cutting to the frugal bone article

**kabin63** · 07-24-2006, 09:34 PM

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/eme...lbone.htm?nl=1

**frugalfarmwife** · 07-24-2006, 09:52 PM

I'm amazed what people don't eat/ throw away! With our garden we eat and freeze all that we can. We eat beet green salads, use turnip and radish greens in salads, broccoli and cauliflower stems, freeze them for soup, etc.

And dandelion greens are DELICIOUS!

And yep on the beef drippings, they go a LONG way.

kj

**wendy** · 07-24-2006, 10:10 PM

Wouldn't newspaper print rub off and make the mattresses dirty?

**kabin63** · 07-24-2006, 10:26 PM

kj, I agree, although I have in the past, been guilty of throwing some food away that I could have still used

Wendy, I suppose so, but you could also line the mattress and box springs underneath with an old sheet to combat the problem. Then, when the weather turns warm again you could just launder the sheet.

Actually there is one thing I have done to make my bed warmer that is not mentioned, but just as helpful. I have blanket fleece that I put over the sheet and lay on top of that. It really helps to hold the heat in.

**frugalfarmwife** · 07-24-2006, 10:57 PM

Kabin I don't use it all either, and a lot of the leaves from broccoli etc go to the cows, I'm still trying to convince hubby to let me get a few pigs to eat the last bits and pieces, lol.

kj

**baxjul** · 07-25-2006, 06:55 AM

Thank you!

**kabin63** · 07-25-2006, 01:18 PM

kj, my neighbor just got 4 pigs about a month ago. LOL They are so funny!
If I call her dog to come..LOL, the pigs and 1 little goat, named Darlin, and she is, come running. LOL

**frugalfarmwife** · 07-25-2006, 02:42 PM

Pigs are SMART critters, much smarter than cows (won't even go there, lol, after owning them I now KNOW why we eat them!) And goats, lol, we have one that is pygmy/alpine cross named Jose (I call him Hosie), he came with the name.

kj

**kabin63** · 07-25-2006, 02:57 PM

kj, LOL. I just came back from visiting the neighbor. She just got back from a trip, that while she was gone I had to deal with her dead lamb.....
loads of fun...NOT..you know what I mean. Anyway, I can see your point.

**Daisygirl** · 07-25-2006, 06:59 PM

Wow, great article! Oddly enough, I don't think any of us found the writer extreme at all! We should invite her to join Frugal Village, she'd feel right at home! LOL!!!

**Persimmon Lace** · 07-25-2006, 09:13 PM

I enjoy her articles alot! I loved her saying a guy she knows throws out the heals of the bread! Geez, those are my favorite sandwich parts when they are toasted! Yummm, with a little peanut butter or hummus

**kabin63** · 07-25-2006, 10:25 PM

If you read the home page of this forum there's also another good link to another frugal web site called living on a dime. They have a lot of great info too. It's at the end of the article "Does Frugal Living Deprive Kids?".