A Self Sufficient Life

Enjoyable Emergency Food Survival – Grow Your Own

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:05:53 +0000

If you want to feed your family yourself, why not simply grow your own? Mr DB’s recent look at emergency survival food supplies got me thinking (dangerous obviously). I cannot imagine having a bucket of dried prepared meals handy should zombies attack, but I do have a stash of home grown vegetables to munch on. [...] Related posts:

Emergency Survival Food Supply 275 Meal Pack

Mr.Dirty Boots — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:56:46 +0000

I came across the Emergency Survival Food Supply 275 Meal Pack the other day and it got me to thinking about all manner of things. Self sufficiency is one thing but I wonder what would happen if there was no access to the shops for a few weeks. Maybe some form of a backup plan [...] Related posts:

Enjoyable Emergency Food Survival – Grow Your Own

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 [...]

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 [...]

Protecting Your Garden from Genetically Modified Pollen

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:52:39 +0000

Today, at A Self Sufficient Life, we have a guest post by Ashley Warner. It’s an interesting look at the perhaps very worrying world of GM food and the implication for home grown crops everywhere: Genetically modified organisms (GMO) have sparked a hot debate in the world of agriculture. Many people, such as those with [...] Related posts:

At Last New Homemade Compost Bins

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:00:29 +0000

Aah, we love our garden compost here at Casa Dirty Boots. But, the one thing we don’t – well didn’t love was our compost bins. Oh they were fine and dandy when first created. In fact we were rather smug that we’d used scraps of wood from the house that were good for little else [...] Related posts:

Frugal Sustainable Gift Wrapping

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:36:30 +0000

Today we have something a little out of the ordinary at the kind of Self Sufficient Life; a guest post from Kate Willson about helping achieve a frugal gift giving season this year. So over to Kate: Christmas is fast approaching, and as some of you may know, sometimes buying the wrapping paper can cost as [...]

Green Energy from Insects – The Carnivorous Clock

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:09:24 +0000

Okay so killing insects is somewhat of an odd “green” thing. But the other night we just wanted to zonk out in front of the TV. An episode of “Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention” was on. I have to admit I was pretty skeptical about stop motion animation trying to be educational. But I [...] Related posts:

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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. [...] Related posts:

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 [...] Related posts: