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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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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
The Value of Clothing
I cleaned our master closet this weekend. Everything in its place, floors and baseboards cleaned. The hubs got to go through all his clothing and edit out what he doesn’t wear anymore – I was not so lucky. Your third … Continue reading
Posted in Cleaning, Downsizing, Environment, Frugal, Simple, Thrift, Uncategorized
Tagged cleaning, clothing, consignment, frugal, thrift, value
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Book Review: Free-Range Chicken Gardens
A few weeks ago, I won a copy of Jessi Bloom’s Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard over at the fantastic blog The Walden Effect, and I promised all of you a review. Well, I finally … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged book, chickens, free-range, garden, photography, plants, review
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Time Diary Update
So, in case you missed it, I decided to keep a time diary last week. It was actually pretty simple – I decided to use a Windows Notepad document. A pretty neat trick is that if you press F5 in … Continue reading
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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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Natural Yeast Experiment: The Introduction
So, anyone remember when I mentioned my natural yeast starter I got in the mail? Well here it is: It came to me in a plastic baggie as dehydrated flakes. Basically, all you have to do is feed it with … Continue reading
Last Ditch Potato Box OR How Not to Manage Your Garden
So, uh yeah, I hilled my potatoes at the very beginning of the season, but they grew WAY faster than I anticipated, and I ended up with this: This is more potato growth than I’ve ever seen in my life. … Continue reading
Why I Don’t Worry About the Economy
Recently Timothy Geithner, the Treasury Secretary of the United States, gave a speech about, among other things, what he believes caused the recent financial crisis: You can’t legislate away stupidity and risk-taking and greed and recklessness. What you can do … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, self-sufficient, simple, thrift
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Saturday Links
I just realized this post did not go out on Saturday – it was sitting in “draft”!!! Hiya folks! Greetings from the sunny south! We’re headed to our friend’s daughter’s birthday party this morning, and then on to our Brew … Continue reading
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What I’m Thankful For
I’ve been feeling pretty tired and run down lately, nothing serious, just the efforts of daily life catching up with me. In light of that, I thought it was about time I ruminated on some of the good things. Sometimes, … Continue reading
Jessie : Improved 