Hi Jane and Michael, a long time watcher, first time commenter here! I just wanted to say thank you for all of the fantastic and consistent content you provide. Well done on hitting 10k subs, if anyone deserves it - it’s you two! Thank you for being unapologetically you and sharing your lives with us 😄 P.s. That spinach and mushroom lasagna looks delish 😋
I'm in the sub tropics on the east coast of Australia. My main time for indoor drying is in our very humid, wet season. I use a fold up clothes airer that I place under a ceiling fan. Due to our low income, we are able to join a $5/yr charity food store. It gets the almost out of date food stores from all the local supermarkets and sells at very cheap prices. We get day old bread for free. Some foods that the supermarkets wont purchase from our local farmers, due to blemish or odd shapes, are donated and are available for free. I preserve as much as I can for use when those foods are out of season, like your frozen peppers. We have an extensive vegie garden which keeps us in salad veg and steamed green veg all year round. The extra work is well worth it. We live right on the coast so fish is abundant and readily available. Hubby loves a good deal and hunts them out. He picked up a 6.3kg whole rump for $60. At $10/kg, usually $20+/kg, this was a super deal. Hubby cut the rump up into meal size packages for us and these are now in the freezer. We have meat for months.
I live in Alberta, Canada and the weather has been unusually dry and mostly sunny. I moved here 20 years ago from Newfoundland, Canada where the weather tends to be mostly wet and overcast. I miss those rainy days so much! Nothing like a ‘mawsey’ day with the wood stove going, a pot of soup or baked beans cooking, and a good book to read by the stove. Perhaps with some fresh baked buns. Thank you for your lovely videos. I am always inspired to keep going!
USA. 1) Finally turned the heat on. Before that, I was wrapping up in many layers. Turned the heat on to 60°F. Don't know what that is C, but it's way too cold inside for most people. 2) I only did one load of laundry, to keep the water and electricity bills down. 3) I sold $45 worth of clothing and Christmas decorations. 4) Saved $47 off grocery bill by putting things back. 5) Didn't go out anywhere so no gasoline use. 6) Found I had enough cat litter at home not to have to buy it for at least a month. 7) Used up canned tomato sauce to make spaghetti sauce (put my own spices in it). 8) Bought some new spices at a discount grocery. 9) Put an extra blanket on the bed. 10) Put on fleece lined slippers and boots to wear. 11)Wire fingerless gloves before I turned on the heat. 12) Turn the electricity off to the stove while I'm not using it by turning it off at the breaker box.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance Well, thank you! I've been frugal my whole life. I came to be this way by listening to my grandparents who raised their children during the Great Depression in the U.S. and through WW11, and from listening to my parents who grew up during the Great Depression and WW11. Frugality is in my bones!
I live in the south of England. I only came across your channel recently and have been binge watching your videos. You have given me so many ideas for saving money so thanks for that. I set my self a challenge at the beginning of the year not to buy any new clothes and I have stuck to it,only buying things from charity shops. I will definitely do a weekly menu plan. I think that will cut down the food bill and prevent so much wastage. Cant wait for your next video x
So i do something slightly odd/controversial but highly effective for heating/cooling. i use pet mats, those wipeable padded mats that they use for animals to sleep on. they have ones that keep them warm and ones that cool. The cooling ones i use mostly because in Australia our summers are horrible. you can get larger mats you can put under your bed sheets that help regulate your body temp.
I live in Kansas in the United States. I hang clothes on the line unless it’s raining or snowing. If it’s raining, I’ll wait. If it rains multiple times a week, I wait. Sometimes I will hang things up in the house to dry if I get desperate. We use propane heat and have one stove for the entire house and it gets very chilly. Sometimes it’s downright cold. If it’s too cold,I bake some thing to try to warm up part of the house.
Hi Jane, I love your videos so thank you! I live on the south coast of England (Littlehampton) and try to live frugally. Today I made butternut squash and ginger soup for lunch, and a banana bread as we had some over-ripe bananas which would otherwise have been chucked out. The soup was made with the squash, onions and garlic all from our allotment so very frugal. We also have pumpkins at the moment but I was changing it up a bit! For dinner I had the leftovers from a Chinese takeaway we ordered last night (not frugal but our once a month treat) so my meal was free. My partner had something from the freezer as he doesn’t like leftovers (that’s what he thinks anyway, ignorance is bliss 😂). X
This week at my local grocery store, ground sirloin beef was on sale for $4.99/ lb. I made up a batch of chili and froze it in individual containers. For $8.75 I made enough chili for 10 servings. Love your videos.
I’m in southern US - gardening weather for us - I remembered a previous post of yours and we’ve been propagating plants we have instead of buying more plants - doing gardening ourselves - has saved us a lot ! Thanks for helping keep us on track .
The little goats were so sweet and lovely to see little Mary too. The wardrobe was stunning. It does seem that food is more expensive in France than here in blighty. It's not as though you had lots of different cheeses or wine. It makes no sense when most of the food in the UK is imported. I think all those cookery programmes suggest that there is an abundance of cheap fresh produce in places like Europe.
Thankfully water, council tax, houses themselves, going on holiday, clothes, wine (that we rarely drink) are cheaper. Cars are three times the price in France too.
Another good video- always enjoy them. Have you thought about potting up your parsley And bring it inside to grow on a window sill? We usually pot up a few of our hot pepper plants and herbs before frost - we’ve had some luck keeping them going all winter long. We’re going to try a couple bell pepper plants as well. Once frost pass in the spring we take them back outside for the growing season
Heating? Well firstly I closed off the chimney in the other room. My other fire place provides heat, hot water and I too use my clothes horse ( x 2). I did my own energy audit, you know the drill. Crock pot over oven where possible, then if the oven is on, extra garlic bread, fridge, extra scones, freezer, large chicken, sandwiches or stir fry etc. Curtains inside rads, hot water bottles, socks, layers, chopped our own kindling and blocks and timber over the summer, got offered pallets and got my 19 year old busy before he falls into his PC. TV in my bedroom instead of sitting in a cold livingroom, super cosy. Plenty hot drinks. One other thing. I usually ask for jewellery or perfume for Christmas..not this year. I actually asked for a pair of really fleeced lines slippers..the type that turn into booties. 12.99 euro, navy with sparkly bits, and not slip for the tiles in the rain...closed backs, heaven..yeah..Im getting old girl..lol
This time of year I use my slow cooker a lot. We wear lots of layers and make sure we move, even if it's just pottering around. I don't let chores overwhelm me so it's the little and often rule for me. I quite enjoy cleaning, which does help. Great vlog Jane. I love the sound of rain.
Live in N.I. We have a wood burner. It heats our water and radiators as well as being just a room heater. We collect pallets cut them up and have piles of trees we cut down a few years ago. We can use coal on it if we wish to keep it lit during the night. Clothes are dried by it and I love it. It only takes a minute to light and we clean the fire and chimney ourselves. Bought the rods saves us £40- £50 pounds every time it needs cleaned. Every little counts.👍
@@FrugalQueeninFrance they sure do. Just wanted to say started watching your videos again after a long absence. Sorry. This last Covid year has us all upside down. We are at home all the time to both retired but it seemed that we could not think straight or do what we usually do. People I have spoken to even in shops say you think you are waiting for this to be over so life gets back to normal. Anyway got that off my chest. I love watching you because you give such good frugal advice on money,food and cleaning. Thanks again.👍
Dear Jane, here in the north of Germany it is rainy, too. So I do some nice work inside our house today. I made some quince candy and I dryed many apples. Both from our own garden. From the apple peels I started another home made apple vinegar. I love to not waste anything if I can. I love your wonderful home and I am very thankful that you open up your "doors" for us to invite you. Until next time🙋♀️.
