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For the frugal and resourceful, duct tape is almost as good as cash.

Most of the blogs didn’t sound useful to me. I did finally check out the one on Frugal Being Green or whatever, and found nothing particularly green about it. I even went to the gardening tab in search of something I would consider green. The best they could come up with is to use the mint in your garden to make mint ice cream with.

Now, if they were talking about raising your own livestock to make the ice cream with, I would consider that a possible green solution, but they didn’t.

I like your column, Frugal Dad, but I suppose I’m much less of a consumer, and more of a do-it-yourselfer, than most people who read your blog. I don’t clip coupons, either…I think they are supreme waste of my valuable time.

I suppose it’s unrealistic for me to expect other people in our consumer-oriented society to change their consuming behaviors overnight. Most of the blogs you listed barely chip away at that ingrained tendency that most Americans have to consume, rather than really produce, IMHO.

Maybe instead of focusing on efforts to reduce spending, in my case it might make more sense to increase my income. I’ve seen very few posts by Frugal Dad to increase income in any significant way. The ones I’ve seen don’t seem to be a good fit for me, as a recovering underearner.

Suggestions appreciated.