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Post by spinifex on Dec 17, 2019 15:45:10 GMT 10
I'm going to guess that you live without kids? Perhaps in a double income family? Tucker is a killer with teenagers in the house. We spend sh!t tons on food from shops on top of what we produce at home and we don't even do take-away or eat out. Wrong on both counts. What percentage of your income goes on food? Life is too short to eat poorly so we get through a lot of fresh meat and fresh fruit and veg. We don't buy pre-prepared meals at all. Main processed stuff would be bread and cheese. And some ice-cream. We do live 700km from nearest capital city which I suspect pumps up prices. Don't know % but for certain but must be at least 30%. And that's 30% of a healthy income not 30% of a slaves wage.
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Post by tomatoes on Dec 22, 2019 13:47:00 GMT 10
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Post by tomatoes on Dec 22, 2019 13:49:05 GMT 10
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Post by tomatoes on Jan 16, 2020 20:52:48 GMT 10
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Post by SA Hunter on Jan 16, 2020 23:39:40 GMT 10
Good to have a veggie patch going.
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Post by feralemma on Jan 17, 2020 9:40:05 GMT 10
We sell whole and half butchered lambs occasionsally, and get $190 each for them....and thats cheap compared to what everyone else charges! It works out to around $11/kg dressed weight. I'd like to do this with all the lambs we produce rather than sending them to the sale yards, but would have to spend the time and effort building up a client base.
As far as decent chooks go, I prefer Australorps. They are tough, really good mothers, produce good eggs and a decent carcass. I do want to try king quail too as the turnover time for them is a lot shorter than the bigger poultry. I do muscovey ducks as well as they are good meat birds and lay better than chooks, they just require a lot of water.
The best way to save money on groceries is to start growing the stuff you use every day. Salads, vegies, herbs, fruit if possible and for us would be to get a milking cow or goats as we spend a fortune on dairy every month. And to buy farmer direct where possible for meat.
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Post by Beno on Jan 17, 2020 15:41:33 GMT 10
www.boondieseeds.com.auget a few packets, jam them in ground at the right time and grow food. I’ve got some austalorps but i just don’t like them, they are A holes, they haven't laid yet maybe another 6 weeks to go . But you are right feralemma they do everything you suggest above although i’m yet to eat one.
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Post by Beno on Jan 28, 2020 21:24:49 GMT 10
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Post by Beno on Mar 16, 2020 20:10:58 GMT 10
Tomatoes $10kg, bananas $5, broccoli $12.
TP, priceless.
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Post by Beno on Mar 22, 2020 21:22:14 GMT 10
No price changes my way for the past week. No TP at the shop at all and nearly no bread. Plenty of everything else.
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