Forum on 'Frugal Living?'

Hi everyone.I'm sure that many of you, like myself have to pennypinch in both home and garden.I wonder if anyone would be interested in sharing money saving ideas and tips via a forum? In England we have 'pound shops', equivalent to your dollar stores, and I have found some wonderful things there, for example, rubber, honeycomb doormats, which I put on the patio to stand plantpots on.They lift the pots just enough from the ground so they can drain freely.
Would there be any support for such a forum?
Marigold.

Hi Marigold

I was thinking the same thing myself the other day. I love learning new ways to save $$$. I've learned how to make my own laundry detergent, which is a TERRIFIC moneysaver. It's simple, and best of all, it works!

Count me in!

I would love one myself! I love being frugal :)

Trish

count me in..I just love being frugal too! Lisa

I love being frugal and am..I would also love to learn how to make my own laundry detergent among other things on a new Frugal living forum.
Sandy

Count me in - my family tells me I'm cheaper than Ms. Cheap (a local columnist), and their nickname for me is Ms. Cheaper.

Anyone got a name suggestion for the forum?

I like "Dirt Cheap"...but Dave didn't :)

Need a name!

Trish

Trish, I love Dirt Cheap. Guess the webmaster gets the final vote, huh? Darn. Frugal Living is the easy choice, but it has just been done to death......Here are some ideas - don't boo and hiss, just use them to help us eliminate the bad ideas right off the bat. (And please be kind! You know, "if you can't say something nice......" ha ha ha ha )

Back to Basics
Basic Instincts (wasn't that a movie?)
Living Cheaply
Living Cheaply Ever After (heehee)
Living Simply (or Simply Living)
The Frugal Life
The Frugal Home
Our Frugal Nature (groan)
A Penny Saved (had to get a Poor Richard's Almanac quote in here somewhere)

Okay, that's it for my creative brain cells; they're shot. Now you guys know why I majored in Accounting and Finance, and not in Advertising or Marketing, right???? I'm still for Dirt Cheap, but that's just me and my warped sense of humor.

What about 'cheapscapes'?

How about "Will Work for Plants"? LOL I would love a frugal living forum. I loved the stuff on Themestream, but they're gone now. :-( Have some great recipes for homemade laundry soap that actually works.

Penny Pinchers
Blood from Turnips
Prunning the Budget
The Savers Forum
Cutting costs
Creative solutions

hey zany, i like that one..."Prunning the Budget"....

Done!

Pruning only has one "n" ....sorry, old secretaries never die!!

P.S. Did this forum die a natural death , or what? I just tuned in and it looks like nothing posted since 2001!! And I was so excited!!

It is here:

http://davesgarden.com/place/f/dirtcheap/all/

Hi, thanks ...where is North Augusta, ON?? I am originally from Toronto, have been living in the Midwest near Chicago for 30-some years.

North Augusta is roughly 30 minutes south west-ish of Ottawa.
I was born and raised in Oshawa, drove a taxi in TO in my younger days......nice to meet ya!!!

Not too far from me as well..I live about 40 miles north of Barrie..work in the city so it's quite the drive every day..but weekends make it worthwhile...will be checking out some of your frugal 'ideas'...

Quite close to me... I grew up in Cannington but went to school in Bowmanville, bus route went thru Whitby and Oshawa. :)

Centuries and eons ago, I was married to a Bowmanville lad..for about a year............

lol isn't it always amazing - the twists and turns of life!

Great to meet you gals (and guys??) Look for me on the sustainable living site and also Dave's dirt cheap ... Sandy

Sandy, where would I find 'Dave's dirt cheap' appreciate hearing from you...

Hi Betty,

I tried to find this by searching (stalking LOL) Naper's other posts, then tried
Google, but all I could find was a book review on Dave's for "Dirt Cheap Gardening."

Would love to visit a dirt cheap forum with you. :-)

Karen Marie

It would indeed be fun...my goodness we have lots in common, from arts/crafts to home life...lol I'll try and research this as well...please let me know if you find it...

It ended up being named "Frugal Living Discussion Forum" here is the link to that forum http://davesgarden.com/place/f/dirtcheap/all/

Thank you...

Oh, I guess I thought that since Sandy just posted that yesterday,
there was a new thread.

Many thanks!

Napergal you have d-mail and I cannot find Daves Dirt Cheap. Please help. Bev

Hi Bev,

Scroll up just a few posts and you will find Judycooksey's post
where she mentioned the forum is not called Dave's Dirt Cheap.

:-) Many thanks, Judy.

Thanks Wuvie Bev

Sorry I did not reply sooner ...have been busy and didn't check my Dave's Garden stuff!! I found the "dirt cheap" link also by clicking around and somehow landing on it ...!! I couldn't remember how I got there!! I am such a computer techie (not). lol. It has finally cooled off a bit this morning, actually a lovely breeze. Had bedroom window open for the first time in weeks!! So tired of air conditioned air!! Supposed to be 90 again today, though. It's amazing how fast containers and hanging baskets dry out ...am watering some of them twice a day!! Gardening is not for wimps!! Some of my annuals are just exhausted already!! They think they are in Arizona! Sandy

Man am I a day late and a dollar short! Gone to find ya. Got to get that laundry Detergent receipe`