Frugal Tips

I have been environmentally conscious for much of my life, always striving to use products with less harsh chemicals in them, and that produce less strain on the environment. This became particularly important when I moved to a mountain, where all of our greywater is pumped back onto the garden/lawn. I needed to feel ok with pumping whatever goes down the drain back into the environment. I used soap berries for a long time, but I found that they left a sticky residue on cloth

Today we are going to chat about one of the biggest costs facing families (and really everybody at the moment) and that is groceries. It’s no secret that the cost of groceries has skyrocketed over the past few years. If we look at the findings from Canstar Blue, the average weekly shop for a family of four in Australia in 2021 was sitting at $187. In 2025 that weekly shopping average for a family of four is now sitting at $240 a week. That’s an increase of $53 a week in just