This week was the big rummage sale at one of the churches in town. I just LOVE a good rummage sale. When I was a teen, my sisters and I used to volunteer to help with our church’s annual rummage sale for the express purpose of having first dibs on all the “good stuff”. This… Keep Reading

Quick Tip-Keeping Lettuce Fresh Have you ever bought lettuce with every good intention of making lots of healthy salads-only to have it wither grow slimy before you used it all? Having to chuck produce in the trash-or even the compost-is a waste and the antithesis of frugal! Here are 2 quick tips to make your… Keep Reading

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When the folks at Scott’s Miracle Gro contacted me about the chance to test and give away a GroGood gardening kit I was excited, but cautious. You see I love to garden, and the idea of free gardening stuff for me to try out and free stuff to give away to all of you was… Keep Reading

I am looking for a vegetable garden expert for next Monday’s episode of Frugal Coast2Coast. Any suggestions? What gardening questions (vegetable or ornamental) would you all like to see answered on air?

Tonight on Frugal Coast2Coast you the readers & listeners are in charge! I’ve already been soliciting questions on Facebook & Twitter and I’d love to hear what questions you all have for Lynnae and I to answer! We’ll answer just about any question-well, alright, my weight is off limits-but pretty much anything else, frugal or… Keep Reading

Next week I leave for the Stouffer’s “Let’s Fix Dinner” Blogger Roundtable in Cleveland OH. Stouffer’s is really doing this up right. They sent me a extremely well organized welcome packet, a luggage tag (for the trip), a thumb drive*, and a really classy glazed stoneware casserole dish. Not only are they flying us out… Keep Reading

A few weeks ago I held a giveaway for the coupon site “A Full Cup“. In honor of their site redesign I was able to giveaway a $25 gift card and a re-useable shopping tote. April was the lucky winner of that prize! In conjunction with the giveaway, the kind folks at A Full Cup… Keep Reading

Jax is the lucky winner of the Great Green Giveaway prize package! Her entry was chosen randomly-but here is her tip: I cut up some of hubby’s old worn out t-shirts that we use for rags and for spills. It has saved so many paper towels! Congratulations Jax!

I just love my Lovage & Chives. It made me so happy to look at the little flower bed next to my back stoop last week and see the little plants peeking their heads through the mulch. Barely a week later, the Chives are a nice little mound, and the Lovage has a very good… Keep Reading

Today is Earth Day-a day set aside each year to remind folks how important it is to preserve our environment. I’ve only just returned from a week of vacation (family here, then visiting family-including over 14 hours of driving in 4 days-I’m wiped) so I thought I’d do a quick and easy post today highlighting… Keep Reading