Green and Frugal

At the beginning of the year, I make a list of finance-related goals that I want to meet over the next 12 months. At the …

Back in February after the TV spot about my blog aired, a new reader named Steve emailed to ask if I had any frugal shaving …

If you’re one of the rare people whose media consumption is even lower than mine, you might be unaware of the atrocity that Kleenex has …

I start pondering this dilemma a while back when I mentioned on Twitter that I was canceling our newspaper subscription. So that you aren’t left …

How’s this for an Earth Day post?? Bear with me here…by the end, I hope you’ll see that this is more appropriate than you might …

Several months back, I found this frame at Goodwill for $2.50. I LOVE it when I find frames with mats, because mats take a picture …

Miscellany posts appear around here every now and then when I have a bunch of small things to share with you…things too small for individual …

We’ve had some fabulously warm weather here this month, which is a lovely change from the cold and snow and cold and snow we had …

This week a reader asked me why, if I am The Frugal Girl, I don’t shop for groceries at the store that has “Always Low …

Today’s post is quite off-topic, and I hope you’ll forgive me for that. This post came about because when I read a guest post on …

Every Monday, I answer a few of the questions that my readers send me. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in …

alternately titled, “How I Avoid Carrying Compost Out Into My Cold Backyard Every Day” or, “The Lazy Composter”. In the summertime, I don’t really mind …

On Monday, after many requests, I told you all that I’d devote a post to this topic, and I’m here to deliver on that promise. …

I thought it might be fun to show you around. There are tomatoes, peppers, basil, and green onions growing here, in soil mixed with compost. …

Free samples are all the rage among frugal people, judging by the number of blogs and websites that publish endless lists of these sorts of …