The rule of thumb now is about 3x whatever you were paying. A can of spray primer at CT self etch was $9.99, now $35.00 out the door, a can. Just look at the flyers. A cheap shop vac that was $99 is now $300.The flyers had a batt of insulation that you could get for $50, now pretty well $150. I am going to paint some rooms in the house? A gallon of paint now is $60 plus before taxes. It used to be the cheapest thing one could do to spruce up the house. At this rate each room will be about $300.Imagine someone hiring a person to do it. How are some people going to keep the maintenance up? One has to look around now because the gouging is crazy. Stores down here like Bargain Harleys will be doing well. For those that don't know they have a big house, power equipment clearance warehouse now. Yes his prices went up but nothing like the ordinary stores. Bought some scent lock, water proof hunting pants yesterday $29.00 Person going to have to do more themselves and be trifty.
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Best I have seen so far is the small plastic plug that you find on your car, holding the wheel well plastic on, plastic trim etc. Used them all the time. Went to get a pack of 10 the other day as that's how they usually came. The clerk says are you sure you want 10, I said what do you mean, he says they are now $10 each WTF
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We have just to much rock on the mountain where I have lands, one is like granite the other they call rotten rock, some thing to do with years and years ago ice flows / volcanos. I remember talking to an excavator driver once and he told me when it comes to the north mountain in the valley its best to drive over than trying to move as most rock is bigger than a car you would be there for an eternity. Even the years of trying a deer plot is almost impossible. About the only thing a person can do is scrape the ground and throw down clover. All the nice lands are now pretty well residential.Canned a ton at one time when the MIL was alive but not now ( nothing like Kevin BUT a lot) just beets and pickles normally now since my girls won't eat that stuff plus that is far from cheap any more Like 75 bucks last year to make my beets ( my beets) since I had to buy bottles etc . The bottles seem to vanish no matter how many one has plus now being diabetic that canning has to stop from the sugarHave a brand new cabelas dehydrator in the garage for about 4 years now never out of the box just don;t seem to get around to trying it
12x20 will give you a nice crop if laid out right and won't kill you taking care of it Most try to focus on the veggies that cost more like tomatoes etc not the cheap stuff when space is limited
We blanch and freeze with the vacuum sealer also but after a few months IMO just don't taste the same and a lot gets tossed out of the freezer
Weeding and watering are every month not just dry ones and here i pay for water and with garden and greenhouse 400 / 500 bucks a bill is normal during those months which is more cost many don't consider to be added to the saving ones thinks they are getting Most days the drippers are running 8-12 hours steady and that adds up when on a meter
Not trying to be negative just honest hobby gardens great and save some cash if managed right and get the taste you cannot but trying to save your total or most costs of veggies for the year expensive to do and take s a ton of your time and savings if any are not what some think
Like I put 100's of pounds of potatoes away wife says this week those potatoes left are getting full of sprouts and soft and might have a week or so left to use for eating so I will be buying potatoes soon and I planted 300 plants last year over 300 feet and the straw alone to cover them to keep the weeds down was 120 bucks and the seed potatoes with shipping from NB ( could not get any pei last year due to that wart) over 200 bucks add water, my time, fertilizer ( three times), compost etc Expensive potatoes to grow vs buying IMO but the taste is worth it which is why I do it not to save any money or my bud who lost all of his due to a late blight had 500 plants in
Gardening is tough and expensive to do I find here lately as our climate has changed and we have not figured it out yet or at least I have not seeing bugs and weeds I have never seen before also that don't respond to normal treatments either
For me it's not about saving money but about enjoying time spent outdoors and watching things grow and producing better tasting produce than you can get from your local grocery store.
Maybe some gardeners save money, but I'm not one of them.
No its me the laborer dragging my sore busted body around doing the work. I always refused getting someone to do stuff (cuts into my gun money 😀) Walls are plastered, primed, new counter top and range hood ordered, now have to go look at backsplash tiles. These are hunting brownie points. One coat of paint done today as I think about the gun show 😀Agree 100% I do the same with building supplies, the bakery ,mechanical shop. hardware store etc etc plus as a result they are also now every one of them some of our best flower customers
As one owner says local boys take care of local boys and we all try when we can to support each other and even when they can't match a price within reason they get a shot at it first and many times I pay more just to support our customers Which is all anyone can ask . In fact talking to some today about hanging some greenhouse signs on their properties and inside their stores No problem at all
Try to do that in home depot NOT going to happen and stuff like that IMO is PRICELESS
Christ a kitchen remodel that is worth the same as a SXS now
No he is right, Trudeau announced that back last year.Only you and 3D would even know that existed
Its sad to think stuff you worked hard for will end up becoming useless, worthless, one will not even be able to pass it on to your children. I have a friend that looked at my Kubota tractor, 5 years old, mint condition, 150 hours and said years ago tractors were handed down from one generation to another, many are still going today, you'll be lucky if you get another 5 years of run time on yours before banned, same as my truck, same as my antique vehicle, etc, etc. What will be the incentive for many to work?. Like has been said, if you cannot afford to run the vehicle you have now how could you do it with an EV?How do you know that are you one of those hidden rich people here always poor mouthing
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