I had a revelation today. It’s actually nothing new in many ways, like most of my revelations! It has to do with the difference between thrift and freeloading, and it came up in relationship to a magazine subscription. I have been trying hard to pay down bills, and recycle, share resources and do without the [...]
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Thrifty Thursday
Posted in green, simple living, the compact on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Food on Friday
Posted in fabulous food, green, sustainability on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I had planned to eat from my pantry this month, but somehow I totally forgot. I wanted to do this because I wanted to challenge myself to be more creative and to see how much of the stored stuff I can use. Partly we are half way through the year and I should be half [...]
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in crafting, green, sustainability on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since I’ve been doing some cleaning I thought I’d share some to the uses I’ve found for some of the stuff I’ve accumulated. It is always challenging because I have lots of great ideas, but will in fact only get to a few of them. Some of the fabric I have is too small to [...]
Wastefree Wednesday
Posted in green, simple living, sustainability, the compact on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have a confession to make: if I don’t keep reporting my food waste, I revert to my old habits. This week I cleaned the fridge in preparation for Christmas and discovered a slimy mess in the vegetable drawer. I barely rescued a cucumber, organic no less, and some lettuce. The lettuce was in one [...]
Fabulous Food on Friday
Posted in fabulous food, gardening, green, simple living, sustainability on October 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Gardening is, by its very nature, an expression of the triumph of optimism over experience.” William Alexander It is the end of the harvest season and as usual, I greet it with a mix of relief, satisfaction and regret. I am truly relieved to be able to focus my attention elsewhere, to get back to [...]
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in crafting, green, simple living on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just returned from a wonderful 5 days with some of my women friends at the beach. It is our habit to get away once a day to just relax and talk, eat some good food and craft a bit. Previously we had each done our own thing, knitting, beading, woodworking or just plain reading [...]
Food on Friday
Posted in environment, fabulous food, green, sustainability on September 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t add the ‘fabulous’ to the title of today, because I want to talk about food waste, and food planning, not meal planning, although that is part of it. Food planning is a process of looking at what you have and creating edibles using what is at hand. Now, this was typically what families [...]
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in environment, green, sustainability on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m on a roll! After looking at my garbage yesterday, I decided that there had to be a solution for the vegetable sacks that end in the trash because they are too yucky to reuse. I’ve been frustrated by how often my lettuce and spinach ends up in the compost without even a brief usage, [...]
Wastefree Wednesday
Posted in environment, green, simple living, sustainability on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s in your garbage this week? Since I’ve been paying a lot of attention to what I discard to the land fill, I have noticed my garbage doesn’t contain much except plastic. My food scraps including dairy and meat waste goes either to my own compost bins and worm bins or to the city’s compost [...]
Thrifty Thursday
Posted in environment, green, simple living, sustainability, the compact on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With all the garden needs, and the produce to be put up, I haven’t had much time to think about thrifty ideas, but with most of that behind me, it’s time . Of course, preserving the harvest is definitely a thrifty activity. I notice that many at the pea patch let their harvest rot in the [...]
