My Frugality Self-Sufficient “Green” Page

These are often buzz words in the circles I’m involved in at church, on Facebook, family whatever. Some do it out of necessity, for others it is just a hobby. Whatever your goals are, feel free to use what I have posted to further your quests!

　

REMEMBER…

Use it up, Wear it out, Make do, or Make without

Cheap or Frugal doesn’t have to be dirty, ugly, trashed, stained, mediocre or miss-matched!

Be creative the possibilities are endless.

Make a list and stick to it, you‘ll save more money. This may be difficult for those impulse shoppers out there.

 

 

 

We heat with wood It is cheap, very cheap for us because Aaron works for a tree service. The only thing that really costs us is transporting the wood and a few bucks for gas in the chainsaw and he split’s the rest by hand. I guess it is relatively green as well. We aren’t using propane or gas to heat. We use for junk mail, old cardboard, treated magazine-like paper in our woodstove for kindling. Don’t be ashamed to “scrounge”. Look for freebies. Negotiate prices at a garage sale Ask (politely) for unused coupons from family, friends, or neighbors, table scraps and old produce from stores for composting or feeding your pig and don‘t get mad if they don‘t give anything to you either. Look in the clearance section. Accept used items from others. Line Dry your clothes If you really think about it solar and wind power are drying and bleaching your clothes! Make Your own Laundry Soap, Cleaning Products, Toothpaste, Deodorant etc. Try different recipes to suit your needs Do a mass production so you have plenty on hand Good if you have allergies or someone you live with as allergies.

Have standards By this I mean follow a code and allow exceptions, however strict or loose you want, so you don’t end up spending more money or getting ripped off. Follow prices. If I can get a quart jar for canning at the thrift store for 40 cents, than I know that it would be a waste of money to get one at a garage sale for a dollar. You can save a few cents no matter how small, those nickels and dimes add up! Use coupons, combine them with other coupons or sales. This is how some shop, some refuse to buy items at regular price. Stick to “reuseables” Cloth napkins Cloth diapers, cloth baby wipes etc. Use rags to clean up that spill in the kitchen Repurposing/Upcycling Old cottage cheese, butter, deli meat, etc. containers Easy, cheap Tupperware Storing dry goods in the pantry Storing those heirloom seeds Sprouting and starting seeds. Storing buttons or other notions Storing toys Old clothes Mend it up if possible Make T-shirt yarn Baby pants out of a T-shirt Cut up and make rags for cleaning Use in a quilt Use in a rag rug Hand-me-downs- Spruced up or “as-is” Donate to Charity! Food Feed old leftovers to your chickens or your pig. Or give your leftovers to friends livestock. Save leftover vegetables for making soup stock. Put non-dairy, non-meat products in your compost