Glamping for the Not So Rich and Famous
Pro Tip: Don't order the garlic pizza from a place called Garlic Jim's if you're eating and sleeping in the same confined space.
Read MoreChange of Plans: September Is Now Homesteading Part II
We found the vegan equivalent of hunting...potato harvesting! Homesteading continues into September.
Read MoreLesson Learned: You Never Know What's Growing Under the Ground
Gardening is like a box of chocolate...you never know what you're gonna get.
Read MoreHomesteading: Not Meant to Be a One-Month Experiment (Obviously)
Want to see the world's smallest, most pathetic beet? Well, you're in luck! I just pulled one of those out of my garden! Welcome to Miranda and Chuck's homesteading month.
Read MoreLow Impact Month Wasn't Quite As Disappointing As We Thought – And We Have Data To Prove It!
July's Low Impact Month is officially in the books and our bills have come in, which means it's time to tally the results and crunch some data. Anybody who knows me knows that I'm a data guy, so I was excited to see how our efforts to reduce our impact paid off. But then, I started to look at the numbers...
Read MoreThere's A Lot to Say About Low-Impact Month...A Lot of It Is Disappointing
We tried wiping with one square of toilet paper, buying package-free food, taking 2-minute showers, and using solar-powered gadgets around the house. We have a lot to report.
Read MoreIt's a Good Thing You Can't Smell This Post (And Other Wisdom from Reduce Your Impact Month)
It's confirmed: Walking around the house with one solar lantern for three people is asinine. See what other little nuggets of wisdom we've acquired this month while trying to reduce our environmental impact.
Read MoreThe Success of Backyard Camping Depends Entirely on the Location of Your Yard
Regardless of what those staycation articles say, it may not be a great idea to try to sleep in your backyard.
Read MoreCheap, old-fashioned fun
Even though we've had some issues with some people's ideas of fun, we're continuing to have a lot of it this month. This week we introduced the neighborhood children to some new less-than-savory vocabulary words via our inappropriate choice for a backyard movie.
Read MoreThat Time We Did Some Day-Drinking in a Kiddie Pool. With No Kids.
Now we are "those" neighbors: Drinking. In a kiddie pool. With no kids. Listening to reggae. At 4pm. On a Thursday.
Read MoreWe Were Doing Fine Until the D.I.Y. Cornflakes
We must have been out of our minds. Completely bananas. Sleep deprived and on the brink of insanity. There is no other explanation. ... No DIY project is worth a human life.
Read MoreD.I.Y. Experiments: Earth, Fire, Water, ...and Alcohol?
This week we experimented with all the elements: earth, fire, water, and alcohol. (Wait, that's not right.)
Read MoreGo Big or Go Home: D.I.Y. Haircuts
The plan was for Miranda to cut my hair, but it kept getting knocked to the end of the to-do list. So I got impatient and figured I could do it myself. I pulled out the beard trimmer, stood in front of the bathroom mirror, and started buzzing my own hair.
Read MoreI Got 99 Problems...with the 100 Thing Challenge
Would our dog even be able to follow the 100 Thing Challenge? Let's count. This week we explore a world in which one plus one might equal zero.
Read MoreProject 333: Three Is Not a Magic Number
After reading the 333 website, my first thought was that if the author has to tell us three times in her introduction that, “this is not a project in suffering,” that’s a red flag. If you're invited to your friend's house for a 'party,' and he tells you multiple times before you get there that, “it's not a cult”…red flag.
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