http://www.mysmallhomestead.com/2009/07/living-under-10k/ Life on a small homestead Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:10:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.mysmallhomestead.com/2009/07/living-under-10k/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Uncle B Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:33:03 +0000 http://www.mysmallhomestead.com/?p=212#comment-212 Wife and I live in as small village in Canada on my disability check. Thank God and good social democratic functioning government here in Canada, health care is no longer a worry, Its a right! We have a shitty climate with a very short growing season, fraught with rain this year, and the garden is poor! We depend on canning, drying food, pickling, sauerkrauting, and we are looking for the Russian "Salting" methods of preservation to be explained. We do freeze, but sparingly as our freezer is very economically small! We have CFL lights, natural gas stove, dryer, hot water tank, as these are cheapest to run in Canada, and we "waste not-want not" all the time! We recycle everything we get our hands on, live in the "Thrift Shops" and shopping is a full-time job! We get by as you do, on much, much, less than others and still give generously to local charities and church. My disability prevents me from driving a car and this is a blessing in disguise! I have a trike with a basket, great mileage, practically no upkeep bills and no insurance bills at all! We home brew beer, tried wine but stuck to beer, make root-beer and Ginger beer regularly and highly recommend this money saver! Dandelion wine is probably the cheapest entertainment we enjoy, and we actually have it better than some working folks, who cannot resist the wild eyed advertising propagandists tearing at their souls to "Buy More" - it is all nonsense if you look at it with a logical point of view anyway! Soon, as the great republican depression rises to haunt the poor working folks again, they will graciously read our proud confessions of "Another Path, Less Trodden" and feel less fear as their material world fades and the baubles of times gone by loose their luster - These folks can rest assured, life, complete and with great happiness, can exist without all that glitters, for in fact, it is not gold at all! just another commission for you know who! Wife and I live in as small village in Canada on my disability check. Thank God and good social democratic functioning government here in Canada, health care is no longer a worry, Its a right! We have a shitty climate with a very short growing season, fraught with rain this year, and the garden is poor! We depend on canning, drying food, pickling, sauerkrauting, and we are looking for the Russian “Salting” methods of preservation to be explained. We do freeze, but sparingly as our freezer is very economically small! We have CFL lights, natural gas stove, dryer, hot water tank, as these are cheapest to run in Canada, and we “waste not-want not” all the time! We recycle everything we get our hands on, live in the “Thrift Shops” and shopping is a full-time job! We get by as you do, on much, much, less than others and still give generously to local charities and church. My disability prevents me from driving a car and this is a blessing in disguise! I have a trike with a basket, great mileage, practically no upkeep bills and no insurance bills at all! We home brew beer, tried wine but stuck to beer, make root-beer and Ginger beer regularly and highly recommend this money saver! Dandelion wine is probably the cheapest entertainment we enjoy, and we actually have it better than some working folks, who cannot resist the wild eyed advertising propagandists tearing at their souls to “Buy More” – it is all nonsense if you look at it with a logical point of view anyway! Soon, as the great republican depression rises to haunt the poor working folks again, they will graciously read our proud confessions of “Another Path, Less Trodden” and feel less fear as their material world fades and the baubles of times gone by loose their luster – These folks can rest assured, life, complete and with great happiness, can exist without all that glitters, for in fact, it is not gold at all! just another commission for you know who!

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]]> http://www.mysmallhomestead.com/2009/07/living-under-10k/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Cindy Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:27:03 +0000 http://www.mysmallhomestead.com/?p=212#comment-196 Yes, health care is always a worry but thankfully other than R's disability, we are both pretty healthy. Of course, as we get older we really should have checkups more often. Yes, health care is always a worry but thankfully other than R’s disability, we are both pretty healthy. Of course, as we get older we really should have checkups more often.

]]> http://www.mysmallhomestead.com/2009/07/living-under-10k/comment-page-1/#comment-195 kasey at thriftylittleblog.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:07:44 +0000 http://www.mysmallhomestead.com/?p=212#comment-195 Wow, I'm amazed! It looks like you have some great values. I'm sure all of that made from scratch food is delicious! I wish that healthcare was more affordable for you and everyone else. I hate it when people get sick and the medical debt ruins all of their smart financial decisions. Wow, I’m amazed! It looks like you have some great values. I’m sure all of that made from scratch food is delicious!
I wish that healthcare was more affordable for you and everyone else. I hate it when people get sick and the medical debt ruins all of their smart financial decisions.

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