Frugal Babe

Earlier this week, my husband added a homemade molasses/seaweed supplement to our hydroponic garden, and we think that we’re already seeing a difference in how the plants look.  They were looking pretty great already, but they seem to be even better now.  We’ve been harvesting greens from the garden since the end of August, and [...]

We live within a mile of two grocery stores, but the health food stores are a bit further away.  I always bike or walk to the grocery stores near our house, but we drive to the health food stores (we always try to include multiple errands in one trip to avoid extra driving).  There’s a [...]

Our hydroponic garden is exceeding all of our expectations.  We’re harvesting greens on a daily basis (lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, mustard, basil, and bok choy).  We have lots of cherry tomatoes that are just about to turn red.  We have tons of pepper flowers, and a few tiny peppers starting to show up.  Our pea [...]

The Carnival of All Things Eco is up at Focus Organic.  As usual, there are tons of great ideas for green living that is also easy on the budget.
Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity writes about how his town earns money by recycling, versus spending money to haul away trash.  Think about that next time [...]

My husband is building a greenhouse.  Our hydroponic garden is doing so well that he was inspired to increase our growing capacity by making our outdoor garden a year-round venture.  We got a book called Solar Gardening from the library, and he used it as a guide for the small greenhouse he’s building over our [...]

A patron at our library gave me the idea to mix watermelon and tomatoes in a salad. Sounds odd, but tastes fantastic. I added a few other ingredients, and we loved how it turned out, so I thought I’d share. And if your garden has tomatoes, basil, and watermelon, this will be [...]

Our son is almost four months old.  He’s been in cloth diapers since he was three days old, and as I’ve mentioned before, it’s been much easier than I expected to use them.  One thing I had read about was how detergent can build up in diapers over time, creating a residue that makes them [...]

I’ve written before about how much I love sprouts.  They’re about as close to a perfect food as you can get, as far as nutrition goes, and most of them are pretty tasty as well.  I eat small amounts of sprouts on sandwiches and salads, but by far the majority of the sprouts we grow [...]

My husband has been working every evening for the last couple weeks, getting the hydroponic garden up and running.  The goal is to automate as much as we can, so that the upkeep going forward is minimal.  Tonight he plumbed in a water line coming from our under-sink water filter, going into the crawl space.  [...]

I’ve always struggled with tossing stuff and getting rid of things.  If I spent money on it, I somehow feel like I have to keep it, even if I’m not using it anymore.  I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but it’s something I’ve been working on, and lately I’ve been making a lot of [...]