Surviving on Shoestrings by Donna Miller

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• Talk about a good deal? Free digital Magazine.

  Easy to subscribe on line. All that's needed is your name and email address. Each month you'll find a link in your inbox to the montly issue of PREPARE Magazine . Each month focuses on a theme to help you become more self-sustaining and simplify... Posted Apr 16 2013, 05:17 PM by Millers Grain House with | with no comments Filed under: frugal, free, preparedness, simple, self-sustain, self-reliance, prepper, magazine, simplify, digital

• A Self-sustaining Life is a Frugal Life.

  To be self- sustaining is kind of an anomaly in this current global climate, however, the trend to be more frugal is a growing movement. I surmise that the most economical way of living, in the long run, is to be more self-sustainable rather than system... Posted Aug 22 2011, 04:58 PM by Millers Grain House with | with no comments Filed under: frugal, waste, system, economical, basics, self-sustain, community

• Making healthy and practically free chicken stock.

  Saving money and stretching dollars often requires a little bit of 'playing with our food'! That is actually one of my FAVORITE parts of being on a tight budget. I love to look at ways to stretch food and still eat healthy meals on a tight budget... Posted May 04 2011, 08:23 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: save groceries, stretch dollars, frugal, budget, cheap, free, money, soup, savings, stock, chicken stock, glucosamine, healthy

• Being prepared is a good frugal investment.

  Last night I had the honor, once again, to be interviewed on The Doctor Prepper Radio Show. Feel free to go take a listen at the following link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/doctorprepper/2010/06/24/doctor-prepper-talk-show I've had this honor before... Posted Jun 24 2010, 07:12 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: frugal, garden, preparedness, grain, dehydrating, freezing, canning, grain mill, harvest, investment

• Money Saving Kitchen Quirks...I mean...Tips

  There are times that my brain just really thinks so far out of the 'box' that I am in my own world and think its normal. Yet inevitably some one sees me do something that I think everyone does and they say, "I have never thought of that!"... Posted Dec 29 2009, 10:49 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: frugal, money, saving, kitchen, freebies, quirks

• Tips to keeping warm while saving cold, hard cash.

  The change of seasons is something I missed out on growing up in Florida. The bright colors of spring and fall, the winter grays and snowy white are all the changes I look forward to each year, now. Admittedly I love summer. It's the Floridian in... Posted Dec 10 2009, 11:18 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: frugal, budget, cheap, money, cash, Bread, seasons, soup, utilities, warm, cold, shoe-string, winter

• Stretching Money by looking at everyday objects differently.

  We all have them, the weird things that are in the house that we save and get over run with or we simply toss because we see them as not useful. Well, if you look at things just ever so slightly askew....you might find some great uses for 'useless'... Posted Aug 28 2009, 11:32 AM by Millers Grain House with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: save money, stretch dollars, videos, frugal, recycle, trash, reuse

• Frugal Decor ideas for the home.

  It truly is a homesteading mindset to look at things a little 'off' the set normal center. That's what I love about the pioneering spirit of homesteading. The truth is that mindset can be used everywhere!! Let's look at home decor and... Posted Jun 16 2009, 02:22 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: frugal, budget, homestead mindset anywhere, homesteading, stretching, dollar, saving, house, decor, home, decorating

• Watching the lessons learned come to life!

  Sometimes we wonder if this frugal lifestyle of homesteading has been worth all the hard work. It isn't easy and it isn't typical. However, the fruits of our labor may not always be measured in income vs. expense, but in lessons learned as we... Posted Jun 11 2009, 01:28 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: frugal, homesteading, income, frivolous, consumerism, spending, status quo, adult children, expenses, lessons

• I took the road less traveled by....

  "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Robert Frost (The Road Not Taken 1915) This poem always made me reflect on life. Am I a follower or a leader? Do I know when to be one or the other? " The road less... Posted Mar 24 2009, 12:01 PM by Millers Grain House with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: suburubs, frugal, creative, contentment, homestead mindset anywhere, homesteading, works, skimp