Comments on: Shortsighted Frugality http://frugalhacks.com/2010/04/22/shortsighted-frugality/ Good stewardship in action. How do you do it? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: caryn verell http://frugalhacks.com/2010/04/22/shortsighted-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-6515 caryn verell Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:33:41 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=2216#comment-6515 i live in northeast mississippi...lots of rain, heat, and humidity year round. i gave up on the fight to rid my acreage of weeds. instead, i let 'em grow and bloom. many of the weeds are in fact wildflowers and are edible or useful for other things. anyway, i digress....i let them grow, bloom and then mow 'em down. some of the prettiest days i have seen around here is when the weeds are in full bloom...like those photos in magazines where there are fields blooming on a fine breezy day. in the fight against mother nature i could spend a small fortune or pick a pretty bouquet. i live in northeast mississippi…lots of rain, heat, and humidity year round. i gave up on the fight to rid my acreage of weeds. instead, i let ‘em grow and bloom. many of the weeds are in fact wildflowers and are edible or useful for other things. anyway, i digress….i let them grow, bloom and then mow ‘em down. some of the prettiest days i have seen around here is when the weeds are in full bloom…like those photos in magazines where there are fields blooming on a fine breezy day. in the fight against mother nature i could spend a small fortune or pick a pretty bouquet.

]]> By: Brenda http://frugalhacks.com/2010/04/22/shortsighted-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-6514 Brenda Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:45:14 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=2216#comment-6514 Once when my mom was moving, she didn't want to spend the money to have the movers pack the contents of the house into boxes. So they only paid for the guys to move the boxes into the truck. She hurt her shoulder badly in the process and needed months of physical therapy to heal. She ended up spending as much money on the physical therapy as she would have on having the guys pack all the boxes. She says she'll never pack her own house again. LOL Once when my mom was moving, she didn’t want to spend the money to have the movers pack the contents of the house into boxes. So they only paid for the guys to move the boxes into the truck. She hurt her shoulder badly in the process and needed months of physical therapy to heal. She ended up spending as much money on the physical therapy as she would have on having the guys pack all the boxes. She says she’ll never pack her own house again. LOL

]]> By: Elisabeth http://frugalhacks.com/2010/04/22/shortsighted-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-6513 Elisabeth Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:41:45 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=2216#comment-6513 Hi! I have a recommendation for weed-pulling, but unfortunately it isn't cheap. You might decide it is worth the expense, though. :) My mom has back trouble, and one day a friend introduced us to one of those weed-pulling gadgets on a stick. We found a similar tool at Home Depot, called a Weed Hound. It was at least $25, but for my mom, it has been worth every penny! Here is the website for it: http://www.hound-dog.com/retailer_info.htm I hope this helps! Maybe there is a cheaper tool based on the same principle, but I haven't found it yet. :) Blessings, Elisabeth Hi!
I have a recommendation for weed-pulling, but unfortunately it isn’t cheap. You might decide it is worth the expense, though. :) My mom has back trouble, and one day a friend introduced us to one of those weed-pulling gadgets on a stick. We found a similar tool at Home Depot, called a Weed Hound. It was at least $25, but for my mom, it has been worth every penny!

Here is the website for it:
http://www.hound-dog.com/retailer_info.htm

I hope this helps! Maybe there is a cheaper tool based on the same principle, but I haven’t found it yet. :)

Blessings,
Elisabeth

]]> By: Roxie Meiske http://frugalhacks.com/2010/04/22/shortsighted-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-6512 Roxie Meiske Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:55:08 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=2216#comment-6512 I live in Texas too. I have the same soil. I use a spade shovel. Dig the deep root and shake the dirt off and pack dirt only back into the hole. The weed goes into the trash can. (I do not want weed seeds in my composter) I live in Texas too. I have the same soil. I use a spade shovel. Dig the deep root and shake the dirt off and pack dirt only back into the hole. The weed goes into the trash can. (I do not want weed seeds in my composter)

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