Best Vegetables for your Home Garden Knwing the best vegetables is often a matter of learning by doing, but there's a lot of vegetables to choose from. Learning from others is a practical way to learn about good vegetable varieties. Let's look at some great vegetables for your home garden. I have a long list of what I consider my favorite vegetables, and I want to share them with you. If … [Read more...]

Winter vegetables and greens are a joy to grow because they are tolerant of cold weather and thrive in the spring and fall. If you think you're supporting the idea of frugal living with a garden, wait until you start growing and harvesting cold weather vegetables in the off season. Cold weather vegetables include cole crops like kale, cabbage and broccoli that can be grown successfully year … [Read more...]

Starting vegetables from seed is the first step to growing your own food, and that can be an important part of your plan for frugal living. Watching seeds grow is also an educational adventure in which everyone should participate. Each time you start a seed, you get to witness the amazing transformation that takes place when you add a little water, light and warmth. It's truly a miracle … [Read more...]

In America, we're used to quality produce in the grocery stores. It's something that consumers have demanded, and the marketplace has responded. The question for me is simply do we have produce of a quality that's in our best interest? The term "quality" can mean different things to different people, so let's take a look at what we have in the traditional marketplace in terms of … [Read more...]

To some of us, it's not clear that fuel and food prices are related. This is simply because many of us don't realize how much we depend on fossil fuels for our food supply. Sure, it takes trucks to deliver food to the grocery stores, that much we know for certain, but getting food to the consumer is only a part of this "hand in hand" relationship between the cost of fuel and the cost of our … [Read more...]

I believe in creating marketplace alternatives when I'm not happy with what the marketplace has to offer. I also look for alternatives within the marketplace when I don't like the way things are offered or the asking price. This is America - we have a choice, even if it means that we create our own choices. There is a price to be paid for stepping outside the traditional marketplace, but … [Read more...]

The main reason wood heat is attractive is the same reason any form of heat is attractive - it keeps you warm so you don't die of hypothermia in the winter. Heating with wood also provides a visual and audible comfort that warms your heart, but our main interest is warming our bodies. Heating with wood is quite a bit different than central heat, so it's something you need to know about … [Read more...]