Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The Organic Garden Project

May 14, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal  

The Organic Garden Project

I’m excited we have the space to plant a proper garden this year. I’ve been itching to get started but an unusually wet spring delayed our ground breaking. Finally last week we were able to get started. My husband spent four days digging, tilling, fencing and planting our garden. We now have eleven 4 x [...]

PUR Water Filtration System Winner Announced!

May 11, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal  

PUR Water Filtration System Winner Announced!

Congratulations Daniel of Sweating The Big Stuff! You won the PUR Water Filtration System! Thanks to everyone who entered!

Ditch the Plastic Bottles: PUR Water Filtration System Giveaway

May 4, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal  

Ditch the Plastic Bottles: PUR Water Filtration System Giveaway

If you could make a small change that would save you money, help the environment and possibly protect your health, would you do it? This is the decision I made three years ago when I decided to kick our bottled water habit and install a water filtration system. Three years ago: We consumed an average [...]

Baby Steps to a Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

April 16, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal  

Baby Steps to a Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

It seems like everyday we hear of another food recall or a study is released telling us some artificial ingredient in our food has been found to cause cancer. The state of our food production system is appalling. Large agricultural companies continue to implement measures that drive up their profits and drive down the nutritional [...]

Maybe I’m a geek but this got me really excited

February 16, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal  

Maybe I’m a geek but this got me really excited

*Note – this is not a sponsored post. I’m just a frugal nerd that gets excited about this stuff. I’ve always thought it weird that in this day and age, the utility company has to send someone out once a month to read our meter. Don’t we have technology to do this? Apparently we do. [...]