Good day! This weekend we had company. I made a large pot of soup. A generous friend shared a butternut squash with me from her neighbors garden. I cut the squash up and made a white bean soup to share with our friends. Added a little left over pork I had made to the soup. It was delicious and inexpensive. Walking, talking and playing games was our entertainment.
This week?..let me see..I took in an emergency dog sit for 24 hours ( adorable)..50 euro, I cut my mans hair, I gratefully received 2 bags of clothes and got 8 x dresses and 26 tops, really good pieces. I also went to a thrift store and got a black and stainless steel globe for my sons Christmas present 5 euro very fancy piece. Bought a new bra ( labels on ) and a pink fleece cardigan all for 6 euro. Cooked a fry up so we wouldn't have to eat out, filled the crock pot before leaving. Let my son actually use his bus pass ( 55 euro, he pays himself) instead of me collecting him from one of our local towns, told him I'd ask for petrol money otherwise. Hmmm, Got my better half to clean the chimney with our own rods ( 60 euro per chimney ) and he fixed the leg on my ironing board, I'm not buying a new one, hammered the car insurance down by 120 euro. And if anyone is interested..I'm not doing a frugal Christmas, I'm doing a free Christmas with the lidl app....hows that?
I'm in south wales we have had a nice dry day today so I managed to dry and almost dry some washing outside. in the winter I dry inside I don't have a tumble dryer I also have not put the heating on yet but I will soon, I've been lucky with some food this week and had free food from olio and reductions locally trying not to spend money at all as I'm on universal credit and skint.
Due to you I now consider saving leftovers when I have had enough to eat instead of clearing the plate. I have had my lunch and evening meal will be leftovers of potato and a mix of veggies (I am vegetarian) mashed together and cooked on pan. I am looking forward to it already. Thank you Jane.
South Coast England-trying very hard to become more frugal ( its a juggle husband and I work full time and have 3 children aged 12,10 and 4) but what we have done well this past week is not putting our heating on and spending a bit of money on extra blankets to snuggle up in. Your channel is very enlightening and inspiring. I can't wait to see how to continue this new frugal mindset and continue to learn more from you. Thank you 💜
i live in Texas USA I wash in abucket and dry on line or when rain n hanging pole under fan in bedroon also cook on rocket stove and bbq in back yard rainy days on butane one burner camp stove in kitchen
I am enjoying your videos from New Jersey, USA. Your house looks so beautiful and cozy! Prices are going up every week. We usually are doing food shopping once a week on Sundays. Next week I am planning to skip shopping all together and try to get creative with things from my pantry and freezer.
I live in Las Vegas where currently wood burning stoves are prohibited and everything is built with gas fireplaces. Ugh I hate the oily residue. In Oregon I always had a wood stove and loved drying things in front of it as well as cooking on it. I too am on a no spend month and yes our food and gasoline prices have risen dramatically.
I have to wait for a dry day but still managing line drying at the moment.we are in the UK Haven't the foods prices gone up! I still stick to Aldi,even they have gone up in price
I so.look forward to these videos, you've given me so much inspiration, I think it was last time you said get the "old" cookery books out - Well!! I did and made lentil soup- good grief what was supposed to feed four seems to have turned into the magic porridge pot and could have fed thd whole street 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 all for a few pence.
Great video! I love seeing everything at the recycling center. There is so much nice stuff available there. I’m cooking more from scratch and simple meals to keep my food budget under control. I pressure canned chicken breasts a few months ago in half pint jars. I was craving Chicken alá King so in less than 10 minutes with some pantry staples I had a yummy lunch. I used a couple of jars of chicken, a small jar of diced pimentos, a small can of sliced mushrooms along with some whole milk to make the sauce. I used some Ultra Gel to thicken it because it won’t separate like using corn starch can when it chills in the refrigerator. I have plenty left for several meals this week. I like to serve it on toast as an open faced sandwich but it could be served over rice or noodles. You always have great meal ideas, I hoping to get some fried fish made tomorrow afternoon. I don’t fry fish in the house, it makes the house stink too much. I fry my fish in a large cast iron skillet on my patio. I take my induction burner out and set it up on the table, plug it in and fry my fish outside. Yummy Battered fried fish and no stinky house afterwards! 😏
Rainy days means clean those corners that get left because the weather is too nice to worry about those corners, repair clothing or work on sewing projects, read a book and wash the clothes in cold water. Most of our clothes go in the dryer when it rains and a few get hung up on our portable drying rack. I usually make soups on those cold rainy days--yum.
I love in Hawaii so weather is great about 90% of the time. Unfortunately we don't have clothes lines so it's always the dryer for me. I always hit the bargain bins first looking for discounted meats at the supermarket. Day old bread, close outs etc. I am a meat eater only so I try to buy cheap cuts of meat I can braise to soften. Chicken is cheap and I buy a huge pack and freeze. I can make all kinds of chicken. My landlord works at a farm so I have tons of tomatoes and occasionally other behhies like cabbage and avocado
We are in Singapore - a tiny dot in the world map, a place which doesn’t know winter😁, but a place where food prices are going up definitely. It’s a challenge to grow the small savings we have and juggle work & home. But enjoying every moment of this beautiful blessed life. Finding contentment and driving to fulfil the tiny dreams keeps me going.
We live in New York and I’m trying to use the clothes line as much as possible. We heat with oil so I will just have to budget more for this season …this is why we are thrifty, so we have money for unexpected expenses . ☮️
Hi Jane fab catch up. Just love your videos. I live in the fens in Norfolk. The cottage in the middle of nowhere. It gets very windy. I too have a pulley, to dry my washing. I have been cross stitching my Christmas tags this week. Using up some old silks I have left. Take care and have a good week. Xxx
I live in the Midwest of the US. This week I am doing an inventory of all the older food in my pantry and freezer. Making menus to use up all the older items, and the fresh produce that we have in the fridge. Made up some French bread pizzas for the freezer to use up some leftovers in the fridge. When it's raining I hang the laundry in the basement of our home on clotheslines my husband strung up. I also have 2 clothes racks I can hang clothes on to dry.
We bought 2 very pretty stemmed wine glasses at the hospice charity shop as a present to ourselves to make the port extra special at Christmas for just the 2 of us because of covid we will be on our own, they were 30p each because there was only 2 of them.
I live in South Africa, we have wet winters but I dont use a tumble dryer at all. Line dry on sunny days, wooden clothes racks on rainy days. That is just how it is. Hope you are well. Lots of love. ⚘
We are in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, and have not seen rain since early September. Count your blessings Jane. We too are experiencing some shocking inflation at the grocers. Can't buy much for $85 these days.
