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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Little Star

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1. OK....

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 07:27 PM

Dec 2011

My husband's old undershirts do triple duty around here when cut up.

They become dust cloths for me

They become rags for both of us

They become ties to tie tall tomatoe plants to a stake for him

They use to become practice tye dye shirts for my kids when they were young but those days are long gone now.

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Come on, frugals, we have to do more posting [View all] Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 OP

OK.... Little Star Dec 2011 #1

I like the tomato ties idea. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #2

Hey, We still use our kid's cloth diapers from 1986 in the woodshop. canoeist52 Dec 2011 #3

Cloth diapers are wonderful!!!!! Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #4

Head for a thrift shop--you often find them there. nt MADem Dec 2011 #17

only have one right now because I just cleaned it out maddezmom Dec 2011 #5

I love clear jars, of all sizes. A trick I learned from the ex-SO.... Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #8

my dad used to do that with baby jars, pickle jars etc....in our basement over his workbench maddezmom Dec 2011 #10

I can't wait for the picture! Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #11

Here ya go maddezmom Dec 2011 #21

i use hubby's old tube socks every fall to insulate the pipes outside NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 #6

And if you do seedlings, you should save dryer lint. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #7

that's an AWESOME tip!!! n/t NMDemDist2 Dec 2011 #9

BRILLIANT....it sounds so logical, but that's the first time I ever heard that idea. nt MADem Dec 2011 #18

the socks badhair77 Dec 2011 #12

I do that too, with the dehumidifer water. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #13

Put a bucket in your shower and use the grey water for plants outdoors. yardwork Dec 2011 #14

We catch water from the A/C in summer and do the same... Phentex Dec 2011 #15

All soaps? I did not know that. Awesome. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #16

I suppose if there are other ingredients in the soap, some might be toxic to some plants. yardwork Dec 2011 #19

"soap is very similar to fertilizer"---- Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #20