by Texas Homesteader ~
It’s so puzzling to me – visitors often apologize profusely for not being as environmentally sensitive as I try to be. WHY??! My journey may not be the same as your journey – and that’s OK!
by Texas Homesteader ~
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As anyone who is self-employed can attest, being self employed requires a special money-management mindset. Since leaving the corporate workplace, our work hours are longer and our pay is substantially smaller and not near as systematic. Make no mistake, money is tight at the Taylor Homestead! But there’s no place I’d rather be and the benefits FAR outweigh any financial drawbacks.
Plus it’s easy to make adjustments. We just look for tiny ways to save throughout our typical week. Maybe you’re looking for easy, painless ways to save a few bucks too? As an added bonus, many times those money-saving measures are good for the environment too. Come see 5 frugal things we did this week to save money.
by Texas Homesteader ~
I wanted cute red & white gingham cloth napkins. One dollar, a small tablecloth and a few minutes at my sewing machine was all it took.
by Texas Homesteader ~
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I don’t typically use plastic produce bags. I mean, my veggies can usually play nice without being separated from each other by plastic. đŸ™‚
But sometimes with bulk buying it’s just easier for the cashier to have like items all bundled together. So if I buy 16 roma tomatoes to make Pico de Gallo for a family dinner, bundling them all together for the cashier just makes sense.
But oh how I hated to use that plastic bag. I mean, yeah, I’ll make sure it gets reused somehow when I get home. But I’m trying to SHUN plastic aren’t I?
by Texas Homesteader ~
‘Plastic-Free July’ is where folks around the world see how far they can go in shunning plastic in their day-to-day lives. Y’all know me, I’m all over that action!
To celebrate plastic-Free July I’m sharing the 5 zero-waste products I love most that help me eliminate a bit of plastic from my life and from our environment.
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I love my solar oven. I’ve said it time & time again, I hate to fire up my electric oven during the heat & humidity of our Texas summers.
Not only does it cost fuel for the stove to operate, but boiling eggs adds even more heat inside our home. That requires our air conditioning to work overtime cooling it back down, therefore costing even more money.
Several years ago I bought a solar oven and I absolutely love it! What a great item in your Emergency Preparedness toolbox!
Then at a Mother Earth News Fair I attended a few years ago, a solar-cooking seminar presenter told us how easy it was to cook ‘hard-boiled’ whole eggs in the solar oven without even using water. Color me intrigued!
by Texas Homesteader ~
We all wanna be gentle on the earth, right? I mean c’mon, none of us open our sleepy eyes, stretch & yawn and stumble to the kitchen to sip our coffee while quietly contemplating how to single-handedly destroy the earth! But sometimes the big picture is just so… BIG. “What could I possibly do to make a difference?” you might wonder. Or you may have no idea just where to start.
Well let me tell you, it’s easy to start right where you are! Remember it’s the many little things you do every day that come together to make something big. And here’s a very pleasant surprise – it often saves you a little cold, hard cash too! Take my week for instance, here are 5 easy things I’ve done this week to save some money and the environment too!
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We wanted to make a rustic, old-wood solar light feature. We used old, aged Bois D’Arc wood and old barbed wire. A metal elephant embellishment and decorative solar light on top finished this light feature piece. Perfect!