Just been on Social Blade and according to them only 300 to go until 11,000 subscribers. Thrilled you are growing. You deserve such support. Great common sense. Wonderful advice . Engaging content. Watching and enjoying your journey . Thank you so much for keeping me on the straight and narrow. Very best wishes to you both 💕👍💕
Hello from Pennsylvania in the US. I am new to your channel and love your videos. My husband and I are retired. We have 2 grown daughters and a grandson in university and a granddaughter in high school. My brother lives with us and helps me as my husband has some health issues Our home is heated with natural gas as is my hot water boiler and my oven and cooker. t The cost averages out to about 50 euros a month. Very economical by American standards. My brother and I go to the market once a month although we may need a quick trip for milk or bread in between. We also have a dog Stewie and the average cost for the 4 of us is about 150 euros. My brother and I will each have an overflowing trolley (the cost is for the total of both together) We eat well and healthy. I am fortunate to live in an area where groceries are affordable and we can stock ahead for winter so we are not out in bad weather Our basement is warm and I hang my clothes to dry down there. Your home is lovely. I will be visiting France in April of 2022 and am very excited. I spent time in England with friends 2 years ago and loved it. In April I will be visiting Spain, Italy and France. Thank you for sharing your home and life with us.
We have soup for lunch every day during the cooler months. Basically carrots, red lentils, stock and spices, puréed. Soup costs next to nothing. It’s versatile and filling. I’ve also been making meat-free ‘sausage rolls’ , experimenting with different fillings such as fried mushroom and leek, mashed beans etc …again, whatever you have! I add breadcrumbs if the mix is too wet, add some grated cheese or nuts, herbs and seasoning for flavour. Thankyou for your brilliant channel. Do you ever have French friends or neighbours over to try the English cuisine? London
I don't wash bed sheets or towels when it rains ...I look at the weather forecast for the week and plan accordingly because my dryer " died" and I'm not buying another .I dry things outside .It's not possible with kids . I remember one fall years ago when they( 3 kids ) were wearing their very last dry outfit ... so I went and bought a dryer in an emergency
I have 4 of each - sheets and duvet covers - so I change the bed and stack the ones that need washing until I can dry outside .It has never come to the point I was on the last clean bed clothes
Hi Jane. I live in Tennessee near the Great Smoky Mountains in a very old house You remind me so much of a dear friend who lives in Hastings so watching you is like talking to Annie. But I also love France and being frugal. No food waste here and I’ve recently become a fan of charity shops-we call them thrift stores. .
My Sundays are infinitely more wonderful because of your videos. They never fail to disappoint. I definitely drink more hot tea in the colder months. There's just something about holding a warm mug of something that makes me feel warmer. And, of course, LOTS of cozy blankets.
Hi Jane and Michael, another great show! Enjoy the rain. We live in California and it is bone dry. The forests are drying up. Love your videos. Always entertaining!
I watch and enjoy your videos from Barcelona Spain. After watching you I realized I'm quite frugal and didn't even know it 😄 We don't usually have problems drying the washing. I'll dry a white wash in the sun to get the clothes even whiter and a coloured wash in the shade so the colours don't fade. Here in Spain prices have gone up. I shop at Mercadona (The Spanish equivalent to Morrisons supermarket in the UK). We never used to spend more than 50€ a week for the two of us, now we're lucky if it's less than 70€ !!!
Always dry our laundry on the ceiling airer or on the line, managed even when I had 3 under 5 using cloth nappies, cloth wipes, cloth breast pads, all that good stuff…you just have to be organised and it is doable in UK climate.
I discovered your video just a couple of days ago. Love them.....I see confirmation of how we chose to live and the decisions we made. Thank you for being so inspirational and positive.
Lovely rainy day video Jane, so nice to see your enjoyment of everyday tasks. Your meals this week looked delicious. We dry laundry indoors here too when it's too wet to use the outside line, and I have just resurrected an old wooden concertina drying rack to use in the kitchen this winter.
Loved your trip to the recycle center, wish there were more here in the states like that. I buy puzzles for my cousin and usually pay 2.99 at the Goodwill store. Love the meals you've shared. Great channel. Have a lovely day. Catherine
Shopping seems a bit more expensive over there the cheese is about the same. Love your videos and the cottage is gorgeous . Back here in UK it's the same petrol and energy prices rocketing but wages not rising to match. I see you peeled cucumber i never known anyone other than my mum do that .
I would love a visit to that wonderful recycling centre ! What a fabulous way to pick up some bargains and stop landfill too! My husband loves a jigsaw puzzle and would have loved a rummage through! I was really interested in the prices of your food in France as every week ours seems to be going up and up! It’s very worrying along with soaring energy costs that we shall all have to tighten our belts and your frugal tips and recipes will certainly help! Thank you so much Jane - I’m loving your videos x
Hi Jane and Michael. You are so right about prices they are shooting up it must be a worry. Heating I have a gas combi boiler and so far it has not been switched on fully. I just put it on for an hour or so at night luckily I have one side of my home is south facing and if the sun is shining this helps to warm the place. Over night I put my laundry in the kitchen on an airer this helps enormously. But it's easy for me in a single person household but it must be a nightmare if you have several children. Thank you the vlog would love to visit a ti recup the quality and variety is very impressive .
I bought a drying rack that fits over the bath to dry clothes indoors I use cash to buy food, I take a fixed amount out of the bank each week and I make it last I clean the house a bit at a time as I suffer from back pain, a little housework, often I love your videos. I live in the north east of England I do house work with my EarPods in listening to your videos, two things at once
Hi Jane and Michael I am a Newbie to your chan,nel. I have had similar washing days as yourself using a clothes horse. I'd like to share one way of drying more clothes on a rack and it was a godsend, not having as much space to dry everything. Wire Coat hangers are great space savers when pegging up socks underwear trousers dresses etc this leaves more room to hang other clothing such as tea towels flannels from one corner of the item. Anyway you get my drift..... Have a great day guys💫🌹
Thanks for the tips! Great tips, I used to hand Mike's shirts on hangers and put them in the window with the breeze coming through and then they wouldn't need ironing.
This week I’ve dried 3 Aires’s of washing in my porch. It’s like a greenhouse in there lol. I’ve been unsure of doing it before now but I decided that dry clothes are better than what the neighbours may think . This week my money save was only eating from the freezer & store cupboard. Only 4 more days to go, will I make it? 😆
I feel your pain with the cost of inflation here in the states! Four bags of basic groceries no meat $200.! I'm really using up what's in my pantry and extra freezer.... Cutting back on my spending due to inflation! We supplement our heat with wood as you do cuz he heating oil is so expensive right now! Looking forward to your next video. Thank you!
Hallo. I live in Holland. We have central heating here. I dry my laundry at the attick. Kicked my old dryer out. And dry on lines that are all over the attick. Love your videos.
Another great video Jane, thank you. Iv not long subscribed so been catching up on yr channel. One thing we do, is to have each month certain jobs we do. As i'm disabled l cant do full spring cleaning all in one go, so each month we 'spring clean' one room at a time for that month. November is our 2 Bedrooms deep clean , declutter etc. l usually give each room a refresh at the same time with any little crafts iv made or a little charity shop find or move a few pieces of furniture around after its deep clean. The guest room is then all ready for any visitors. The next month of December is my busy month freezer cooking in the first 2 weeks. Then January is the Kitchen 'spring clean'. and so on, for the rest of year for each room and garden. It stops me getting worn out, the jobs are done and we dont get over whelmed like we would if we tried to do the house all in one go.
