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frugality

This forum is all about being frugal and saving money.

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frugality Forum at permies

recycling

Upcycling clothes!

3 months ago 93 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 70 65

frugality

Lye from Ashes

3 months ago 24 replies 1 6

personal challenges

Just getting started is discouraging

3 months ago 20 replies 12 21

frugality

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

3 months ago 0 replies 1

frugality

Sneaky Xmas gifts + cuttings for yourself!

3 months ago 2 replies

frugality

Stop wasting money by buying whole chicken and learning to break it down and use it all

4 months ago 26 replies 2 3 29

homestead

Do you collect/scrounge available free items for your homestead?

4 months ago 22 replies 4 20

conservation

making the best of electric heat

4 months ago 462 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <10, 11, 12 ] 2 43 20

cooking

5 meals in 1 chicken

4 months ago 11 replies 5

meaningless drivel

Home Depot classes

4 months ago 2 replies 4

Saving a ton of money by buying used work wear

4 months ago 5 replies 4

sewing

Transforming old sweaters into snuggly leggings

5 months ago 27 replies 14 34

clothing

Garden Laundry - where I take the wringer washing machine out into the garden

7 months ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 3 33

Dryer Lint.....

7 months ago 22 replies

zero waste

Just Use Less!

8 months ago 128 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 4 15 62

Shaving for cheap without waste

8 months ago 8 replies 1 3 3

food preservation

Fat-Sealed Food Preservation?

8 months ago 39 replies 3 7

chickens

The Chiknik House and using what you have

8 months ago 0 replies 19 3

Powdered greens?

8 months ago 20 replies 15

zero waste

Hoarding vs saving

8 months ago 114 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 8 60

repair

DIY repairs - sometimes better than the original

8 months ago 30 replies 21 15

frugality

I cut 87% off of my electric heat bill

9 months ago 67 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 6 22

dyeing

growing, harvesting and using natural dye plants and other natural dye materials

9 months ago 97 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 3 41 21

frugality

Low water bathing

9 months ago 39 replies 5 11

art

Palette Grey - how to stop wasting oil paint

9 months ago 0 replies 3 3

cooking

Haybox Cooking / Thermal Cooker / Wonder Box

9 months ago 100 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 6 38 33

grey water

What is the simplest, cheapest greywater setup you can think of?

10 months ago 27 replies 7

sewing

Mend in Public Day

10 months ago 6 7

frugality

How to cut the food bill by 80 percent?

10 months ago 69 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 32

frugality

laundry without soap??

10 months ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5

woodworking

Using used vegetable oils for preserving wood structures in the garden or farm

11 months ago 38 replies 5

art

Best rags for oil painting? (and maybe other painting?)

11 months ago 4 replies 1

Cast iron repair

11 months ago 5 replies

Computer frugality

11 months ago 106 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 3

ways to use Christmas trees after Christmas

11 months ago 18 replies 2 7 4

Tightwad Gazette - Amy Dacyzyn

1 year ago 9 replies 1

Saving Money, Feeling better!

1 year ago 33 replies 1 10

gardening for beginners

Fertilizing the garden on a budget

1 year ago 4 replies 5

frugality

mending triumph

1 year ago 3 replies 4 9

textile techniques

What do you do when you find a sign saying "free yarn"?

1 year ago 24 replies 1 5 16

Pantry-only meal challenges

1 year ago 2 replies

clothing

Where to get women's work boots and shoes - that actually do work?

1 year ago 25 replies 1 1 12

low tech

Light tubes, done differently

1 year ago 20 replies 1 1 20

Brainstorm on uses for old mattresses and boxsprings

7 years ago 21 replies 1

Dale's barber shop.

10 years ago 12 replies 3
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