The Zeiger family considers frugality a core family value. They credit their frugal habits with purchasing and moving to their forest homestead on the shore of Alaska's Lynn Canal, where they pursue a semi-subsistence lifestyle. In short, they feel frugality set them free. Expanding on posts about frugal habits from their blog, Mark A. Zeiger offers a short course in how to live frugally, the Zeiger Family Homestead way.

Mark Zeiger has lived in Alaska, his native state, for most of his life. He now lives a mostly subsistence lifestyle on his semi-remote, off-the-grid homestead on the shore of Lynn Canal, south of Haines. He designs Websites and blogs about his family's homestead life. He's currently working on a memoir of homestead living and other books. He lives with his wife, Michelle, their daughter, Aly, and their cat, Spice.