Hi Jane. I’m in North East England. When my 3 daughters were at home I had a pulley airier in my kitchen. Was a godsend getting all their socks/underwear /school uniforms dried. Just me and hubby now so manage with 1 clothes airer which I keep in 1 of the spare bedrooms (I’ve claimed it as my sewing room 😀) Love watching your videos 👍
Is it less expensive for you to buy lasagna than to make it? I would think making a large pan of it then portioning it and freezing it would save $$$ . Your tortillas look delicious. I live in Arizona so from November to the end of May we don't need heat. The weather is gorgeous here. I do a load of laundry about each day, usually because we swim most nights, so there is always at least a small load to do. It's easy to keep up on it for my family of 3. I do use my washer and dryer, but also have a drying rack. Our electric bill in the winter and spring is only about $55 USD. All of our lights are leds. I have all of the usual kitchen appliances, but like to use my counter top convection oven often. We also enjoy grilling outside, tfs 🍃🍂🍁🌞🌛🦃🥰✝️🥧😃🙏🧡🌲🍃🍂🍁🌞🌛🦃🥰✝️🥧😃🙏🧡🌲
Another nice video. I wish I had the room in my home to hang dry my clothes. Summer time I try to use my lines outdoors as much as possible. I live in a condominium with a back deck and unfortunately this summer our decks were torn down and new ones built. The new deck is so much smaller so I won’t be able to get as much out on racks. I am on a low spend grocery month. I’m hoping to reduce it by at least $50.
Hello Jane and Michael from Ontario, Canada. Thanks to you I have been faithfully menu planning for the past 3 weeks and sticking to once a week grocery shopping. It really helps! I'm trying to make more meatless meals to save on grocery costs. I made my own version of greens, lentils and butternut squash after seeing your pic on FB last week - it was delicious! Butter is the same price here I believe with the conversion of Euros to CAD. It's $4.99/lb now at the cheapest grocery store - up from $3.99. That's a 20% increase - crazy!
Another great video, luckily this weekend has been dry and windy so took advantage and put everything on line, failing that the clothes airer and airing cupboard are crammed. Lots of food food planning happening just stripped a roast chicken got so much off of it, bulked our dinner with lots of veggies and a few extra roasties so hopefully enough for a stir fry tomorrow and sandwiches. I am learning so much from you, my new nickname in my house is " frugal fanny" lol!
Super video Jane, great editing by Mick.Here is Yorkshire it is cold wet and wild, Leggings under my jeans extra socks in my winter slippers(which are roomy enough to allow this). Extra layer on top of my fleece, I have a couple of jumpers which are a size too big and fit well over my normal fleece or jumper. Fleece blanket over my legs when I am sat about. Not had the central heating on yet this year but I don’t think that is going to be the case for much longer. I put 2 water bottles in my bed an hour before I go to bed so that even if my bedroom is not heated my bed is already nice and warm. I now have porridge for breakfast for a warm start, thick homemade soup for lunch which is again warming. I put a casserole in the slow cooker in the morning which gives me another warming meal in the evening. I make enough to do at least 2 nights and maybe even a meal. One pot meals are easy to do, keeps cooking costs down and can be cooking its self while I am out at work. Long slow cooking allows me to use cheaper cuts of meat that need long slow cooking and can be bulked out with extra winter vegetables which again keeps the cost down. On cold winters nights I go to bed early with a book or to watch tv or a movie on my laptop while snuggling down under the quilt.
I was brought up to make the best of what you had. I was the oldest of 5 and my mum and dad earned minimum wage so there was no money to throw around. My mum sewed and knit to keep us all well clothed and could make a meal out of nothing to keep us all fed. I wish she was around these days to give us all her wisdom. When you are young you don’t take much notice of how your mum makes the money go round and with a full time job mum didn’t have much free time to impart her knowledge to us all. I sometimes sit and try to remember how she did it on what must have been a very small budget.
So glad found your videos. I save money by waiting until I am totally out of something before buying more ( not toilet paper). Also this saves on space I can’t spare.
Great video as always. I live in southern Kansas. I always hang my clothing to dry as it preserves the life of the items. We are lucky to have decent enough year round sunny days to partially dry outside. I've been stocking up on sales, cooking and freezing meals. Prices are up for sure, I've cut down on meat consumption. Your videos are inspiring. I'd be I. So much trouble if I lived near that recycling center!
You live in the most beautiful place!!!!!!!!
Thanks, even in the rain
Hi Jane and Michael, a long time watcher, first time commenter here! I just wanted to say thank you for all of the fantastic and consistent content you provide. Well done on hitting 10k subs, if anyone deserves it - it’s you two! Thank you for being unapologetically you and sharing your lives with us 😄 P.s. That spinach and mushroom lasagna looks delish 😋
You’re welcome and thanks for watching and your support
I'm in the sub tropics on the east coast of Australia. My main time for indoor drying is in our very humid, wet season. I use a fold up clothes airer that I place under a ceiling fan. Due to our low income, we are able to join a $5/yr charity food store. It gets the almost out of date food stores from all the local supermarkets and sells at very cheap prices. We get day old bread for free. Some foods that the supermarkets wont purchase from our local farmers, due to blemish or odd shapes, are donated and are available for free. I preserve as much as I can for use when those foods are out of season, like your frozen peppers. We have an extensive vegie garden which keeps us in salad veg and steamed green veg all year round. The extra work is well worth it. We live right on the coast so fish is abundant and readily available. Hubby loves a good deal and hunts them out. He picked up a 6.3kg whole rump for $60. At $10/kg, usually $20+/kg, this was a super deal. Hubby cut the rump up into meal size packages for us and these are now in the freezer. We have meat for months.
Thanks Jane, Australia is notoriously the country for the rich, you are doing your very best to live abundantly in the teeth of such prices
I’m now liking before watching 💕
You’re too kind Martha
I live in Alberta, Canada and the weather has been unusually dry and mostly sunny. I moved here 20 years ago from Newfoundland, Canada where the weather tends to be mostly wet and overcast. I miss those rainy days so much! Nothing like a ‘mawsey’ day with the wood stove going, a pot of soup or baked beans cooking, and a good book to read by the stove. Perhaps with some fresh baked buns. Thank you for your lovely videos. I am always inspired to keep going!
Thanks for painting that lovely picture for me.
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1) Finally turned the heat on. Before that, I was wrapping up in many layers. Turned the heat on to 60°F. Don't know what that is C, but it's way too cold inside for most people.
2) I only did one load of laundry, to keep the water and electricity bills down.
3) I sold $45 worth of clothing and Christmas decorations.
4) Saved $47 off grocery bill by putting things back.
5) Didn't go out anywhere so no gasoline use.
6) Found I had enough cat litter at home not to have to buy it for at least a month.
7) Used up canned tomato sauce to make spaghetti sauce (put my own spices in it).
8) Bought some new spices at a discount grocery.
9) Put an extra blanket on the bed.
10) Put on fleece lined slippers and boots to wear.
11)Wire fingerless gloves before I turned on the heat.
12) Turn the electricity off to the stove while I'm not using it by turning it off at the breaker box.
Top marks for you there Jonna!
@@FrugalQueeninFrance Well, thank you! I've been frugal my whole life. I came to be this way by listening to my grandparents who raised their children during the Great Depression in the U.S. and through WW11, and from listening to my parents who grew up during the Great Depression and WW11. Frugality is in my bones!
I live in the south of England. I only came across your channel recently and have been binge watching your videos. You have given me so many ideas for saving money so thanks for that. I set my self a challenge at the beginning of the year not to buy any new clothes and I have stuck to it,only buying things from charity shops. I will definitely do a weekly menu plan. I think that will cut down the food bill and prevent so much wastage. Cant wait for your next video x
You’re welcome Jenny and enjoy our videos
So i do something slightly odd/controversial but highly effective for heating/cooling. i use pet mats, those wipeable padded mats that they use for animals to sleep on. they have ones that keep them warm and ones that cool.
