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This forum is all about being frugal and saving money.

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Expedient insulation

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Tents as space reducers for heating

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Pallet yurt for simple shed

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I cut 87% off of my electric heat bill

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How to cut the food bill by 80 percent?

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My re-use projects--- and yours as well

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Free and frugal soup

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Waterfalls: Odd window insulation that's working!

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Depression Era Cooking Tricks

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a thrift store mentality and its irony

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Free Stuff - Look at what I got today.

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The Zero Dollar Christmas Plan

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How to save fuel when driving?

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Expedient insulation

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What I do with freebie meat scraps...

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Save money on pantry staples with a permanent marker

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I think we're trying to save on heating bills backwards

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Taking advantage of economy rate electricity

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Auctions, a sustainable way to thrift great local deals

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DIY online presents

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Harlan & Anna Hubbard - Adventuring & Homesteading Inspiration

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Gifting economy

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Discount Season

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Free software (that's actually good) for almost every occasion

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Cutting the cable

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"Free cycling", or a cheap holiday in the UK

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BuyNothing Project and App

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Cheaper cell services exist

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personal care

How to Cut Your Hair or Others'

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Pantry-only meal challenges

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clothing

Best Last Minute, Clothes-You-Already-Own Halloween Costumes

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Free software (that's actually good) for almost every occasion

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recycling

What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

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DIY online presents

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Roof woes - and the path forward

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soil

Improving clay soil on the cheap

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Slumtube: Affordable Housing Made From Shipping Pallets!

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cooking

Tips and recipes to reduce food waste?

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our grandparents and frugality-the green thing as a way to reduce -

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Gifting economy

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Struggle meals

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Cutting the cable

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I think we're trying to save on heating bills backwards

2 weeks ago 13 replies 24

cooking

Fake guacamole SO GOOD the taco places in Mexico City and LA got busted for using it! (with recipe)

3 weeks ago 36 replies 2 7 29

art

How to make drawing charcoal?

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Discount Season

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Save money on pantry staples with a permanent marker

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Living without money

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toilet paper alternative- wash with water

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art

Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting (marble dust, calcite, limestone medium )

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Expedient insulation

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cooking

What to make with just Flour and Water?

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cooking

$50 per week food budget

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slugging - a carpool/hitchhike combo

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art

Palette Grey - how to stop wasting oil paint

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cooking

Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

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art

Best (foodsafe) paper mache paste recipe? And other advice.

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forest garden

A Food Forest From the Grocery Store?

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repair

Bulk cleaning and especially rust removal from bolts, screws, and other small hardware

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textile techniques

twined rag rug 'how to'

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Auctions, a sustainable way to thrift great local deals

2 months ago 7 replies 3 11

cooking

How to Save Money on Groceries

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conservation

Cool the person not the space: methods of doing it

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How to save fuel when driving?

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cooking

Cosmic Truths of Cheap Grocery Shopping

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The Zero Dollar Christmas Plan

3 months ago 26 replies 2 51

clothing

The search for a practical skirt

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clothing

Wardrobe Design-For less washing, wear and tear

3 months ago 14 replies 1 7

music

Cigar box guitar and variations

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wind

Energy return on investment

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Vehicles... What is that car actually costing you?

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