Good morning all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Share your homemade money saving tips as we gather round the table!!!!
Thought you all deserved a ping this morning seeing as you all were the inspriation for today's theme!!!!!
And for "cheaper" advice - I take handouts. If other people want to give us food, clothes, toys, furniture ... I'm not offended. I just say, "Thank you for thinking of us." If we can't use whatever it is (or if we're moving) we'll give it away to someone else :-).
Thanks Gabz for posting this. We need a daily thread for this!
for anyone who wants to raise their own tobacco, try F.W. Rickard Seeds, KY. I get mine there and you get 10,000 seeds for about 11.00. or 1.09 ounces. (they are very tiny seeds, but don't let them fool you. One plant can get 6-7 foot high and they have to be planted 45 inches apart. ) They have all kinds, but I buy msKy 14xL8---a burley. Warning hint: grasshoppers just love this stuff.
We've only been in our house for a couple of years, so the garden's still pretty small. The only vegetable that produced enough last year to preserve was the tomatoes.
We plan on moving and enlarging the garden during the fall, so next year should give us a pretty good supply of everything.
Calpernia, have you tried checking feed stores for canning supplies? If nothing else, you should be able to buy them online.
Don't worry about the bean counters either. Just like it's OUR money to spend, it's OUR time as well. (Besides, bean counters can't COUNT beans if nobody GROWS them, now can they?) LOL!
I'm curious though. I tend to freeze vegetables instead of canning, so which method do other FReepers prefer, and why?
_______________________________________________________ Money saving tips....hmmm.
1. Learn how to fix things for yourself.
Most of our garden/lawn equipment wasn't purchased, it was given to us by people who didn't have a clue how to get it running again. Hubby, bless his heart, got them all running again with a minimum of cash.
2. Goodwill/Salvation Army stores
We get quite a bit of our clothing from these kind of stores, especially coats. Last year, one of the girls got a beautiful London Fog thigh length coat in NEW condition...price - 10 bucks!
3. Reuse, reuse, reuse!
Freezer bags that haven't been used to store things like meat can be washed and used again and again. Big zippered bags that bedspreads come in can be used to store stuff, too. Pretty little appliques cover small holes in kids clothes, and plastic tubs with snap tight lids (like butter spreads come in) are great for storing leftovers.
4. "Ooops" paint
The hardware chains (like Home Depot) have what we call oops paint. This is paint that was mixed, but the color wasn't what the customer wanted, so now the store is stuck with it. Here, it runs about $15 for a five gallon bucket. We painted our entire 2000 square foot house for 30 dollars, and my MIL bought a light and dark shade of green and they mixed into a beautiful shade that looks wonderful!
When I lived in La-La land I saved TONS of money clipping coupons because almost all of the supermarkets there would DOUBLE whatever the coupon savings were. Often I would buy $20 worth of groceries for only about $3 or $4. One store even had TRIPLE savings on the coupons so I could buy about $300 worth of groceries there for only about $30. Unfortunately, here in Florida, there is no doubling of coupons in supermarkets.