Posted in animals, do-it-ourselves, garden, projects, vegetables, tagged DIY, do-it-yourself, gardening, organic gardening, pretty kitty, raised beds, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, simple life, square foot garden, sustainable life, vegetable bed preparation, vegetable garden on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Debbie and I assembled the raised bed boxes for our square-foot vegetable garden yesterday and today. Here’s what we used:
Eight 8′ rough sawn 2×8s. Cost: $54.00
32 galvanized lag bolts. Cost $21.00
17′ of 48″ wide hardware cloth (wire mesh). Cost $34.00
34′ of 36″ wide landscape fabric. Cost: $16.50
Total cost was $125.50. [...]
Posted in do-it-ourselves, tagged cut your own hair, DIY, haircut, home haircuts, money saving tips, self-sufficient, simple life on February 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When you’re looking around for ways to save money and become more self-sufficient, nothing is sacred. In my many haircutting experiences, I have paid anywhere from $8 (buzz cut) to $65 (I know, that was ridiculous) for a haircut. Usually it wasn’t worth it — even the $8 one. Which is why we decided that [...]
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