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What do Chickens Eat? If the Answer is Worms, Then That Means We Need a...
Manure worms make for great chicken food. If you ask someone what do chickens eat, I’m certain worms will be somewhere on the short list. When I work in the chicken yard with a shovel, my chickens spot...
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Fishing Rod Repair – A Little Glue Will Do
This is a tale of fishing rod repair, but it starts with an embarrassing story. Fortunately, it has a happy, frugal, productive and self-reliant ending. One day while fishing for catfish, I broke my...
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What do Chickens Eat? Try Vegetable Scraps
My chickens love young and tender grass…it’s a natural food for chickens. When you consider what do chickens eat, one of the first things that comes to mind is grain. They’re birds, so they eat grain....
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Fuel Pump Replacement – A Relatively Easy Job
Old fuel pump assembly. I performed a fuel pump replacement this week on my 2001 Saturn SC2. It wasn’t a difficult job, it’s just an uncomfortable one and a bit dirty. I could have simply replaced the...
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Safe Driving – Tires Keep You on the Road
Safe driving hinges on good equipment, and your tires are one of the key factors that add (or subtract) a sizable margin of safety when you drive. I’m big on safe driving because it’s perhaps one of...
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DIY Rival Food Slicer Adjustments and Enhancements
Rival food slicer is a great deal at $10 for a barely used unit. I bought a Rival food slicer at a garage sale recently for $10. I’d been looking for another slicer so I could have a serious one at...
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Removing Mildew, Roll Bleach on the Ceiling
I have a minor mildew problem in one of my bathrooms. It’s a bathroom with a shower that’s frequently used. The problem is it has no ventilation and no window. There tends to be a fair amount of...
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Rope Saw for Tile – Old Technology That Works
I use a rope saw for tile to make small cuts necessary for fixtures and such. It’s a manual technology, but I think it beats cutting a tile in pieces to get the right fit. The photo below shows how the...
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Vehicle Emergency Kit – Coming in Handy
My vehicle emergency kit usually changes with the seasons. It’s simple and limited during fair weather and beefy during the winter. After returning from business travel recently, I found my car in the...
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Grind Ground Coffee for a Different Flavor
One of the advantages of coffee that you grind yourself is it’s fresh and you get the kind of grind you’re looking for. I’m a big fan of fresh ground coffee beans, but I also grind coffee that is...
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Amazon Prime – A Shopping and Entertainment Choice for the Frugal and...
No, not that type of Amazon. Amazon Prime is a choice we make at Best of Both World out here in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and I want to tell you why. We find it to be a frugal choice, and it supports our...
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Sort and Organize – According to Your Usage
A 5-gallon bucket filled with hose clamps and one filled with conduit clamps is sufficient organization for my purposes. There is no need to organize into separate containers for type, design and size....
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Getting Organized – Ideas for Organizing Items in Your Shop, Part 1
Garage clutter or shop clutter, getting organized helps us be more productive and it’s also a great way to eliminate visual clutter that can be bothersome. A few days ago I talked about when we sort...
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Appliance Repair Tip – Refrigerators are Basically Freezers
Frostless, well, not exactly. Here’s an appliance repair tip that might come in handy…refrigerators are basically freezers. It’s not a useful piece of information until you realize how the refrigerator...
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Paying Off Debt – To Snowball or Not to Snowball
When it comes to paying off debt, the discussion always turns to how exactly it should be done. One school of thought suggests starting with the smallest balance and work your way up to the larger...
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The Pitfalls of Comparing Yourself with Others
Sometimes it’s difficult and unwise to compare When it comes to many thing in life, we tend to compare with others around us to determine our relative position or condition. It’s not a bad idea, but...
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Accident Avoidance – Pieces of the Puzzle
If you think for a moment about accident avoidance, you might imagine that most are unavoidable, it’s just the luck of the draw. I don’t look at it that way. Instead, I think most are easily avoidable....
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Egg Laying Chickens – Yard Rotation: Problems and Solutions
I enjoy raising egg laying chickens. As part of my regimen, I believe in multiple chicken yards and rotation of the flock through those yards. I think it’s beneficial in many ways. First of all, the...
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Flooding in Colorado – Insights and Lessons Learned, Part One
No doubt you’ve heard of the flooding in Colorado just north of Denver. It has been raining for more than a week and many communities have been devastated. I recently returned from a business trip and...
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Ceiling Fan Light Bulbs
Not too long ago the issue of failing light bulbs associated with ceiling fans bubbled up at a friend’s house. I suggested that perhaps it was the vibration of the ceiling fan that caused premature...
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