Okay, so by now y’all now that my first tip, financially, is to be a producer rather than a consumer. Being a producer has tons of benefits for everyone that go far beyond saving money.
When it comes to saving any money that you do have, though, I share my number one tip for saving it over at Saving Money Plan. There you can also read a bit about my grocery budgeting tactics since we dropped the bi-weekly paycheck to move off-grid and start a homestead.
Food Spent: ~$56. This was milk & eggs for the next two weeks. We pick up our milk and eggs on Fridays and due to Thanksgiving we would not be able to get it next week so I ordered extra since I can freeze the milk and eggs keep very well in the refrigerator for…
{from our garden: lettuce, potatoes, beets, onions, cilantro} NOTE: Gardening and preserving is keeping me pretty busy these days. A few articles that bear repeating will fill in the gaps on the days when the to-do list is too long. This post was originally published in April 2009. Throw out the word homesteading in a…
right now, I am… so thankful for cool nights and not-too-warm afternoons that allow for more enthusiasm in the kitchen. enjoying hot morning tea before the sun comes up and the rest of the house begins to stir. thankful for a return of energy and the lessons I learned before its return. feeling like…
This past week I touched on a few ideas in my articles at saving money plan and saving naturally. First I continued my series on saving money at home with: Saving at Home: Scratch Cooking from a little to a lot Then I shared our philosophy on how to eat well and save money at…
You already know that I favor loose leaf teas and drink several over-sized mugs of my favorite teas per day. And by several I mean five. With all that tea drinking I like to know that those cups are providing some sort of benefits beyond the warm and tasty beverage factor. So this past year…
***Be sure to check the bottom of this post as I have added an exciting announcement.*** We have our first week of no spend months behind us and I’m already feeling a bit burnt out. It isn’t because of the no spending, just due to a very busy week. It would have been nice to…