The cooling ones i use mostly because in Australia our summers are horrible. you can get larger mats you can put under your bed sheets that help regulate your body temp.
Pet beds, why not!
Jane, you are absolutely adorable! Your videos make me calm and at ease. Thank you so much for all you do. It’s very therapeutic.
Happy to help
I live in Kansas in the United States. I hang clothes on the line unless it’s raining or snowing. If it’s raining, I’ll wait. If it rains multiple times a week, I wait. Sometimes I will hang things up in the house to dry if I get desperate. We use propane heat and have one stove for the entire house and it gets very chilly. Sometimes it’s downright cold. If it’s too cold,I bake some thing to try to warm up part of the house.
You’re really making the best of your situation
Hi Jane, I love your videos so thank you! I live on the south coast of England (Littlehampton) and try to live frugally. Today I made butternut squash and ginger soup for lunch, and a banana bread as we had some over-ripe bananas which would otherwise have been chucked out. The soup was made with the squash, onions and garlic all from our allotment so very frugal. We also have pumpkins at the moment but I was changing it up a bit! For dinner I had the leftovers from a Chinese takeaway we ordered last night (not frugal but our once a month treat) so my meal was free. My partner had something from the freezer as he doesn’t like leftovers (that’s what he thinks anyway, ignorance is bliss 😂). X
I won’t tell him, that’s between you and me ;)
This week at my local grocery store, ground sirloin beef was on sale for $4.99/ lb. I made up a batch of chili and froze it in individual containers. For $8.75 I made enough chili for 10 servings. Love your videos.
You did well Lisa
Such good stuff at the recycling centre! I particularly liked the red velvet chair & sofa. I could spend hours in a place like that!!
That suite of furniture was 50€ altogether, so cheap.
I was so impressed by how clean all the furniture was. That’s not usually the case at thrift stores in New Jersey!
That recycling center was...oo la la.
You always find and display happiness in daily activities. I love it.
We have a wonderful life David
Love the recycling center and the prices. I hope you’ll take us with you whenever you go. It’s aMAZing what people throw away.
I’m just glad people repurposed some of the items
I love rainy days so much - perfect for reading and learning languages and drinking tea
Great ideas there
I’m in southern US - gardening weather for us - I remembered a previous post of yours and we’ve been propagating plants we have instead of buying more plants - doing gardening ourselves - has saved us a lot ! Thanks for helping keep us on track .
Thanks for sharing your life, so interesting.
The little goats were so sweet and lovely to see little Mary too. The wardrobe was stunning.
It does seem that food is more expensive in France than here in blighty. It's not as though you had lots of different cheeses or wine. It makes no sense when most of the food in the UK is imported. I think all those cookery programmes suggest that there is an abundance of cheap fresh produce in places like Europe.
Thankfully water, council tax, houses themselves, going on holiday, clothes, wine (that we rarely drink) are cheaper. Cars are three times the price in France too.
Another good video- always enjoy them. Have you thought about potting up your parsley And bring it inside to grow on a window sill? We usually pot up a few of our hot pepper plants and herbs before frost - we’ve had some luck keeping them going all winter long. We’re going to try a couple bell pepper plants as well. Once frost pass in the spring we take them back outside for the growing season
Thanks for the advice
Heating? Well firstly I closed off the chimney in the other room. My other fire place provides heat, hot water and I too use my clothes horse ( x 2). I did my own energy audit, you know the drill. Crock pot over oven where possible, then if the oven is on, extra garlic bread, fridge, extra scones, freezer, large chicken, sandwiches or stir fry etc. Curtains inside rads, hot water bottles, socks, layers, chopped our own kindling and blocks and timber over the summer, got offered pallets and got my 19 year old busy before he falls into his PC. TV in my bedroom instead of sitting in a cold livingroom, super cosy. Plenty hot drinks. One other thing. I usually ask for jewellery or perfume for Christmas..not this year. I actually asked for a pair of really fleeced lines slippers..the type that turn into booties. 12.99 euro, navy with sparkly bits, and not slip for the tiles in the rain...closed backs, heaven..yeah..Im getting old girl..lol
You are really doing well,
@@FrugalQueeninFrance like yourself, just keep at it
Boot style slippers are life changing! Bought some last year and have stopped me feeling cold so I use the heating less!
This week we are eating on the same spinach pie for days, as well as a blueberry crunch.😊
All good food, thanks for sharing
I always look forward to your posts !
Thanks for watching
It would be awesome to see you make the lasagna or post the recipe please. Love your videos
Yes please 🌻
For me too.👍
I certainly can
Thank you👍
@@FrugalQueeninFrance Thank you
This time of year I use my slow cooker a lot. We wear lots of layers and make sure we move, even if it's just pottering around. I don't let chores overwhelm me so it's the little and often rule for me. I quite enjoy cleaning, which does help. Great vlog Jane. I love the sound of rain.
Little and often is the best way Ann , even so, I still get overwhelmed sometimes
Live in N.I. We have a wood burner. It heats our water and radiators as well as being just a room heater. We collect pallets cut them up and have piles of trees we cut down a few years ago. We can use coal on it if we wish to keep it lit during the night. Clothes are dried by it and I love it. It only takes a minute to light and we clean the fire and chimney ourselves. Bought the rods saves us £40- £50 pounds every time it needs cleaned. Every little counts.👍
They work hard for us don’t they
@@FrugalQueeninFrance they sure do. Just wanted to say started watching your videos again after a long absence. Sorry. This last Covid year has us all upside down. We are at home all the time to both retired but it seemed that we could not think straight or do what we usually do. People I have spoken to even in shops say you think you are waiting for this to be over so life gets back to normal. Anyway got that off my chest. I love watching you because you give such good frugal advice on money,food and cleaning. Thanks again.👍
We have central heating, so on rainy days (Oregon) I position the drying rack over a floor heating vent.
That’s a great solution
Dear Jane, here in the north of Germany it is rainy, too. So I do some nice work inside our house today. I made some quince candy and I dryed many apples. Both from our own garden. From the apple peels I started another home made apple vinegar. I love to not waste anything if I can. I love your wonderful home and I am very thankful that you open up your "doors" for us to invite you. Until next time🙋♀️.
Hi Lila, you are most welcome
Good day! This weekend we had company. I made a large pot of soup. A generous friend shared a butternut squash with me from her neighbors garden. I cut the squash up and made a white bean soup to share with our friends. Added a little left over pork I had made to the soup. It was delicious and inexpensive. Walking, talking and playing games was our entertainment.
What a great weekend you had, thanks for sharing
This week?..let me see..I took in an emergency dog sit for 24 hours ( adorable)..50 euro, I cut my mans hair, I gratefully received 2 bags of clothes and got 8 x dresses and 26 tops, really good pieces. I also went to a thrift store and got a black and stainless steel globe for my sons Christmas present 5 euro very fancy piece. Bought a new bra ( labels on ) and a pink fleece cardigan all for 6 euro. Cooked a fry up so we wouldn't have to eat out, filled the crock pot before leaving. Let my son actually use his bus pass ( 55 euro, he pays himself) instead of me collecting him from one of our local towns, told him I'd ask for petrol money otherwise. Hmmm, Got my better half to clean the chimney with our own rods ( 60 euro per chimney ) and he fixed the leg on my ironing board, I'm not buying a new one, hammered the car insurance down by 120 euro. And if anyone is interested..I'm not doing a frugal Christmas, I'm doing a free Christmas with the lidl app....hows that?
