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Easy potato growing
This year I planted a few rows of potatoes on a rough old patch of ground next to the main veg patch. It had previously been covered with a bit of straw, but I had never dug it over. As I was in a rus… more →
The chickens have escaped!
Easy potato growing
Scarlet wrote 3 hours ago: This year I planted a few rows of potatoes on a rough old patch of ground next to the main veg patch … more →
A tale of Downshifting #2
emlyn wrote 4 days ago: Ok, I reread A tale of Downshifting #1, and it kind of rambles off at the end. Eventually I figured … more →
What is the nature of sanity?
tortugo23 wrote 5 days ago: Awakening The Ecological Unconscious Ecopsychology: healing our alienation from the rest of Creation … more →
How did I become a good consumer?
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play2survive wrote 6 days ago: I have looked back into my past to try and understand how I became the person I am today – how I … more →
Learning Self Discipline
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Frugal Trenches wrote 2 weeks ago: Since I started on this downshifting and financial responsibility path, I notice something, I have l … more →
The great BIG shop costs oh so little....come shopping with me!
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Frugal Trenches wrote 3 weeks ago: I should preface this by saying I don’t buy cheap food. I don’t believe in buying proces … more →
"I prefer 'urban outdoorsman.' "
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tortugo23 wrote 1 month ago: by C.W. Nevius Thursday, July 31, 2008 via: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07 … more →
Why I'm NOT tempted by summer sales!
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Frugal Trenches wrote 1 month ago: One thing I noticed when I lived in North America was how everyone told you what they bought on sale … more →
Learning To Love Sundays
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Frugal Trenches wrote 1 month ago: Before I began on this downshifting, simplicity path, I hated Sundays. They were filled with dread a … more →
Dig this
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Scarlet wrote 1 month ago: The future plantability of our land is now looking more plausible with the arrival from the UK of ou … more →
Pumpkin panic
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Scarlet wrote 1 month ago: When I planted the cucurbits in May, I simply mixed up all the tag-ends of various seed packets and … more →
Learning To Wait
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Frugal Trenches wrote 1 month ago: Perhaps one of the biggest conveniences and advances in our society has centred around advances in t … more →
Reaganomics
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alchemycal monkey wrote 1 month ago: Reagonomics killing me Reagonomics killing me Reagonomics killing me Reagonomics killing you! … more →
Just how many items of clothing do we need?
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Frugal Trenches wrote 1 month ago: This is a post that has been knocking around in my head for some time, then today when I read a post … more →
Shift Your Life Into Low Gear
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pdxmogo wrote 1 month ago: One of the mantras that we’re taught from the time we’re children is live fast, buy lots, produ … more →
Old bath pond
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Scarlet wrote 2 months ago: There are plenty of toads at our place, but they like hanging out in all the wrong places and last w … more →
Downshifting in London and Daily Tracking
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Frugal Trenches wrote 2 months ago: All my regular readers know the plan is to downshift. While I can’t physically do it at the mo … more →
Is the modern life of making money bad for us?
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Frugal Trenches wrote 2 months ago: Lately this is something I’ve really started to ponder. Yes, life expectancy is increasing, bu … more →
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