Comments on: Don’t buy it

By: beast

beast — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:48:29 +0000

i was raised frugal, oldest of 9
we grew what we ate and made everything else
the cow barn was made from salvaged sheet steel from burned out factory
covering trees we cut out of the woods and trimmed by hand
whole thing cost $15 cuz we didnt have any used nails yet
moms house is built from a salvaged cattle shed with rough shaped logs for rafters and roof supports
theroot cellar we dug by hand and framed with logs, then nailed on slabs ripped off logs with a chainsaw, covered with visqueen we found in dumpster

so yeah, i learned to live green and frugal, its how i like it

By: Bobbi

Bobbi — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:01:41 +0000

Shirley, I loved all your comments, but I deleted the last two because it seemed you were having a bit of technical difficulty and they were simply repeats of your first beautiful sentiments =)

By: Shirley Cochran Walls

Shirley Cochran Walls — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:20:19 +0000

My favorite stories as a child were those of the Box Car Kids. I love resourcfulness.I was green long before it was cool…just an old hippy at heart…love re-making items to give them new life as something else. Raising three children as a single parent,with no real family of my own, made being frugile necessary. But, ny children grew up thinking I could do just about anything. If we needed something…I just made it out of something else! Im not a pack rat, but I save everything. I dont call it clutter…I call it “inventory”! Once, when my son was home from college he said…”mom…step away from the trash…it’ll be ok!”

By: D. Cameron Lawrence

D. Cameron Lawrence — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:29:52 +0000

I love this sensible notion. It’s bothered me for a while that “going green” has to be marketed, like a car. More and more, I think about how my grandparents and parents lived - making do, doing it themselves, putting it up. Living a common sense life. Thanks for the reminder, Bobbi.

I feel proud of New Southerner!