Reading is a big thing for me, but going to the library is always a wonderful thing to do on a day where you want to do something but don’t have the budget to go out and spend money. I’ll treat myself to a nice coffee somewhere and just hang out in the library. It’s cool, quiet and there’s books and internet. Has everything I need til I get hungry and head home.

I enjoy the process of planting, growing and eating food in the garden. It keeps me outdoors, physically active, connected to (and appreciative of) nature and eating healthy. I love seeing the incremental changes that take place in plants every day. I marvel at how all I have to do is put a small seed in the ground and add water for these amazing plant processes to just kick-off! It’s awesome.

You don’t need lots of space or a green thumb to get started. An apartment balcony is perfect for growing potatos in a bucket 🙂

Hiking around in the hills with my dogs. Nice daily exercise in the appreciation of nature and the little changes over season and years. The dogs enjoy it too and get behavior reinforcement. Love to grow things too. We try to do a tree project every winter. Germinate some seeds of fun, native or useful trees to plant ourselves, trade or give away. Last year was Metasequoia.

skating’s pretty frugal as well (rollerskates or skateboards)