You’re a total frugal winner. Good for you.,
@@FrugalQueeninFrance Thank you my love NEARLY embarrassed...nearly
Wow...its beautiful country there! Spectacular! From a viewer from New Mexico, 🇺🇸.
Thanks very much
I'm in south wales we have had a nice dry day today so I managed to dry and almost dry some washing outside. in the winter I dry inside I don't have a tumble dryer I also have not put the heating on yet but I will soon, I've been lucky with some food this week and had free food from olio and reductions locally trying not to spend money at all as I'm on universal credit and skint.
You will be skint indeed, I take my hat off to anyone who manages to pay for hot water and food whilst on UC.
Due to you I now consider saving leftovers when I have had enough to eat instead of clearing the plate. I have had my lunch and evening meal will be leftovers of potato and a mix of veggies (I am vegetarian) mashed together and cooked on pan. I am looking forward to it already. Thank you Jane.
That's a great idea!
That spinach mushroom lasagna looks delicious
It’s delicious
@@FrugalQueeninFrance Would you share the recipe,please??
South Coast England-trying very hard to become more frugal ( its a juggle husband and I work full time and have 3 children aged 12,10 and 4) but what we have done well this past week is not putting our heating on and spending a bit of money on extra blankets to snuggle up in. Your channel is very enlightening and inspiring. I can't wait to see how to continue this new frugal mindset and continue to learn more from you. Thank you 💜
Well done, you’re doing well
i live in Texas USA I wash in abucket and dry on line or when rain n hanging pole under fan in bedroon also cook on rocket stove and bbq in back yard rainy days on butane one burner camp stove in kitchen
You’re camping? Thanks
I am enjoying your videos from New Jersey, USA. Your house looks so beautiful and cozy! Prices are going up every week. We usually are doing food shopping once a week on Sundays. Next week I am planning to skip shopping all together and try to get creative with things from my pantry and freezer.
Well done Mrs Grey, always use what you have first
I live in Las Vegas where currently wood burning stoves are prohibited and everything is built with gas fireplaces. Ugh I hate the oily residue. In Oregon I always had a wood stove and loved drying things in front of it as well as cooking on it. I too am on a no spend month and yes our food and gasoline prices have risen dramatically.
Yep, prices are increasing
You can get a pellet stove, not prohibited
I have to wait for a dry day but still managing line drying at the moment.we are in the UK
Haven't the foods prices gone up! I still stick to Aldi,even they have gone up in price
I visited the UK in October, food prices, in some cases, were less than half the price of food here.
I so.look forward to these videos, you've given me so much inspiration, I think it was last time you said get the "old" cookery books out - Well!! I did and made lentil soup- good grief what was supposed to feed four seems to have turned into the magic porridge pot and could have fed thd whole street 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 all for a few pence.
Those cheap recipes are healthy too. Easy and cheap.
😎we are in Surrey. Wearing extra jumpers! Our clothes aired has been working overtime! Looks like a nice big casserole this week. X
It certainly rains where you and I are.
Great video! I love seeing everything at the recycling center. There is so much nice stuff available there.
I’m cooking more from scratch and simple meals to keep my food budget under control.
I pressure canned chicken breasts a few months ago in half pint jars. I was craving Chicken alá King so in less than 10 minutes with some pantry staples I had a yummy lunch.
I used a couple of jars of chicken, a small jar of diced pimentos, a small can of sliced mushrooms along with some whole milk to make the sauce. I used some Ultra Gel to thicken it because it won’t separate like using corn starch can when it chills in the refrigerator. I have plenty left for several meals this week.
I like to serve it on toast as an open faced sandwich but it could be served over rice or noodles.
You always have great meal ideas, I hoping to get some fried fish made tomorrow afternoon. I don’t fry fish in the house, it makes the house stink too much.
I fry my fish in a large cast iron skillet on my patio. I take my induction burner out and set it up on the table, plug it in and fry my fish outside.
Yummy Battered fried fish and no stinky house afterwards! 😏
You are doing great there Patrice.
Rainy days means clean those corners that get left because the weather is too nice to worry about those corners, repair clothing or work on sewing projects, read a book and wash the clothes in cold water. Most of our clothes go in the dryer when it rains and a few get hung up on our portable drying rack. I usually make soups on those cold rainy days--yum.
Rest advice Katherine
I love in Hawaii so weather is great about 90% of the time. Unfortunately we don't have clothes lines so it's always the dryer for me. I always hit the bargain bins first looking for discounted meats at the supermarket. Day old bread, close outs etc. I am a meat eater only so I try to buy cheap cuts of meat I can braise to soften. Chicken is cheap and I buy a huge pack and freeze. I can make all kinds of chicken. My landlord works at a farm so I have tons of tomatoes and occasionally other behhies like cabbage and avocado
You just said Hawaii, how lovely
I home dry clean my sweaters in the dryer.
We are in Singapore - a tiny dot in the world map, a place which doesn’t know winter😁, but a place where food prices are going up definitely. It’s a challenge to grow the small savings we have and juggle work & home. But enjoying every moment of this beautiful blessed life. Finding contentment and driving to fulfil the tiny dreams keeps me going.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful outlook
what a great recycling centre! could see lots of things I'd like in there!
It’s great, you can buy a sewing machine for 20€
We live in New York and I’m trying to use the clothes line as much as possible. We heat with oil so I will just have to budget more for this season …this is why we are thrifty, so we have money for unexpected expenses .
☮️
You get very cold weather, you need the budget for that.
How do u heat with oil?
@@abimbolatevi8533 the oil is burned in a heating furnace either blowing hot air or pumping hot water around a central heating system
Hi Jane fab catch up. Just love your videos. I live in the fens in Norfolk. The cottage in the middle of nowhere. It gets very windy. I too have a pulley, to dry my washing. I have been cross stitching my Christmas tags this week. Using up some old silks I have left. Take care and have a good week. Xxx
You’re having a great week Joan
I live in the Midwest of the US. This week I am doing an inventory of all the older food in my pantry and freezer. Making menus to use up all the older items, and the fresh produce that we have in the fridge. Made up some French bread pizzas for the freezer to use up some leftovers in the fridge. When it's raining I hang the laundry in the basement of our home on clotheslines my husband strung up. I also have 2 clothes racks I can hang clothes on to dry.
Great alternatives there, thanks for sharing
Same here in USA
Loved the recycling center. Items looked in great condition. Blessings to all
It’s brilliant idea, sold very cheaply to save from landfill
We bought 2 very pretty stemmed wine glasses at the hospice charity shop as a present to ourselves to make the port extra special at Christmas for just the 2 of us because of covid we will be on our own, they were 30p each because there was only 2 of them.
Didn’t you do well, as Bruce would say
I live in South Africa, we have wet winters but I dont use a tumble dryer at all. Line dry on sunny days, wooden clothes racks on rainy days. That is just how it is. Hope you are well. Lots of love. ⚘
You’re doing great Debbie
We are in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, and have not seen rain since early September. Count your blessings Jane. We too are experiencing some shocking inflation at the grocers. Can't buy much for $85 these days.
Prices are so high, aren’t they.
I do what you do Jane.Light the fire and dry my clothes on a clothes horse.No tumble drier.Love your videos.x
Just been on Social Blade and according to them only 300 to go until 11,000 subscribers. Thrilled you are growing. You deserve such support. Great common sense. Wonderful advice . Engaging content. Watching and enjoying your journey . Thank you so much for keeping me on the straight and narrow. Very best wishes to you both 💕👍💕
Thanks Diana
Hi Jane & Mike, lovely video🏴
From Germany, ♥️ your videos
Thanks for watching
Hello from Pennsylvania in the US.
