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Kindle Reader – The Green Way to Read?

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:44:35 +0000

Who hasn’t heard about the Kindle Reader yet? It seems you cannot get away from talk that electronic books are the future, and indeed their sales are soaring so fast Amazon has already said that US ebook sales are doing better than sales of real paper books. People love gadgets, and something that is even smaller, lighter and perhaps

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Organic Shampoo for Better or Worse?

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:13:39 +0000

This is guest post and it makes for some very interesting reading, the things you learn by having a website! A friend of mine who was very proud of his luscious head of hair used to always talk about the benefits of either not washing his hair with any shampoo and only using an organic shampoo when he did. Admittedly, his hair was very

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Starting the Olive Harvest

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:40:14 +0000

I don’t know how many olives we will be able to harvest this year. Time is not something we seem to have enough of at the moment and other things are just more important. It’s a shame seeing olives going to waste but such a low price commodity often rots on the floor I guess. We will do some though not the 150+ trees that we

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The Most Important Frugal Living Tip You’ll Ever Need

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:17:18 +0000

Or why window shopping is bad for you, oh and magazines, the internet and tv! The most simple and straightforward way to save money and live frugally is just to avoid shops. Hardly a jaw-dropping surprise that one is it? But it is true that window shopping whilst relaxing and an excuse for a coffee with friends, is also totally detrimental

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Frugal Living & Self Sufficiency Keep You Fit

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:35:00 +0000

Last weekend I realised how much more fit we were when everything was about frugal living and self sufficiency. You see, from part time olive farmers, part time vegetable growers, part time builders and full time “never really go anywhere as there is no money for fuel” type folks, we have moved “up” in the world, to

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Eco Homes and Not Going Green on Holiday

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:13:09 +0000

We have an old home, a run of the mill rural home, not an Eco home. But still we think we are a little bit Green. But take me on holiday and it all comes tumbling down. I confess my sins for a total disregard for Eco tourism or green vacations. I just cannot be self sufficient away from home! Being Green at Home Right then, firstly I am

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Strand Woven Bamboo Flooring

Mr.Dirty Boots — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:15:41 +0000

Sorry for such a long absence, we have been very busy. John, who runs Reclaimed Hardwood Flooring has kindly sent in a guest post all about a great flooring product that is extremely environmentally friendly as well as very aesthetically pleasing. His article also ties in very nicely with the eco friendly flooring questions I posed and seems

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A Year (and a bit) in the Self Sufficient Life

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:53:49 +0000

Okay, Mrs Dirty Boots here, Madam of this Self Sufficient homestead. Yep, I know I have been missing in action from this site. Rest assured I have been doing my bit though (just ran out of words to ramble about it all really!). Any-hoo, it suddenly dawned on me (over a bowl of barely simmering lemon curd no less) that a whole year (and a

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Green Flooring – Eco Friendly Flooring

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:21:58 +0000

Our millions of regular self sufficient readers (well, all 200 of you) will know (if you have been paying attention), that we live in Spain. It is the tradition here in nearly all homes to have tiled floors. Wooden floors are not really the norm and carpets are quite the exception to the rule. This is partly because of the heat during the

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Is Investing In Green Stocks A Good Idea?

Mr.Dirty Boots — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:27:10 +0000

Today we gave guest post from Bruce here at the self sufficiency site. He makes some interesting points about investing in companies that are maybe more environmentally friendly. Many people have money invested in shares so do you think it is time to re-consider your portfolio to have maybe a slightly more environmentally friendly bias? Or do

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