Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

You can also buy cloth napkins. Instead of shelling out $6 bucks on kitchen counter cleaner, you might want to consider some very inexpensive homemade options. You can dilute bleach, which is typically inexpensive, and use it to sanitize your sink, your counters, and more. A Little Lighting… Goes a long way.

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Saving Money Kitchen Money Reuse 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 27, 2014

Rolls of weatherstripping at the local hardware store are very inexpensive and can do wonders for keeping that cold air in the house, where it belongs. Line dry your clothes. Plus, clothes smell better when dried outside! Run dishwasher only when full. Wear less clothing. Pick up some cheap weatherstripping.

Bills 177

Bills Saving Money Money Air Conditioners 177

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

The paper is pretty inexpensive at around $3 a roll. I use old casual office clothes to work around the house. I have a closet full of work clothes I wore to the office for 20 years, mostly casual slacks and blouses. Now I need gardening, housework and other casual type clothing. I hate buying clothes new.

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Frugal Cheap Clothes Clothing 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!), Most of us did not have clothes dryers, we dried the clothes on a line outside.

Growing 180

Growing Home and Garden Radios Kids and Family 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We mowed the grass, made our clothes, cleaned house, cooked , and fixed broken stuff. We had a dishwasher, but it was broken and we didn’t want to spend the money to repair it – so we did without one – for 10 years! We didn’t have a clothes dryer. We line dried all of our clothes, summer or winter.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Saving With Shellie

JULY 9, 2014

You can also apply the same rule to our dishwasher. Drying clothes on a line outside can save a nice chunk of change – and keep the house cooler! Drying racks are also fairly inexpensive. If you are concerned about stains, pretreat them with stain removed and use a cold water detergent like Tide Plus.

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Bills Heaters Appliances Video Game Consoles 108