Grandma's 50 Old Fashioned Frugal Living Tips to Try Today (that will save you thousands 💰)

Grandma's 50 Old Fashioned Frugal Living Tips to Try Today (that will save you thousands 💰)

[francesmaurer]

Grandma didn't "buy" reusable drinking bottles/ cups. She used mason jars or other glass jars that could be covered with a lid .😊

[hemaranganathan]

We do all these things everyday in India every day. We don't throw away appliances. We repair them use it for decades

[angelaforsyth]

Really, This is how you make a house a home, and how you find Joy in your life.

[TheHolywren]

“Bake multiple items in the oven at once” brought back the memory of my grandmother’s neighbor, Miss Susie with potato in hand, running from door to door, asking if anyone was baking so she could add her potato to the oven

[angelaforsyth]

this is so funny and good, funny because it is not just old granny doing this, and good because it reminds me of a few things I don't do. LIKE, my mom and aunties would do cloths and shoe swap meets, and other things that one might not be using. they would get together with kids and put everything in the middle of the living room where chairs would be set around and start picking items that work for their fam and kids. it was fun, and once in a while a young girl like me would end up with an aunties nice dress that was never going to fit her again lol. you know how us girls are at saving and hoping, well it was that way 50 years ago too. and those jeans made into shorts have a name, I still wear cut offs to this day.

[wingrider]

Every time you lack a skill - you have to pay somebody else to provide a service., Learn to cook, sew, fix your car, repair things, restore old throw away items like tools and furniture, grow your own food, hunt and forage. Ask yourself - when something breaks down, do I have the skills to deal with it, or do I have to hire somebody? If you have to hire people to do everything for you - guess what? You're going to be broke. Services today are outrageously expensive. An electrician wanted 2200.00 to add a generator plug to my electrical panel. Cost of the parts was under 100.00 / the rest was labor for about two hours work. I never made 2200.00 for two hours of work in my life. And neither did he - because I did it myself.

[Fritz]

I seriously doubt grandma in old fashion living had a hydroponic system..lmao.

[memesbyme]

My goodness there are too many complainers on here. It's very simple to just go to another channel if you don't like the content. 🤷‍♀️

[kayklutchko]

Dehydrator? Water bottle? Hydroponics? Solar oven? MY grandma never had these!

[jennyeagan]

Portable fans help dry laundered clothes. My bathroom tiny, no way to hang outdoors. Hang on clothes hangers. Attach with laundry clips so they don't fall off the hanger while the portable fan helps dry.

[lyndas]

Forget herbicides, Grandma told me that when times are tough, learn what wild plants are edible, and eat 'em!

[wcftjvr]

Yup I bought a deep freeze I had it 2 years it when out my warranty just expired they said I ask them how much to send guy to look at it an fix 150 an hour plus part I said no thanks I called for parts my self I fix my freezer my self for 15, dollars it freezers better now then before ❤❤

[vickierinehart]

I remember as a child my grandmother cooking in an iron wood burning stove thing looked like it was from the 1800's .

[sky]

I simply leave the peels on my veggies and cook them.

[Pondapple]

When I was still eating oatmeal cookies packaged in boxes from the store, I saved the silvery plastic box liners, washed and let them dry. When I had enough of them I taped them together to make a reflective curtain for my small shower window. It keeps the hot sun out and provides privacy. I also preciously did this method with some boxed pretzels but discarded the piece when the garlic smell persisted. It was used as an inside dashboard cover to keep the hot sun off the dashboard and steering wheel. For drying my shirts and pants, I put the washed but still wet ones on hangers and hang them on a shower tension rod placed high over the bathtub. I live in an apartment.

[Redwarfa]

If the whole of the usa hanged their washing outdoors to dry, imagine the impact on the environment

[shez]

Our grandparents mostly lived in houses with backyards where veggie gardens and fruit trees were common. Their home grown produce was shared and swapped with others in the neigborhood.

[mariep]

I used my linen shower curtains for my sliding doors for a few years then I decided that I needed a new lightweight summer bedspread. I couldn’t find one online. Everything was quilts and heavy fabric. I live in Florida and I wanted something lightweight and something pretty. So I turn my beautiful linen shower curtains into a beautiful bedspread for my queen size bed. And I sewed it all by hand because it was too big to sew on my sewing machine. Part of it I used, the no sew tape but most of it I sewed by hand it looks like a high end bedspread. If I could take a picture and send it to you, I would. But I do all these things that you mention to save money to us on electricity I repurpose my old T-shirts as dust cloths, and cleaning cloth. I’ve done all these things for years. I never knew it was a my thing I just thought it was an economical and small way of doing things. But I do like your channel. It’s very interesting. I have picked up some new tips as well and I thank you for that.

[francesmaurer]

Grandma never heard of "solar" or "Hydroponic". 😂

[deannealbrecht]

I tried gardening outside in Las Vegas.🙄 What was I thinking. I found 2 inexpensive ($30) hydroponic units. I bought some AeroPods (guaranteed to grow) and have been enjoying delicious, fresh greens and herbs. It's totally worth it.
And bc it is 117° in Vegas, we can literally put a pan outside and cook up eggs, etc.