Tag Archives: Start

Recently, I’ve written a few articles on gardening and the frugal value it provides, particularly this one on how how to start a garden without a backyard. While this advice works well for many situations, it doesn’t address small living quarters. What do you do if you don’t have any …

The playground padlocks are starting to come off. Now that all 50 states have begun to reopen, children in some areas are once again zipping down slides and swinging from monkey bars after months of waiting. A handful of states, including Massachusetts, Colorado, Ohio and Iowa, announced in June that …

The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced today (May 27) that registration for children starting Primary 1 next year will start on July 1 and end on October 30. In light of the Covid-19 situation, there will not be any in-person registration at schools for the upcoming exercise this year. Primary …

Every year when the weather starts to get a little warmer, I start dreaming of Italy. Picture: blooming walls of flowers, shiny red tomato plants, the smell of cappuccino and tobacco wafting from outdoor cafes, the sun-bleached roofs and walls that paint entire cities the colors of biscotti… Another chance …

This is a question that pops up over and over again, both in reader questions to me and in questions I see on countless personal finance forums. A person has stabilized their finances and has a solid job. They’re spending a little less than they earn, don’t have a whole …

One great frugal project for people who are stuck at home during this period is to start a garden. If you have a patch of land in your backyard, a few tools and some seeds, the spring provides a great situation for you to start a garden, as much of …

Author’s Blurb: I can’t be the only one who feels some suspicion towards a lot of the natural skincare products we see in pharmacies. Call me a cynic, but I’ve heard about unethical things going down in the industry, even when they’re labelled ‘clean’, ‘green’ or ‘natural’ (though that’s usually …

Three Singapore companies Frasers Property Retail, JustCo and PBA Group have each committed US$ 50,000 to purchase surgical masks that gaming peripheral company Razer is producing. The masks will be donated to health authorities in Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia, to support frontline healthcare workers in the fight …