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Beekissed
Mountain Sage
One thing we've been doing the past few years that seems like a no brainer and I've done it in the past, but have grown to appreciate it more nowadays~buy some things in bulk and just use on it all year long. Like cooking oils~regular cooking oil and olive oil~we get in huge jugs at Sam's Club and just pour it into the smaller bottles all year long when we need a refill.
SO much cheaper than buying a new~smaller~bottle each time we need some. We do the same with things like garlic salt(we use a lot of that), minced onions, pepper, etc.
It may seem more expensive when we buy them initially, but when one does the math and figures in taxes on each purchase of the smaller units of these things, it's much, much cheaper over the long run. And it's comforting knowing that one is not actually running out of that item...we have more stored in the cabinet below!
I do a lot of DIY projects here and at my son's place and one thing I do to cut expenses is to scrounge for free materials or super cheap ones. Over the years I've sort of made a game of seeing how cheap I can get by on a build and that game has saved thousands of dollars over the years and it also has provided me much fun and satisfaction, which doesn't really have a price but is worth a lot all the same.
Another thing that I can add to my original list I made on here back when the thread was started is to use fermentation on my chicken's feed. That has cut that expense nearly in half and has increased the health of the flock, as well as the production levels.
I also now encourage more broody hatches, replacing flock members in that way rather than ordering from a hatchery or buying from a feed store. Another thing I do if I didn't grow enough meat stock from my own flock is to pick up free roosters out of the local ads and even retired laying hens, often offered there for a dollar each. This is meat I didn't have to pay on for months to feed to butchering age. I just pen them here and feed them fermented feed until their meat tastes better, then I can them up.
I rotate my vehicle tires every other oil change and I keep up with oil changes, filter changes, other fluid changes...this extends the life of the car, and extends the life of the tires tremendously. I used to feel I couldn't afford to keep up with regular maintenance things like that, but now I know I can't afford NOT to...once I started doing these things, I found it to be preventative maintenance that saved me countless hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars in repair and tire replacement.
I'll have to think about it, but there are more ways we save money here that I haven't listed. One just does them over the years without thinking about it much, but it was originally started out of frugality.
SO much cheaper than buying a new~smaller~bottle each time we need some. We do the same with things like garlic salt(we use a lot of that), minced onions, pepper, etc.
It may seem more expensive when we buy them initially, but when one does the math and figures in taxes on each purchase of the smaller units of these things, it's much, much cheaper over the long run. And it's comforting knowing that one is not actually running out of that item...we have more stored in the cabinet below!
I do a lot of DIY projects here and at my son's place and one thing I do to cut expenses is to scrounge for free materials or super cheap ones. Over the years I've sort of made a game of seeing how cheap I can get by on a build and that game has saved thousands of dollars over the years and it also has provided me much fun and satisfaction, which doesn't really have a price but is worth a lot all the same.
Another thing that I can add to my original list I made on here back when the thread was started is to use fermentation on my chicken's feed. That has cut that expense nearly in half and has increased the health of the flock, as well as the production levels.
I also now encourage more broody hatches, replacing flock members in that way rather than ordering from a hatchery or buying from a feed store. Another thing I do if I didn't grow enough meat stock from my own flock is to pick up free roosters out of the local ads and even retired laying hens, often offered there for a dollar each. This is meat I didn't have to pay on for months to feed to butchering age. I just pen them here and feed them fermented feed until their meat tastes better, then I can them up.
I rotate my vehicle tires every other oil change and I keep up with oil changes, filter changes, other fluid changes...this extends the life of the car, and extends the life of the tires tremendously. I used to feel I couldn't afford to keep up with regular maintenance things like that, but now I know I can't afford NOT to...once I started doing these things, I found it to be preventative maintenance that saved me countless hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars in repair and tire replacement.
I'll have to think about it, but there are more ways we save money here that I haven't listed. One just does them over the years without thinking about it much, but it was originally started out of frugality.
I'll be watching for more on this subject.
