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Make Your Own Dishwasher Soap & More

My unfrugal present to myself was to have a cleaning lady come and clean my house. This is definitely a luxury item but I had gotten some money for my birthday. I look around the house now and I think it is money well spent. The whole house just glows.
It did however [...]

Garden of Frugality

 
I thought it was time to update everyone on the garden of frugality.  In an effort to save money, eat better and become more self sufficient, I planted several rather creative gardens.  My salad garden has lettuce, carrots, spinach, radishes and onions planted in a children’s swimming pool. 
In the last week, I have started harvesting [...]

8 Rice Alternatives

by hjl
It’s bad enough that the cost of everything is going up but as rice futures soared, two major warehouse stores put limits on the amount of rice.  Both warehouse super stores serve restaurants which buy rice in bulk bags of 20 lbs or more and are limiting customer purchases to 4 bags.
This has [...]

Urban Homesteading: A Frugal Choice

by bjmccray
The cost of everything is going up! That doesn’t come as news to anyone and it is a reality that we all deal with daily. How do you make ends meet when your income doesn’t go up as fast as your cost of living? Many people are returning to a trend [...]

Out of My Frugal Mind

Yes, I was accused today of being out of my frugal mind. What would precipitate this kind of comment? I was researching the possibility of alternate forms of energy and came across plans for a waste oil heater. Waste oil is basically used motor oil and most car repair shops have to pay [...]

Frugal Home Repairs

The back of my house has a porch that was made into a utility room. The water heater is out there as well as the pressure tank and it is the entrance from the driveway into the kitchen. You can see in the picture where the wall on either side of the door [...]

My Not So Square Foot Container Garden

After finishing the container garden article this morning, I walked out my backdoor and lo and behold, the perfect container for my square foot garden was staring at me.  I have walked by it every day all winter and my only thought was to take it to the dump.
When I said ANYTHING could be turned [...]

Containers for a Vegetable Garden

Vegetable Container Gardening
I don’t want people to think that I am turning Oh My Aching Debts into a gardening blog but I can’t think of anything that defines the meaning of frugal better than growing your own food. The frugal minded will tell you that being frugal isn’t about being cheap or doing without. [...]

12 Vegetables You Can Grow in a Pot

by riesenweib
Do pictures like this make you green with envy? There has been much talk among personal financers this year about gardening. Frugal Dad and Being Frugal built their square foot gardens and have actually begun planting in them. A four foot square may still be too big for your yard if you [...]

Could You Live on Under 5000 a Year?

by Denise1922
I came across this article by Brian Orr in the Mother Earth News. The Mother Earth News is a great source of advice for do it yourself projects for energy savings, alternate heating and cooling, and gardening. The author made approximately $4300 in 2005 and claims that he and his wife live [...]

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