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I don't do much big chain shopping anymore, very very little for food. We are fortunate to have a lot of support for local products, many many CSAs to choose from, lots of meat and dairy raised in the area too. I go thru Costco phases, I never go more than once a month and the majority is...

I'm planning on some of those things--like no camps. We'll get a pool pass and go places we're already members of. I like line drying...the stiff towels are annoying but it didn't bother me too much, once you start to use one it softens pretty quickly from the moisture. I have read in a...

I've been thinking lots about this, too...lots of good info here! The only difference is that we will definitely have horses! And probably no rabbits. I just want enough to sustain our family, maybe get to the point of selling/trading some surplus. All the trade-offs make my head spin...

What I just figured was about 18% (~$10,000/yr). And that's only including feeding our family of 4 (kids are 3 & 6) and the chickens since they are food producing. We also have a dog and a horse. Some of the expenses are big 1x a year ones, like a half a cow. And picking lots of fruit in the...

I've thought about it since reading Kingsolvers book. We're definitely closer than we were a year ago, partly b/c I feel like I can better afford it now (I hate saying that, but sometimes it's hard to see any other quick ways to cut costs). We have laying hens, bought 1/2 a cow, and get a CSA...