Making a little extra cash

[Bettacreek]

I also make my own potpourri out of stuff I collect on my land

Ah, thank you for reminding me! I have been wanting to put that into my monthly planner so that I could remember to collect a ton of those tiny hemlock pinecones next year (maybe still this year).

 

[hunter1hall]

I raise meal worms for extra cash. Its fairly inexpensive to maintain, and there is actually a huge market for them. I sell to bait stores, pet stores and other people raising chickens.

 

[Mackay]

Well you all know already our favorite laundry soap on this forum, the one with borax, fels napa and washing soda?

My neighbor makes it and sells it like crazy. $5 a gallon. Its a money maker for as far a home crafts goes.

she sells at bazaars and what every place she can find. The coop in a nearby city and people come to her house for it.

I'm surprized folks here are not doing it too!

 

[kcsunshine]

I retired this past year and am now collecting my social security (Yea!).
My husband works at home - woodworking - he does custom stand-alone cabinets and small boxes we sell through a friend's shop. We grow and sell veggies at our Farmer's Market and since I'll be home full time I plan on canning a lot more (that'll save, not make, money. Sure glad I found y'all.

 

[tamlynn]

I am a sahm mom, homeschooling my kids on a city lot, so my main way to "make" money is to spend as little of it as possible.

I also do make and sell I-spy bags, but nearly all by word of mouth. I don't have an online store or anything.

http://tamlynnj.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-spy-bags.html

I have also done commissioned artwork and graphic design, but that also is by word of mouth.

When my kids were preschoolers, I taught a homebased preschool. That brought in money, but once my kids were older, it became too much.

 

[Wildsky]

I love those I-Spy pillows, thats a great idea!

 

[tamlynn]

Thanks! The farm animal print is one of my favorites.

 

[peckndirt]

I didn't read all the post but I make extra money from , fire wood $70 a load , collards $1.00 per mature plant , eggs $2.00 a dozen , wine $8.00 a jar , rabbits cleaned $8.00 each , chickens , ducks , manure , smoked meat and a couple other odds and ends . The taxes get paid and in summer I do other things. The good lord and hard work wins out every single time. It's all in how you look at what you have to work with , which is everything in the world.

 

[murphysranch]

Wood for 70 bucks? Is that a cord? Wood out here is a min of $225 and more for a cord of oak.

 

[hwillm1977]

Wood for 70 bucks? Is that a cord? Wood out here is a min of $225 and more for a cord of oak.

I wish I could find wood for 70 bucks Ours is about the same as Murphysranch... $250/cord for maple/birch