When my wife and I worked I used to think I must be Lower Middle Class. Now that I am disabled and retired and my wife can't work I find I am Middle to Lower Low Class . I don't feel low class and many of my neighbors are poorer than us . I had to move from the suburbs of Philadelphia to the mountains of West Virginia where I ...

pcgrandma : I'm sure Vinagar will kill weeds in the lawn . There will also be considerable die-back around the area of treatment . With boiling water , ( if you were considering it ) after the weed died you could remove damaged ( dead ) weed & grass , and easily reseed the area and have grass growing in a few weeks . With Vinigar I ...

The Top three or more things are : 1-- Burn wood to heat the house 2-- Buy ( slabs ) waste wood from a nearby wood mill , delivered , very cheep 3--Raise 3 chickens ( two hens & a rooster ) for eggs 4-- Wrap the South facing porches in plastic for the winter 5-- Range ( the yard ) feed the chickens . I use less feed ( natural ) , the eggs ...

Thanks ! I will try to find the 20% vinigar and try using it in the garden myself . When using any poison on plant mater there will usualy be an area of overkill around the treated area . Often even when the roots of one plant touch another as seen with " Round Up " . I use the boiling water for the stone paths  and the base of the ...

I agree that boiling water should be handeled with extreem caution ! I know that it is very effective on plants and plant cells , and it will do much damage on Human skin cells as well . Maybe a half tea-pot of boiling water would be safer . It only takes a little a day . You all try it .   Timothy T

It's spring and the weeds are coming up in the cracks of sidewalks , patio blocks and bricks , and stone sidewalks . There are many ways of killing them including a vast array of chemicals not too good for the environment . Boiling water is probably the most effective and economical way to be rid of them . I use a kettle each morning to make ...

Hi Pat and everybody : I'm so glad we have this forum . My wife and I are now disabled & retired in the mountains of West Virginia living the frugal life with 8 cats , two hens , and a rooster . Being a former profeshional Trash Picker , we moved here with most of what we need to Get By . Since I moved here ( ...