I am new to your channel and love your videos.
My husband and I are retired. We have 2 grown daughters and a grandson in university and a granddaughter in high school.
My brother lives with us and helps me as my husband has some health issues
Our home is heated with natural gas as is my hot water boiler and my oven and cooker. t
The cost averages out to about 50 euros a month. Very economical by American standards.
My brother and I go to the market once a month although we may need a quick trip for milk or bread in between.
We also have a dog Stewie and the average cost for the 4 of us is about 150 euros. My brother and I will each have an overflowing trolley (the cost is for the total of both together)
We eat well and healthy. I am fortunate to live in an area where groceries are affordable and we can stock ahead for winter so we are not out in bad weather
Our basement is warm and I hang my clothes to dry down there.
Your home is lovely. I will be visiting France in April of 2022 and am very excited.
I spent time in England with friends 2 years ago and loved it.
In April I will be visiting Spain, Italy and France.
Thank you for sharing your home and life with us.
Thanks for sharing Beth, have a great trip to France.
I have put clothes line indoors long enough for sheets. A retractable line would be nice. If you could get heat to garage area it would work.
I'm in Illinois in the USA. Thanks for sharing! 😁
Thanks for watching
We have soup for lunch every day during the cooler months. Basically carrots, red lentils, stock and spices, puréed. Soup costs next to nothing. It’s versatile and filling. I’ve also been making meat-free ‘sausage rolls’ , experimenting with different fillings such as fried mushroom and leek, mashed beans etc …again, whatever you have! I add breadcrumbs if the mix is too wet, add some grated cheese or nuts, herbs and seasoning for flavour. Thankyou for your brilliant channel. Do you ever have French friends or neighbours over to try the English cuisine? London
We’ve not got any French friends yet, moving to a new country isn’t easy,
I don't wash bed sheets or towels when it rains ...I look at the weather forecast for the week and plan accordingly because my dryer " died" and I'm not buying another .I dry things outside .It's not possible with kids . I remember one fall years ago when they( 3 kids ) were wearing their very last dry outfit ... so I went and bought a dryer in an emergency
It rains all the time here in Brittany so I dry laundry over the fire. It dries in two hours.
Jane I live about 60 km away from you ! I'm in Brest
@@marie34K what do you do with sheets if it rains for seven days?or two weeks or more?
I have 4 of each - sheets and duvet covers - so I change the bed and stack the ones that need washing until I can dry outside .It has never come to the point I was on the last clean bed clothes
@@marie34K I need more duvet covers and sheets
Hi Jane. I live in Tennessee near the Great Smoky Mountains in a very old house You remind me so much of a dear friend who lives in Hastings so watching you is like talking to Annie. But I also love France and being frugal. No food waste here and I’ve recently become a fan of charity shops-we call them thrift stores. .
Thanks Evans, what a compliment
My Sundays are infinitely more wonderful because of your videos. They never fail to disappoint. I definitely drink more hot tea in the colder months. There's just something about holding a warm mug of something that makes me feel warmer. And, of course, LOTS of cozy blankets.
Thanks for watching and your lovely comment
Hi Jane and Michael, another great show! Enjoy the rain. We live in California and it is bone dry. The forests are drying up. Love your videos. Always entertaining!
Thanks for watching
I watch and enjoy your videos from Barcelona Spain. After watching you I realized I'm quite frugal and didn't even know it 😄
We don't usually have problems drying the washing. I'll dry a white wash in the sun to get the clothes even whiter and a coloured wash in the shade so the colours don't fade.
Here in Spain prices have gone up. I shop at Mercadona (The Spanish equivalent to Morrisons supermarket in the UK). We never used to spend more than 50€ a week for the two of us, now we're lucky if it's less than 70€ !!!
I’ve worked out that prices have risen by at least 10% on the every day items
Always dry our laundry on the ceiling airer or on the line, managed even when I had 3 under 5 using cloth nappies, cloth wipes, cloth breast pads, all that good stuff…you just have to be organised and it is doable in UK climate.
When I had babies and children at home, we had no drier, just had to get on with it
I discovered your video just a couple of days ago. Love them.....I see confirmation of how we chose to live and the decisions we made. Thank you for being so inspirational and positive.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment
Lovely rainy day video Jane, so nice to see your enjoyment of everyday tasks. Your meals this week looked delicious. We dry laundry indoors here too when it's too wet to use the outside line, and I have just resurrected an old wooden concertina drying rack to use in the kitchen this winter.
You’re doing great there Belinda
Loved your trip to the recycle center, wish there were more here in the states like that. I buy puzzles for my cousin and usually pay 2.99 at the Goodwill store. Love the meals you've shared. Great channel. Have a lovely day. Catherine
Thanks, it’s good that things are not thrown away
Wonderful. Heart warming.
Shopping seems a bit more expensive over there the cheese is about the same. Love your videos and the cottage is gorgeous . Back here in UK it's the same petrol and energy prices rocketing but wages not rising to match. I see you peeled cucumber i never known anyone other than my mum do that .
I have a perspex covered area outside side door to house and hang my washing there in inclement weather.
That's super!
Thank you. I saved money by making my own laundry liquid with castille soap, few drops of essential oils and a little glycerine if wished.
Good tip, thanks for watching
We are in Massachusetts, we have thermal curtains, wear layers, extra blankets/robes in the winter time!
I’m sure, it’s too cold to do otherwise, thanks for watching and sharing
I would love a visit to that wonderful recycling centre ! What a fabulous way to pick up some bargains and stop landfill too! My husband loves a jigsaw puzzle and would have loved a rummage through! I was really interested in the prices of your food in France as every week ours seems to be going up and up! It’s very worrying along with soaring energy costs that we shall all have to tighten our belts and your frugal tips and recipes will certainly help! Thank you so much Jane - I’m loving your videos x
Thanks very much Heather, food prices and all prices up, income for everyone hasn’t gone up! It means we all have less money for food
Hi Jane and Michael. You are so right about prices they are shooting up it must be a worry. Heating I have a gas combi boiler and so far it has not been switched on fully. I just put it on for an hour or so at night luckily I have one side of my home is south facing and if the sun is shining this helps to warm the place. Over night I put my laundry in the kitchen on an airer this helps enormously. But it's easy for me in a single person household but it must be a nightmare if you have several children. Thank you the vlog would love to visit a ti recup the quality and variety is very impressive .
I bought a drying rack that fits over the bath to dry clothes indoors
I use cash to buy food, I take a fixed amount out of the bank each week and I make it last
I clean the house a bit at a time as I suffer from back pain, a little housework, often
I love your videos. I live in the north east of England
I do house work with my EarPods in listening to your videos, two things at once
Very cool and you’re doing great there Leigh, thanks for watching
Hi Jane and Michael I am a Newbie to your chan,nel.
I have had similar washing days as yourself using a clothes horse.
I'd like to share one way of drying more clothes on a rack and it was a godsend, not having as much space to dry everything.
Wire Coat hangers are great space savers when pegging
up socks underwear trousers dresses etc this leaves more room to hang other clothing such as tea towels flannels from one corner of the item.
Anyway you get my drift.....
Have a great day guys💫🌹
Thanks for the tips! Great tips, I used to hand Mike's shirts on hangers and put them in the window with the breeze coming through and then they wouldn't need ironing.
