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Simple Things You Can Do to Be Environmentally Friendly and Save Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We’ve used this for about 6 weeks now, and we’ve been pleasantly surprised with how economical it is as well as how good it works. I happened upon some old canning Mason jars at a garage sale, and now we use those for everything–making iced tea in the summer, putting leftover soup in, holding our homemade laundry detergent.

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In my 67 years, I can never remember a time when I needed to be as self-sufficient as my grandparents or great-grandparents. It has just never been economically justifiable. You use your time gardening or tending animals, canning, plowing or digging wells and you aren’t going to have time to go to the higher paying job.

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