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Old-Fashoned Ways to Make Food Stretch Further

There was a time when making food stretch wasn’t called being frugal. It was simply how people cooked. Mountain families

When cold weather settles into the mountains, the heating bill can climb in a hurry. For seniors and families living

Getting a house ready for winter doesn’t have to mean buying new windows, adding thousands of dollars’ worth of insulation,

When grocery money is tight, the goal isn’t simply to buy the cheapest food you can find. The real goal

A frozen water pipe can turn a cold winter day into an expensive mess. When water freezes, it expands. The

When cold weather arrives, a drafty house can become uncomfortable in a hurry. Even worse, all that warm air escaping

A whole chicken may not look like much of a bargain when you first see the price at the grocery

By the time September rolls around, the summer garden can look pretty tired. Tomato vines are slowing down, beans

You walk into a room and smell it immediately. That stale, damp, musty smell. The first temptation may be to

It’s cold outside. Then suddenly you realize the furnace hasn’t come on. The temperature inside the house is beginning to