the house behind

Onion You Glad You Use Onions

I like big box stores, but I don’t like going to them. My friend TH, however,…
More Something from Nothing

I suspect I am turning my fallow summer deck garden into an endless lab experiment by…
Baby, its Cold Outside

Much of the country has been hunkering down due to a massive storm that is sweeping…
Pantry Passions

One of the very real reasons I fell in love with The House Behind was the…
7 Ways to Bag it

In order to get something from nothing — the 2026 Frugal goal, you should consider bagging…
Getting Something for Nothing – A Frugal Resolution for ’26

There is nothing more that a frugal person loves than getting something for nothing. Whether that…
New Year, New Frugal Habits

Happy Frugal New Year. Seems with the uncertainty of the economy, establishing healthy frugal habits is…
A Little Clam with that Crab, Please

One of the funnier aspects of living in The House Behind is how quickly I became…
The Enchanted Forest

I am in a complicated relationship with my backyard. I have been from the moment I…
What. Am. I. Doing. Here.

Twenty long months ago, I stood in my cavernous new home stacked floor to ceiling with…