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I ran into a man at the garden center the other day, his cart full of heirloom plants and organic potting soil. It did my heart good, un...

My goal for the garden is to have it be as productive and maintenance free as possible. One way to do this is to plant as many perennial...

Permaculture is basically a self-sufficient ecosystem. In gardening, it means that you’ve created an environment that allows the plant...

I’ve had hit and miss results making my own yogurt. I’m usually very attentive, making sure the milk doesn’t boil or get too cool before...

Let's be honest. I am never going to be completely waste free. I'm not going to have a little jar full of trashy bits that I col...

Fixing the Backyard Spigot I did it! I crawled under my house, managing to not get too creeped out and fixed one of my leaking spigot...

Lately I'm being inundated with ads telling me that if I just buy *this* product, I can save HUNDREDS of dollars, and be one step c...

Like most folks in my generation, I've accumulated about $15K in credit card debt. Most of it was big, one time expenditures (like movi...