What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

[Sally PB]

I live out in the country, and no way could I get by without owning a vehicle.

Same here. The nearest grocery store is about 12 miles away. There is no public transportation. When I lived in the city, I used the bus, rode my bike, and walked.

 

[Smokerbill]

Excellent point. I should have mentioned it. I keep all my supplies in the back of the SUV in one of those 27-gallon industrial totes that you can buy at Menards, Home Depot, etc... for less than $10.00 on sale...

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BTW, those industrial totes stack great in the garage, or you can make a rack for them. I organized a lot of things in my garage last year, putting them into those totes, and labeling the totes. I just have my totes stacked 3 or 4 high, but if you need to get the bottom one out, well you have to remove everything on top first. On my someday list is to make a rail rack storage system for the totes. Like this...

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If I do make one, I'll probably post it in the Show Me Your Pallet Projects! thread because I would be using pallet/reclaimed lumber for the project. Got to keep the costs down!

I like that rack idea, but unless I'm missing seeing it I'd say some diagonal bracing would make it much more stable. Maybe it's attached to the wall behind it for support.

 

[gtaus]

I like that rack idea, but unless I'm missing seeing it I'd say some diagonal bracing would make it much more stable. Maybe it's attached to the wall behind it for support.

There are a number of YouTube videos making these racks. Some of them are anchored into the wall, some on wheels, but I don't recall seeing any diagonal bracing on any of the designs. I suppose if the rack was not stable, you could easily add diagonal bracing anytime to tighten it up.