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frugality

This forum is all about being frugal and saving money.

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

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Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

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mending our clothes...do you?

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Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

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r (attempts to) build a capsule wardrobe

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The search for a practical skirt

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Writing with a Fountain Pen

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Frugal or just being smug...have you scored a real deal recently?

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Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

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Herbal Hugel Spiral of Randomness!

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making the best of electric heat

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Upcycling clothes!

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the most eco and last coffee maker - cowgirl coffee

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Going poo-less: No Shampoo/Soap in the Shower

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Spending more to save money

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Shall I make a hexi-quilt?

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twined rag rug 'how to'

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Healthy Home Cooking for under a dollar a plate

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toilet paper alternative- wash with water

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Tallukkaat - Winter boots sewn from wool scraps

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Window Insulation: Pearl's designs for layers

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

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

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Re-canning carrots?

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mending triumph

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How much does gardening cost?

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Palette Grey - how to stop wasting oil paint

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Barter

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Pantry-only meal challenges

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Fertilizing the garden on a budget

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Got a shed free of charge and turned it into a real beauty!

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USDA Home Loans?

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Homemade firestarters

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The Chiknik House and using what you have

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thrifty kitchen towels

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mending our clothes...do you?

5 days ago 233 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 3 129 175

Frugal or just being smug...have you scored a real deal recently?

2 weeks ago 186 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 1 96 116

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Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

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clothing

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

1 month ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 3 33

recycling

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

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chickens

Does keeping chickens actually save money?

1 month ago 83 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 1 63

Dryer Lint.....

1 month ago 22 replies

zero waste

Just Use Less!

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

Shaving for cheap without waste

1 month ago 8 replies 1 3 3

food preservation

Fat-Sealed Food Preservation?

1 month ago 39 replies 3 7

homestead

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

2 months ago 17 replies 4 18

chickens

The Chiknik House and using what you have

2 months ago 0 replies 19 3

art

Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

2 months ago 57 replies [ 1, 2 ] 10 21 2

Powdered greens?

2 months ago 20 replies 15

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Depression Era Cooking Tricks

2 months ago 70 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 4 51

zero waste

Hoarding vs saving

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

repair

DIY repairs - sometimes better than the original

2 months ago 30 replies 21 15

cooking

Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

2 months ago 215 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 2 17 35

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I cut 87% off of my electric heat bill

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

dyeing

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

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

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Low water bathing

3 months ago 39 replies 5 10

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Lye from Ashes

3 months ago 23 replies 1 6

art

Palette Grey - how to stop wasting oil paint

3 months ago 0 replies 3 3

cooking

Haybox Cooking / Thermal Cooker / Wonder Box

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

grey water

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

3 months ago 27 replies 7

sewing

Mend in Public Day

4 months ago 6 7

art

how to bind a book by hand

4 months ago 6 replies 1 6 4

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How to cut the food bill by 80 percent?

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

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laundry without soap??

4 months ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5

woodworking

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

4 months ago 38 replies 5

art

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

4 months ago 4 replies 1

Cast iron repair

5 months ago 5 replies

upcycling

other ways to recycle cardboard...furniture design

5 months ago 5 replies 2 2 1

personal care

Going poo-less: No Shampoo/Soap in the Shower

5 months ago [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <8, 9, 10 ] 4 27 46

Computer frugality

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

ways to use Christmas trees after Christmas

5 months ago 18 replies 2 7 4

Tightwad Gazette - Amy Dacyzyn

5 months ago 9 replies 1

Saving Money, Feeling better!

5 months ago 33 replies 1 10

gardening for beginners

Fertilizing the garden on a budget

6 months ago 4 replies 5

clothing

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

10 months ago 25 replies 1 1 12

repair

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

1 year ago 32 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 6 25 24

clothing

r (attempts to) build a capsule wardrobe

1 year ago 141 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 9 40 50

personal care

DIY cloth diapers on the cheap or even for free!

2 years ago 10 replies 7 17

Brainstorm on uses for old mattresses and boxsprings

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