This week I’ve dried 3 Aires’s of washing in my porch. It’s like a greenhouse in there lol. I’ve been unsure of doing it before now but I decided that dry clothes are better than what the neighbours may think . This week my money save was only eating from the freezer & store cupboard. Only 4 more days to go, will I make it? 😆
Go you! Never worry about the neighbours, they don’t pay your bills!
Thank you Jane and Michael
You’re welcome
I feel your pain with the cost of inflation here in the states! Four bags of basic groceries no meat $200.! I'm really using up what's in my pantry and extra freezer.... Cutting back on my spending due to inflation! We supplement our heat with wood as you do cuz he heating oil is so expensive right now! Looking forward to your next video. Thank you!
Thanks Nancy, we’ve eaten our supplies so just have our food budget each week. We’re doing our best.
We dry our clothes on hangers on a shower curtain rod over the bath tub, works well for us.
It certainly does. Thanks for sharing
What a great idea that recycling centre is. Saving so much stuff and resources from going to landfill!
It’s so good to save stuff from landfill
Hallo. I live in Holland. We have central heating here. I dry my laundry at the attick. Kicked my old dryer out. And dry on lines that are all over the attick.
Love your videos.
Thanks for watching and sharing
Another great video Jane, thank you. Iv not long subscribed so been catching up on yr channel. One thing we do, is to have each month certain jobs we do. As i'm disabled l cant do full spring cleaning all in one go, so each month we 'spring clean' one room at a time for that month. November is our 2 Bedrooms deep clean , declutter etc. l usually give each room a refresh at the same time with any little crafts iv made or a little charity shop find or move a few pieces of furniture around after its deep clean. The guest room is then all ready for any visitors. The next month of December is my busy month freezer cooking in the first 2 weeks. Then January is the Kitchen 'spring clean'. and so on, for the rest of year for each room and garden. It stops me getting worn out, the jobs are done and we dont get over whelmed like we would if we tried to do the house all in one go.
Welcome Katie and thanks for watching
Hi Jane. I’m in North East England. When my 3 daughters were at home I had a pulley airier in my kitchen. Was a godsend getting all their socks/underwear /school uniforms dried. Just me and hubby now so manage with 1 clothes airer which I keep in 1 of the spare bedrooms (I’ve claimed it as my sewing room 😀) Love watching your videos 👍
Hi Shelia, it’s a real help, the washing is out of my way, thanks for watching
Is it less expensive for you to buy lasagna than to make it? I would think making a large pan of it then portioning it and freezing it would save $$$ . Your tortillas look delicious. I live in Arizona so from November to the end of May we don't need heat. The weather is gorgeous here. I do a load of laundry about each day, usually because we swim most nights, so there is always at least a small load to do. It's easy to keep up on it for my family of 3. I do use my washer and dryer, but also have a drying rack. Our electric bill in the winter and spring is only about $55 USD. All of our lights are leds. I have all of the usual kitchen appliances, but like to use my counter top convection oven often. We also enjoy grilling outside, tfs 🍃🍂🍁🌞🌛🦃🥰✝️🥧😃🙏🧡🌲🍃🍂🍁🌞🌛🦃🥰✝️🥧😃🙏🧡🌲
Thanks for sharing. On the lasagne, no I couldn’t be bothered to make it. It doesn’t cost much. The lasagne I bought is just the pasta.
Another nice video. I wish I had the room in my home to hang dry my clothes. Summer time I try to use my lines outdoors as much as possible. I live in a condominium with a back deck and unfortunately this summer our decks were torn down and new ones built. The new deck is so much smaller so I won’t be able to get as much out on racks. I am on a low spend grocery month. I’m hoping to reduce it by at least $50.
You are doing your best Lisa, no one could ask for me.
Hello Jane and Michael from Ontario, Canada. Thanks to you I have been faithfully menu planning for the past 3 weeks and sticking to once a week grocery shopping. It really helps! I'm trying to make more meatless meals to save on grocery costs. I made my own version of greens, lentils and butternut squash after seeing your pic on FB last week - it was delicious! Butter is the same price here I believe with the conversion of Euros to CAD. It's $4.99/lb now at the cheapest grocery store - up from $3.99. That's a 20% increase - crazy!
Butter is a great product though, the tiniest amount lifts food
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That lasagne looked so delicious! I love your drying rack over the stove
Thanks for watching, I appreciate that.
Another great video, luckily this weekend has been dry and windy so took advantage and put everything on line, failing that the clothes airer and airing cupboard are crammed.
Lots of food food planning happening just stripped a roast chicken got so much off of it, bulked our dinner with lots of veggies and a few extra roasties so hopefully enough for a stir fry tomorrow and sandwiches. I am learning so much from you, my new nickname in my house is " frugal fanny" lol!
Extra roasties are delicious and fill up tummies.
@@FrugalQueeninFrance they sure do especially with lots of thick gravy 😋
I’ve shopped from the cupboard, fridge and freezer to keep the weekly grocery shop under budget. Thank you for another great video!
That’s great Marteena
Super video Jane, great editing by Mick.Here is Yorkshire it is cold wet and wild, Leggings under my jeans extra socks in my winter slippers(which are roomy enough to allow this). Extra layer on top of my fleece, I have a couple of jumpers which are a size too big and fit well over my normal fleece or jumper. Fleece blanket over my legs when I am sat about. Not had the central heating on yet this year but I don’t think that is going to be the case for much longer. I put 2 water bottles in my bed an hour before I go to bed so that even if my bedroom is not heated my bed is already nice and warm. I now have porridge for breakfast for a warm start, thick homemade soup for lunch which is again warming. I put a casserole in the slow cooker in the morning which gives me another warming meal in the evening. I make enough to do at least 2 nights and maybe even a meal. One pot meals are easy to do, keeps cooking costs down and can be cooking its self while I am out at work. Long slow cooking allows me to use cheaper cuts of meat that need long slow cooking and can be bulked out with extra winter vegetables which again keeps the cost down. On cold winters nights I go to bed early with a book or to watch tv or a movie on my laptop while snuggling down under the quilt.
You really are making the best of things.
I was brought up to make the best of what you had. I was the oldest of 5 and my mum and dad earned minimum wage so there was no money to throw around. My mum sewed and knit to keep us all well clothed and could make a meal out of nothing to keep us all fed. I wish she was around these days to give us all her wisdom. When you are young you don’t take much notice of how your mum makes the money go round and with a full time job mum didn’t have much free time to impart her knowledge to us all. I sometimes sit and try to remember how she did it on what must have been a very small budget.
I am constantly drying my clothes like that at home. Most Americans love the tumble dryer but it really jacks up the electric bill.
Wow prices are really going up there too. Those are lovely looking tortillas and the fish looks scrumptious. Land is looking good . Blessings to all
Thanks Pamela, prices were already high and now 10% more just for the basics. Like most people, we just have to buy less.
So glad found your videos. I save money by waiting until I am totally out of something before buying more ( not toilet paper). Also this saves on space I can’t spare.
I don’t keep a stock either.
Great video as always. I live in southern Kansas. I always hang my clothing to dry as it preserves the life of the items. We are lucky to have decent enough year round sunny days to partially dry outside.
I've been stocking up on sales, cooking and freezing meals. Prices are up for sure, I've cut down on meat consumption.
Your videos are inspiring. I'd be I. So much trouble if I lived near that recycling center!
We have yet to spend 5€ on any one trip, we usually empty out our ‘pennies jar’ take some change and see what we can find. I buy fabric for quilting.