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Gardens and Gophers Oh My!

My tomatoes are looking tasty. My snow peas are a little pathetic. It seems my attempts to protect my first ever frugally organic garden from deer and wildlife has proven partially successful! Yay! Last month I planted several varieties of tomatoes (Lemon Boy, Early Girl, and Beefsteak), some basil, and several sweet snow peas in [...]

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Festival of Frugality: Bare Necessities Edition

Welcome to the 133rd Festival of Frugality: Bare Necessities Edition! If this is your first time visiting Squawkfox, welcome! Check out my best stuff under Top Squawks and be sure to get free Email Updates or free RSS Updates in your reader. Let’s peel away all the extra layers in life. Let’s strip down to [...]

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Hosting the Festival of Frugality

I’m getting festive with frugality! Next week (July 8th, 2008) I’ll be hosting one of the biggest traveling carnivals around, the Festival of Frugality. This festival has traveled a few times around the blogosphere so I’m pretty darn excited to host the #133 Edition right here on Squawkfox. The idea behind the Festival of Frugality [...]

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Introducing the Personal Finance Network!

I’ve gone and made some friends. Through writing here I’ve discovered that blogging is not a lone activity but rather a big blogospheric conversation. We read articles. We comment on posts. We participate in conversations. We link to both tasty and unsavory ideas. We meet people. It’s all funeroodle fun. So through my interwebing travels [...]

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Carnival of Debt Reduction: Summer Solstice Edition

Welcome to the 145th Carnival of Debt Reduction: Summer Solstice Edition! If this is your first time visiting Squawkfox, welcome! Check out my best stuff under Top Squawks and be sure to get free Email Updates or free RSS Updates in your reader. Today’s theme centers around the sweet Summer Solstice, where June 20th marked [...]

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Hosting the Carnival of Debt Reduction

I’m pretty darn excited to announce I’ll be hosting the Carnival of Debt Reduction next week (June 23, 2008). This carnival has traveled far and wide across the personal finance blogosphere and will reach the 145th Edition on this bloggy blog. If you’re looking for ways to reduce debt or just want to get inspired [...]

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Facelift, Gardens, and Carnivals Oh My!

No, I didn’t get my face lifted. I didn’t get injected with Botox either. I’m pleased to say my face is still fully mobile and full of expression. What I did inject is some new life into squawkfox.com, this mind boggling blog. I went and created a new look, a new feel, and hopefully a [...]

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Gardens, Carnivals, and Deer Oh My!

My freshly planted vegetable garden is in desperate dire danger. Last week I tilled, mulched, and planted tender seedlings in my yard. I put my heart, soul, and back into my desire to grow tomatoes, beans, and snow peas for delicious and organic meals. My dream of yummy foody goodness may have come to a [...]

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