The following is a guest post. If you are interested in guest posting for The Frugal Farmer, see our Guest Post tab at the top of the page or by clicking here. Buying a house is likely to be the largest investment an individual will ever make. Because of that fact it is …
When we lived in the suburbs, we always had a small garden in the backyard. Every year it’d be the same deal: we’d start out all excited-like, till it up, plant our seeds (or plants), and lovingly care for our garden for about the first six weeks, after which we’d get bored silly, stop weeding, …
The following is a guest post. If you are interested in guest posting for The Frugal Farmer, see our Guest Post tab at the top of the page or by clicking here. About today’s author: Dave Stephenson is a dedicated internet blogger that loves to write about lifestyle and the world, covering topics including family, …
Welcome to the second post of our new series, Before and After! You can read our first post by going to the Frugal Food page. Today, in honor of my friend Mr. CBB, we’re tackling a vegetarian dish. This dish from Mr. CBB over at Canadian Budget Binder, has fast become a family favorite around …
We’re reading more and more about how sleep is so crucial to good health, healing and overall functioning in life. So I was only semi-surprised when I came across an interesting article the other day and thought I’d share it with ya’ll. Read here about how the loss of an hour in the spring session …
Yeah, I know: the title’s cheesy. But stick with me here, it’ll be worth it. For the second time this month (ok, more like the 20th), I contemplated blowing a hole in our budget and going on a family outing in order to deal with the getting-out-of-debt stress. It all started innocently enough: We had …
How much money did you lose last year paying for fees that you could’ve not had to pay? I almost spent $100 yesterday that I didn’t have to spend. So, I guess you could say that I made $100. How? By writing a 3 minute e-mail.
One of the challenges of the super-strict budget we’ve needed to impose (to get ourselves out of the crater of debt we’ve dug) has been that I’ve had to cut out about 98% of our unnecessary expenses. That includes beauty expenses.
One of the hardest things, for us, about choosing to stop spending and get out of debt is the impact it has had on our children. We’ ve eliminated about 95% of our activities, entertainment and field trips. Unless we find a ridiculously good deal, clothes are purchased on a need-only basis.
