Kind Of ! With Self Sufficiency & Frugal Living Tips from Mr. and Mrs. Dirty Boots
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 not totally Green with a capital GRRR. We have a car, we enjoy food that isn’t always local and we have a bunch of stinky dogs that cannot be helping […]
Okay, I know I said we don’t have to eat lentil soup (soup not soap!) any more. But, sometimes that is exactly what the doctor orders. So yesterday faced with fine misty drizzle and a dip in temperatures, alongside a woefully sad looking Butternut Squash that has been sitting in the veg basket for over a week, this is what I came up with. Inspired by Nigel Slater’s The Kitchen Diaries and the food I love, I rustled up a gorgeous lentil soap recipe in just over half an hour. How did I do it? Well, firstly I was hungry […]
So, for any regular readers left from when we were regular writers here at A Self Sufficient Life, breaking news… Well not so much breaking news as – time for a change. The site has been neglected whilst we have been doing things to earn a little money. It seems frugal living on a mountain is all well and good, but you do need cash for petrol and other little luxuries, like clean clothes (if Mr DB works out how to fix the washing machine). So, long story short Mr Dirty Boots and myself have been busy tip-tapping away […]