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Build Your Home Food Storage Without Breaking the Bank

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the best things you can do for the sake of your own self reliance is to build up your home food storage. You can start building your home food storage little by little — without a huge capital outlay. My family has a crawl space downstairs, a pantry upstairs, and a freezer in the garage.

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How to Save Money by Downsizing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This got me thinking some more about how to save money by downsizing. Downsizing my vehicle certainly has saved me money and will continue to do so for as long as I have the car. Next, figure out how many square feet you have allocated to storage, making sure you remember all closets, spare rooms, garage, basement and attic.

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Build Memories and Spend Less on Your Grandchildren this Summer

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Spend less, and pry the kids away from those screens by doing some of these activities to build face time with yours. Build a campfire and tell stories, roast marshmallows and more. My Grandma Rie’s Money Camp is a week long day camp with a focus on finances at age appropriate levels. Hold a garage sale together.

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Things You Can Do To NOT Make Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Good financial planning calls for not only saving money, but also building multiple streams of income for yourself. Have you ever done backyard farming to raise money? It kept me busy and out of trouble, used up a lot of stamp money, but never yielded a dime. I suppose some folks make money selling antiques.

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Teaching Children to Sell Helps Them Excel

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Knowing They Can Sell Builds Their Self Esteem. Having success at selling builds your child’s esteem. Knowing How To Sell Builds Your Child’s Financial Skills. Knowing How To Sell Builds Your Child’s Financial Skills. Knowing How To Sell Helps Build Empathy For Others In Your Child.

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Tips for Keeping Your Stockpile Safe and Dry

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For those with impressive stockpiles, having a separate building seems to work best. Whether it be a garage, a shed, or even a specially constructed structure, you have to consider the fact that you are trying to keep and use your assortment of preserved foods for years to come. Check on Your Stockpile from Time to Time.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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This is the year that we will control our money and our debt and fear will not control us. I’ll continue to offer additional money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, but I have some new themes that I will be starting next week. In 2015, Let’s Take Control of Our Money.

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