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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

hollysmom

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1. Sounds good

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2013, 05:49 PM

Aug 2013

your heating bill is way lower than mine, but you must pay a lot of water since I pay about 20 a quarter - but i don't water the lawn or veggies, I haul water from the washing machine outside to do that. excellent idea about pallets to make a compost bin. i just pile mine up behind my neighbors garage.

I use an electric mower that cost 300 when I bought it refurbished, pennies in electricity - requires almost no maintenance.

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Efforts at frugal living-Part II [View all] Kaleva Aug 2013 OP

Sounds good hollysmom Aug 2013 #1

For the big dryer items, have you ever tried a spinner? Squinch Aug 2013 #2

just saw this spinner - hadn't thought of them before but think whenever I Flaxbee Aug 2013 #3

Thanks for the link. IrishAyes Aug 2013 #5

And here's where I get really crazy: Squinch Aug 2013 #6

OK, so how hard is it (physically) to use the crank washers? Flaxbee Aug 2013 #7

The washer is called a Wonder washer I think. Squinch Aug 2013 #8

I just double back and run the washer's spin cycle again. IrishAyes Aug 2013 #4

Update 10/02/13 Kaleva Oct 2013 #9

Low impact man Kaleva Oct 2013 #10