Kitchen

A Road Less Traveled By

A Sense of Balance

Rethinking Multitasking & The Myth of Quality Time

How To Save Tomato Seeds For Planting Another Year

Fall, Gathering Grapevines & Weaving Baskets

Some Thoughts About Voluntary Simplicity

How To Grow Jack-in-the-Pulpit From Seeds

Electric Rates, Appliances, & What They Cost To Operate

The Realization Of What Really Counts

Tomatoes From My Garden On Christmas Day

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Accidental Art — What Do YOU See?

Sometimes You Should Complain

How I Divide A Hosta

Digging A Pond By Hand — Progress Report

Nature’s Free Mulch — How We Make Leaf Mold

How Much Are You Spending For Groceries?

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

Homemade Laundry Detergent — Yes Or No?

Hosta ‘June’ And Its Seedling

Growing Hostas From Seed

Firewood — Cutting Our Own Instead Of $250+ Per Cord

What Do Bleeding Heart Seeds Look Like?

Our Hand Dug Backyard Pond

Hostas I Have Grown From Seed

Pulmonaria — Lungwort (Pulmonaria saccharata)

Make Your Own Natural Body Powder

Getting Out Of Debt: Know Why You Buy

Credit Cards Don’t Have To Be The Enemy

Foam Flower (Tiarella cordifolia)

Getting More For Your Money: 4 Tips For Buying Produce

Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)

Removing An Enormous Tree Stump: How We Saved $576

Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Make Your Own Soy-Free Soft Butter Spread

Why We Chose Voluntary Simplicity: Sometimes There Is No Tomorrow

How To Turn One Stick Of Butter Into Two

Are Buyer’s Clubs A Frugal Choice?

Spring Blooms — Common Primrose

Save Money By Doing It Yourself

Hepatica americana

Green Living And Our Simpler Life

Our Journey To A Debt Free Life

How We Are Living A Simpler Life

Our Simpler Country Lifestyle

Decluttering and Purging

A Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder That Really Is

Primroses Blooming In The Snow

Special Words… And Et Cetera

Comparison Shopping Makes Sense

Why I Don’t Play The Coupon Game

How To Harvest Hosta Seeds

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