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I think budgeting depends on what your goals are. If you're trying to save for something, that can be a focus. If you like to travel, it will make a difference. Be realistic above everything. You can't spend more than you make. We still have a teenager at home but I don't spend $50 a week on...

The only thing I've found with outdated yogurt is that it becomes really really really tart after a while. I was taking a med that was giving me heart burn and I was in so much pain one night after taking it I called the on call nurse. They told me to eat some yogurt. But it was late at night...

I've been gardening for 30 years. The one thing you can count on is that no two years will be the same. Its kind of like fishing. If gardening was easy it would be called shopping. Lol. Our garden is producing finally, bits and pieces. A little lettuce, some kale, a few spears of asparagus...

Id be leery of growing in tires. They're made of petroleum by products. Not something I want leeching in my soil no matter how cheap they are. Planted blackberry, bosenberry, and raspberry yesterday. Adding a few perennial fruits and vegies each year. $5 for a plant with a lifetime of fruit...

I'm trying to convince my husband to do the same ... only we can't cancel our cable because our internet and cable are one bill and our daughter in is virtual school and uses the internet every day to do her school work. Nor can I cancel trash service since it's part of our city utility bill. Ugh.

Our vet had us buy the Advantage for the largest breed dog ... over 65 lbs, I think ... and then split it between all of our cats. It's the same thing, you just have to divided the weight proportions correctly. It's worked very well and costs substantially less than buying a dose for each cat...

We just brought in what will hopefully be the last of our barn cats until we have a real barn at least. Can't afford to keep neutering and skating all the stray cats in town or feed their offspring either. Its nuts.

Bought mushrooms for 79¢ a pack today. Gonna slice em and dry them ready for throwing in soups and stews and sauces. Also had cherry tomatoes 59¢ a pack and carrots 49¢. Last week we got 12 heads of cauliflower for 79¢ each. I blanch and freeze those.

Keep warm with all those snow storms out there. Here we are unseasonably warm with 73° today.

We lived in a house on a farm at one point that had a concrete stoop out the door to the south. At night the rattlesnakes would crawl up on the stoop to warm up and we had to sweep them off in the mornings to be able to go out to the barns. I was terrified, but they never bothered us or our...

I'm with you ... I'd rather shovel the snow than step on a scorpion. We had them where I grew up. They would be in piles of leaves and would crawl up our pant legs when we were outside playing. They hurt worse than any bee sting I've ever had.

We used old plant trays from a garden center and the kids had to deposit their shoes in the trays before they left the entryway. With four of them plus friends, we just made it a rule. "No shoes on the carpets." When the plant trays started breaking, we got rid of them and found some new ones...

I'm sure this has been mentioned on this thread before but once again we've bartered for what we need. We've been raising rabbits for a number of years but we were down to one male and he wasn't doing his job. We had gotten two females from a friend not long ago to replace our aging females. One...

We have a place called the Spice Merchant that sells bulk spices. They carry everything plus some. Prices are very reasonable. They do sell online too, but I don't know what shipping charges are. I bought 4oz of vietnamese cinnamon, the good stuff, for $2 and some change. They literally sell any...

The schools get money from the federal government based on low income lunch families and students on IEP's. When my son was in public school, almost 3/4 of his class had IEP's and were on low income or assisted lunch. Then the state failed to adhere to certain guidelines for curriculum and the...

Id try it too, except we live like beekissed as well. Even though we live in town, we raise most of our own food. Getting to spend that much money a week at the grocers would be a luxury. Lol.

Our goats love crabgrass and bermuda that's left to grow tall. We prefer Alpines. Good milkers, nice size, very personable, and best of all they are docile milkers. We train ours from babies to stand on the table and we rub their legs and teats. They get grains while we do it so they just think...

Anyone else make their own cold and flu help? I made shower bombs, homemade vicks vapor rub, and cough syrup today. It was all simple with supplies I had at the house. Shower bombs 2 cups baking soda 2/3 cup water Mix and divide into twelve muffin cups. Silicone liners work best but at least...