Rare Feathers
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I'm new here...I wandered over from another forum. What has prompted me here is our latest monthly expense budget. I am "allowed" $600/month for gas & groceries.
I live in a very small town in North/Central WA state on 10 acres. We lease another 120 acres from the DNR.
This for myself, my hubby and our farm of many animals: 4 horses, 2 HUGE dogs, 4 cats, one tortoise, 54 poultry and 4 goats that are also all on the feed bill.
I thought I was doing pretty well--but I'm always out of money before the 3rd week of the month!
So this is causing a strain on our marriage (hubby is VERY budget-minded but yet, has NO clue what things cost). I did save all of our recipets from last month to show him but he still thinks we can cut back??
We do not go out to eat, I do not buy clothes or do anything "fun" with that money. I sell my soaps here & there as well as chickens & hatching eggs for my "fun" money.
Gas is $2.26/gallon right now and I commute 25 miles a day to/from work. My car averages 23-25mpg. We do not eat a lot of junk food, so a lot of our expenses are fruits & veggies. We do plan to have our own poultry & a beef steer next year so we can raise our own meat for the most part.
I also plant a small garden (16' x 16') every year but I would like to expand it to include a larger garden that will allow me to freeze and/or can things. We have a VERY short growing season, so everything has to be hybrid to actually mature. I HATE weeding, LOL So we'll see.
I live in a very small town in North/Central WA state on 10 acres. We lease another 120 acres from the DNR.
This for myself, my hubby and our farm of many animals: 4 horses, 2 HUGE dogs, 4 cats, one tortoise, 54 poultry and 4 goats that are also all on the feed bill.
I thought I was doing pretty well--but I'm always out of money before the 3rd week of the month!
So this is causing a strain on our marriage (hubby is VERY budget-minded but yet, has NO clue what things cost). I did save all of our recipets from last month to show him but he still thinks we can cut back?? We do not go out to eat, I do not buy clothes or do anything "fun" with that money. I sell my soaps here & there as well as chickens & hatching eggs for my "fun" money.
Gas is $2.26/gallon right now and I commute 25 miles a day to/from work. My car averages 23-25mpg. We do not eat a lot of junk food, so a lot of our expenses are fruits & veggies. We do plan to have our own poultry & a beef steer next year so we can raise our own meat for the most part.
I also plant a small garden (16' x 16') every year but I would like to expand it to include a larger garden that will allow me to freeze and/or can things. We have a VERY short growing season, so everything has to be hybrid to actually mature. I HATE weeding, LOL So we'll see.
