What did you do to save $ today?

[unclejoe]

Went to farm auction on Sat. and picked up a few things CHEAP.

Goat milking stand - $2 I couldn't even make one that cheap.
3 foot long chicken feeder with a spinning cylinder on the top so they can't sit on it and leave their droppings in the feed. $1
2 feeders for grain - $0 They were sold as a lot of 6 and the guy only wanted 2, so he gave the other 4 away instead of loading them on his truck.
Old butter churn $2
3 old wooden barrels - $1 each
8 rolls of woven wire fencing, 4' x 100' - $11 per roll
About 300 lbs of nails from 6" spikes to 2" finish - $4
Scythe with 4 extra blades - $2
And various other little things.
I couldn't even come close to getting it all in my pickup, so we went home and got the F700 box truck and it just barely fit.
The thing I went looking for was an old hand operated well pump and they didn't have one.

 

[freemotion]

Wow, unclejoe, I am sooooo jealous!!! Great auction!

FD, you need two goats, to keep each other company. Watch out, they can be quite addictive, especially if you manage to keep a shred of your sanity intact.....

I started two more batches of soft cheese today, made my first quiche for supper and it was AWESOME!!! I loaded it with mushrooms, onions, garlic, spinach, goat cheese, scallions from the garden, cream from the goat's milk (just cream, no milk.....even the cats were begging for some quiche!) and of course, eggs from our hens! And a crust made with fresh-ground wheat and lard and another egg. Strawberry/rhubarb crisp for dessert/veggies.

Ground up some grain so I won't have to buy chick feed for the new babies. Mama is already doing a great job, after all the rain, I took a hand trowel and easily helped her feed everyone plenty of worms to go with their cereal!

 

[hoosier]

Do you have a lot of great auctions like that unclejoe? That was an amazing haul!

 

[sylvie]

We need to re shingle a portion of the roof. I estimated the square footage of shingles needed last month. I appropriated x amount for the supplies.
We are doing the work ourselves, so saving about $1200 there if our neighbor's recent work is any indication of labor rates.
More good news is that I just realized after taking actual measurements that I had over estimated the bundles needed by 1/3. The old adage of measure and measure again sure pays off!
Also, we found 3 unopened bundles of the original shingles in our shed. If the color comes close then we can use those, too.

Of course now the hard work begins, lol!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Went to farm auction on Sat. and picked up a few things CHEAP.

Goat milking stand - $2 I couldn't even make one that cheap.
3 foot long chicken feeder with a spinning cylinder on the top so they can't sit on it and leave their droppings in the feed. $1
2 feeders for grain - $0 They were sold as a lot of 6 and the guy only wanted 2, so he gave the other 4 away instead of loading them on his truck.
Old butter churn $2
3 old wooden barrels - $1 each
8 rolls of woven wire fencing, 4' x 100' - $11 per roll
About 300 lbs of nails from 6" spikes to 2" finish - $4
Scythe with 4 extra blades - $2
And various other little things.
I couldn't even come close to getting it all in my pickup, so we went home and got the F700 box truck and it just barely fit.
The thing I went looking for was an old hand operated well pump and they didn't have one.

WOWZA!!
Those are awesome deals!

 

[big brown horse]

Sometimes it is hard not to be jealous! Uncle Joe you SCORED!!!

And freemotion, I wish you would invite me over for dinner!!!

 

[freemotion]

Get on a plane, girl!

 

[big brown horse]

We need to re shingle a portion of the roof. I estimated the square footage of shingles needed last month. I appropriated x amount for the supplies.
We are doing the work ourselves, so saving about $1200 there if our neighbor's recent work is any indication of labor rates.
More good news is that I just realized after taking actual measurements that I had over estimated the bundles needed by 1/3. The old adage of measure and measure again sure pays off!
Also, we found 3 unopened bundles of the original shingles in our shed. If the color comes close then we can use those, too.

Of course now the hard work begins, lol!

Hi Sylvie,
I helped an old boyfriend reshingle his roof back in the 80's. (I really just wanted to tan!) It was very simple once you got the hang of it. Once the shingle stacks were up on the roof, it went pretty quick.

 

[big brown horse]

Get on a plane, girl!

Thanks to our new Aussie gal I know where you live! That quiche sounds so yummy!

 

[sylvie]

Hi Sylvie,
I helped an old boyfriend reshingle his roof back in the 80's. (I really just wanted to tan!) It was very simple once you got the hang of it. Once the shingle stacks were up on the roof, it went pretty quick.

Yes, those bundles are so heavy! We did the coop roof last fall so I feel somewhat comfortable with the technique. We bought scaffolding several years back and that should really help. I'll put stacks on there first before transferring onto the roof. When I say "we" I really mean "me" so I'm trying to make this as easy and doable as possible. Dh is unable to do this work; I am hoping my 2 brothers could find some time, but if not, I feel capable. I'm glad to hear that you did it and thought it went fast!