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Hi, my name is Jessie. I'm an Atlanta software engineer, mom, gardener, and general life enthusiast. Please follow me in my journey to save money, do my part for the planet, and try to live a simpler life.
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Category Archives: DIY
Reclaiming Air Conditioning Condensate
Water is very expensive where we live. I estimate our cost per gallon to be about twice that of my parents that only live about an hour away. So naturally anything I can think up that could save a significant … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Environment, Frugal
Tagged air conditioning, conservation, drought, environment, frugal, humidity, water
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Looking for Easy
I was watching Alaska: The Last Frontier on the Discovery Channel (a show I *highly* recommend, and I watch very little television), and a neighbor of the Kilcher family talked about moving his family to the Alaska wilderness. “It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Self-Sufficiency, Simple
Tagged cloth diaper, convenience, easy, self-sufficient, work
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Green Clean Week: Dishes
All this week I’m featuring my “alternative” cleaning methods, in depth, with recipes, processes, and failures. I’m laying it all out there, folks. There has been a lot of talk out there about what’s more efficient, hand washing or your … Continue reading
Green Clean Week: Laundry
It’s Monday everybody! Yay! (smirks) I thought I’d do something a little different this week, and stick to a theme. This week is officially Each day, I’ll be talking about one of the “alternative” ways that I clean, be it … Continue reading
Saturday, Uh, Sunday Links
Hello everyone! Saturday was crazy so the normal blogging time didn’t happen. Today’s a little more calm, but we still have some major changes going on around these parts. The outside world is still sopping wet, but today’s forecast is … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Environment, Gardening, Self-Sufficiency
Tagged change, emissions, environment, gardening, laws, solar
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Non-Toxic Ant Control
You know what they say – once you get ants in your kitchen, you can’t get rid of them. Well, I’m determined to prove that wrong. Enter diatomaceous earth (DE), a completely non-toxic, natural, and safe way to control your … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, DIY, Self-Sufficiency, Simple, Uncategorized
Tagged ants, bugs, DE, green, insect, non-toxic, pest control, simple
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DIY Seed Warming
In the interest of growing more food for my family (and doing it as cheaply as possible), I decided to try starting some of my seeds indoors this year. I haven’t had much success with this in the past, and … Continue reading
Garden Planning Days
It’s warm for January here in the South, but it is also wet. The kind of wet you usually get in May, with thunder, torrential downpours, and the whole shebang. So my garden planning is indoors, on paper. First of … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Frugal, Gardening, Self-Sufficiency
Tagged food, garden, self-sufficient, square foot garden, tomato
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Happy Blogvember!
No, there’s no such thing as Blogvember. Yes, I made it up. But that’s okay! I’m dedicating the month of November to try to get into the habit of blogging every day. I’ve really been trying to make this a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogvember, Chickens, DIY, Self-Sufficiency
Tagged chickens, self-sufficient, winter
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Money Well Spent
I went apple picking with some friends on Saturday, and picked up this peeler/corer/slicer for $26 at the orchard. I believe it was $26 well spent. Don’t you?
Posted in DIY, Frugal, Self-Sufficiency
Tagged apple, canning, core, peel, preserving, slice
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Jessie : Improved 