It’s cold and flu season! And not only is it flu season, but it’s one of the worst flu seasons we’ve seen in years. Boston declared a medical emergency, New York declared a health emergency, 49 states have recorded cases. . . Google even has a Flu Trend Map! So when Walmart asked me to… Keep Reading
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Adventures in Homemade Mayonnaise (with Recipe)
I’m buying farm fresh eggs from a local friends each week-2 dozen for $4. While I love quiche, hard boiled eggs, fried eggs, deviled eggs, egg strata, breakfast casserole and more–there is a point at which you think to yourself “what else can you make with eggs?”. That’s when a brilliant thought hit me. Mayonnaise! … Keep Reading
Library Stack: 11/30
I am a prolific reader. I love learning new things, I love a good story and I just plain love reading. My idea of a perfect day is to curl up in a chair with a cup of hot coffee and read all day with no interruptions. You can guess how often that happens. I… Keep Reading
Book Review: Medicinal Herbs, A Beginner’s Guide by Rosemary Gladstar
Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use Author: Rosemary Gladstar List Price: $14.95 Length: 217 pages Frugal, Sustainable or Prepared? This book pertains to all three. Using wildcrafted herbs as medicinal can save you money, is a renewable/sustainable/green resource, and can help you be prepared to deal with… Keep Reading
Storm Preparation with Walmart Part 2
This is the second part of a post on Storm Preparedness–Make sure you read Storm Preparation with Walmart Part 1 as well! In Part 1 we covered: 1) Food 2) Water 3) Shelter In this post we will be covering: Part 2 (follow on post) 4) Fire (light/heat/electricty) 5) Health and Sanitation 6) Communication/Security Let’s… Keep Reading
Storm Preparedness with Walmart Part 1
Hurricane Sandy is on it’s way and up and down the eastern seabord folks are scrambling trying to get themselves prepared. But how do you actually prepare for something like this? What do you do? In a weird coincidence of timing, Walmart had offered all of the Walmart Moms to do a post on the… Keep Reading
Top Toy Preview ~ Walmart 2012
I know it isn’t even Halloween yet, but truly, for the frugal at heart it is time to start thinking about Christmas! Yes-I know. I hate rushing the season as well. . . but if you want to stretch your dollars and figure out how to fit all your Christmas plans into your budget, then… Keep Reading
Mulching Your Garden Part 2 — How to Mulch Your Garden
It’s time to talk mulching again! Last week I gave you my opinion in “Why Mulch Your Garden?”. . . this week I’m going to talk about HOW to mulch your garden. The first consideration when mulching your garden is what to use for the mulch. As I stated before I prefer organic mulches, so… Keep Reading
Book Review: The Victory Garden Cookbook
I like to read. A lot. So I thought it was time to share with you all some of the books that I find particularly useful or interesting! I’m starting with one of my very favorite cookbooks! Title: The Victory Garden Cookbook Author: Marian Morash List Price: This book is out of print-in 1988 it… Keep Reading
Blog Interview: Red Carpet Mamas
I thought it would be a fun thing to do this summer to highlight some new and different blogs~~so I’m starting a semi regular “Blogger Interview” segment. This week I’d like to start off this new segment by introducing you to Melissa Garcia of Red Carpet Mamas. Melissa is a friend of mine-we met over… Keep Reading
