I’ve given up on waiting for the increase to supply or the decrease in demand to bring down the price.
We cannot afford (as a family) to do nothing.
We traded in our Fords for Toyotas already.
We’ve cut down on driving - but even that isn’t helping us now.
I’m doing grocery shopping at Aldi’s and Sam’s (buying bulk).
I am not a green thumb, but we recently bought a book on square foot gardening and will give that a try this summer.
Our next step is to figure out the best alternative to our oil fuled furnace - which is only 7 yrs. old.
We’d like to figure out a way to keep the furnace, but power it with a different source.
We also live on top of a very windy hill with enough land for wind power - but in NY the cost of implementing wind energy is out of our reach.
Look into a thing called a wood pellet stove.
I am not a green thumb, but we recently bought a book on square foot gardening and will give that a try this summer.
We started using the square foot method about ten years ago. It makes gardening doable even for those without green thumbs.
I am not a green thumb, but we recently bought a book on square foot gardening and will give that a try this summer.
Our next step is to figure out the best alternative to our oil fuled furnace - which is only 7 yrs. old.
Are you interested in the essentials and basics of life and being able to live well and as a family and with God on these? This is the big question because we have been a consumerist society and at our worst we have an obsession with frivolous items that give transitory happiness that end up in the landfill next year. The bad economy is forcing many to move way from the $100 items that will soon will be in the landfill to the necessities. We have cut back greatly on junk food and eat more dried beans (not canned)
I think you’re on the right track. It mirrors some of my strategy. I know several have traded in their big trucks to go to small cars - I’m sure their macho image was dented but that was a smart move on their part. Square foot gardening has been with me for a good while. Also composting. It doesn’t take much effort/area to have a compost pile working either. I know nothing about oil furnaces. Can they burn used motor oil, vegetable frying oil or substitute?