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Quick Tip — Keep your hand soft

February 18, 2015 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 1 Comment

It’s bitter cold at this time of year and if I’m not careful my hands turn into a dry, chapped mess.  Actually, I should take better care of them all year long–in the spring, summer and fall it’s the garden dirt that causes the trouble.  But there is an easy way to help! We all… Keep Reading

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Quick Tip: Cooking Radishes

June 18, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 8 Comments

Radishes are one of those vegetables that everyone seems to plant. . . and yet when you ask if they actually LIKE radishes, well, many do not.  I think they are planted simply for the satisfaction of watching something that grows so quickly and lushly.  It makes any gardener feel accomplished (unless you get the… Keep Reading

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Quick Tip: Perfect Pasta the Easy Way!

February 2, 2013 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 10 Comments

We all know the drill to make pasta.  Bring the water to a boil.  Drop the pasta in.  Boil 8-10 minutes. . . and hope it doesn’t boil over. What if I told you there was an easier way? One that uses less electricity?  That never boils over?  And that puts less heat into your… Keep Reading

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Quick Tip: A Frugal Way to Clear a Drain

September 15, 2010 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 1 Comment

A pot of water at a roiling boil

Have a drain that is running slow or plugged? Need a cheap way to unclog, uplug or clear it?  Here is a frugal (practically free*) way to do it! Use boiling water! That’s right-just take our your largest pot, fill it up, bring the water to a boil & pour it down the drain. Repeat…. Keep Reading

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Quick Tip: Paint Touchup Kit

October 9, 2009 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 2 Comments

Here is a quick and easy tip.  Make yourself a paint touchup kit for your house.  Save up some glass jars with tight fitting lids, then head down to the basement or out to the garage where you keep all your paint cans. Fill a jar for each color paint you have in your house… Keep Reading

Filed Under: Frugal Living Tagged With: decorating, Home, Paint, quick tip

Best of: Quick Tip-Cooking Noodles

June 9, 2007 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 3 Comments

This one is reposted by request!****************************** It’s summer. It’s hot. No-one wants to slave over a hot stove minding a pot of hot noodles.Well, you don’t have to using this simple tip. Fill the pot with cold water just as you normally do. Then, before you put the pot on the burner dump your raw… Keep Reading

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Best of-Quick Tip-Garden Labels

March 29, 2007 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 1 Comment

Spring has finally sprung in upstate NY! For the first time since we moved, I think I got my snowpeas in the ground early enough to really take advantage of their proclivity for growing in the cooler weather. So in honor of that, I thought I’d repost a quick but good tip: ***************************Need a way… Keep Reading

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Quick Tip-Cards

April 24, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 5 Comments

As an auxilary to the Gift Box post of the other day, I was wondering, do you all keep a selection of greeting cards on hand at your place? If you don’t, you really should! If you have to run out and buy a card at the last minute you will usually spend about $4… Keep Reading

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About Frugal Upstate

I’m Jenn –an Upstate NY wife, mom, blogger and veteran. I talk very fast, read constantly, take on too much and make plenty of mistakes. I’m a real person, not perfection. I love to talk about the frugal lifestyle, “Village Homesteading”, living a more sustainable lifestyle and being prepared for all the curves life throws at you.

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