A new adventure: Little Island Seed Co.

Those of you following me around on social media for a while probably know my fondness of nature. It follows quite naturally that I like to grow things! So I’ve started a little side project that can be found on Etsy here: Little Island Seed Co. on Etsy and of course it’s own website as

Building moveable cold frames/row covers

This has been kind of a fun project we’ve tackled this year. Last year was the first year we had an actual vegetable garden. Tom didn’t really bother with the landscaping until I moved here (which was officially in about 2017, I think). He put most of his efforts into the house itself, so its

Last December I put an appliance on a payment plan… Hello, new me!

The picture gives it away, YES! I bought a Vitamix!! Note: This post shall not contain any affiliate links or other Vitamix shilling 😉 (unlike ever.single.other.blog I came across trying to research the models they have!). I have been wanting one, DROOLING, over one of these things for years… probably a decade.. like my entire

Vegan: 60 days.

Happy Monday everyone! I know it’s not Monday but it was a long weekend here on PEI, so today is definitely monday-y! Last month I wrote an entry on exploring a world without meat. It was probably a bit random given this is a personal finance blog most of the time. 😮 Today marks 1,440

Exploring a world without meat.

On December 21st, the day me and Tom returned from our around the world trip we decided to adopt a vegetarian/vegan diet, or, rather in the time leading up to our return date we gradually grew more familiar with the idea and chose our return date to start as it would be convenient to do

A spending… ban…-ish for the rest of 2017

Those of you that have known me for a while may recall that I’m not a huge fan of entire spending bans, the logic being for me that when I restrict myself completely I tend to go overboard and binge after a while because I guess… discipline is not my forte in all areas of