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After six years of writing about growing food, cooking it, self-sufficiency and life in general, there are 1,695 articles with 25,060 additional comments from hundreds of visitors.
In addition our community forum has 1,640 topics with 70,285 posts, contributed by like minded people. 24 categories ranging from food and frugality tips, to crafts and fabrics.
It all adds up to a big library of useful and enjoyable information, with some fun and amusing elements mixed in. After all, we have to laugh in the face of life’s adversities.
We hope you find what you are looking for and join in by adding to the store of practical knowledge.
How to make money in 2012
For several years we ran a series of articles on how to save money. Writing these articles and reading your comments taught me a lot. As these were monthly articles it gave me a lot of focus on the task in hand as I had to come up with an interesting and useful article. I was lucky that I had a lot of these savings in hand by the time I got ill in the summer of 2009. I haven’t worked full time since then but I do have a regular income from the advertising and affiliate links on this blog. I was also very fortunate that when I did get ill,...
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