12-16-2008, 09:28 AM
Here's a thought for saving money: EAT LESS MEAT!
Vegetables are easily grown, much healthier and do not produce fecal matter that contibutes more greenhouse gas emmissions than all forms of transportation combined, as does livestock.
A couple of other tips for saving dough that our family puts to practice are:
Utilizing our wood burning stove. (propane has gotten just too expensive & is not renewable.)
We have only 1 pet sheep, but that bugga gives off alot of free fertilizer. ( my advice is don't get more livestock than you need or can collect from regularly the bulk of their droppings)
We have a couple compost piles going continuously as well as green manure piles from cut vegetation (all of this is free fertilizer and soil dress)
And lastly our family tries to save money by preparing the bulk of our own food and staying home more. I like a lot of the "treats at the health food store but let's face it, it can et down right expensive, the food there is not always "health food" and most of it is highly proccessed, heavily packaged food-like substances.
My wife has gotten pretty good at making bread (especially sprouted bread) and when we can begin producing our own nut and grain based milks as well as organic cheeses we'll be pretty set foodwise.
As for the staying at home more bit; we realized that not only are
we spending more on gas when we're out, but we're more likey to "just pick something up" somewhere when we get hungry rather than enjoy home based food. So when you do leave home, try to think ahead and bring some nutritious foos from home with ya and avoid the marked up retail joints!
Hope this gives someone at least one good idea. Best wishes to us all!
Vegetables are easily grown, much healthier and do not produce fecal matter that contibutes more greenhouse gas emmissions than all forms of transportation combined, as does livestock.
A couple of other tips for saving dough that our family puts to practice are:
Utilizing our wood burning stove. (propane has gotten just too expensive & is not renewable.)
We have only 1 pet sheep, but that bugga gives off alot of free fertilizer. ( my advice is don't get more livestock than you need or can collect from regularly the bulk of their droppings)
We have a couple compost piles going continuously as well as green manure piles from cut vegetation (all of this is free fertilizer and soil dress)
And lastly our family tries to save money by preparing the bulk of our own food and staying home more. I like a lot of the "treats at the health food store but let's face it, it can et down right expensive, the food there is not always "health food" and most of it is highly proccessed, heavily packaged food-like substances.
My wife has gotten pretty good at making bread (especially sprouted bread) and when we can begin producing our own nut and grain based milks as well as organic cheeses we'll be pretty set foodwise.
As for the staying at home more bit; we realized that not only are
we spending more on gas when we're out, but we're more likey to "just pick something up" somewhere when we get hungry rather than enjoy home based food. So when you do leave home, try to think ahead and bring some nutritious foos from home with ya and avoid the marked up retail joints!
Hope this gives someone at least one good idea. Best wishes to us all!