203 Money Saving Ways to Put Cash Back in your Pocket By Looking Inside and Outside

203 Money Saving Ways to Put Cash Back in your Pocket By Looking At Inside and Outside Habits

Read About the Other 203 Budget Tips Here:

• Budgeting (15)
• Car, Driving and Travel (27)
• Food (30) & Household (48)
• Heat/Air Conditioning (8) & Lights/Electricity (29)
• Inside (16) & Outside (19)
• Money (6) & Work (5)

Save Money With Inside and Outside Tips:

Save Money Inside:  16 Tips

1. Have a garage sale – Take a picture of leftover items when you are done with your garage sale, list them on a sheet and take them to a donation center.  Use the list and picture for a tax deduction at the end of the year.
2. Use cloth instead of paper napkins and cloth instead of paper hand towels.
3. Use dishes and silverware instead of disposables.
4. Learn how to patch and sew for miner clothing repairs.
5. Take showers – baths use more water and energy.
6. Use low-flow shower heads.
7. Cold Water is your friend in the laundry room – wash AND rinse in cold water.
8. Dripping faucets?  Fix them, even if they seem ‘minor’
9. Worn faucet washers – Fix and repair or replace!
10. Washing dishes by hand – Use one sink to wash, fill one sink to rinse – Uses less water
11. Cold water cleaning whenever you can!
12. Use low-flow toilets to save 70% and more!
13. Faucet  aerators save 50% water use.
14. Add insulation to walls if they need more to keep heat – and cool – on the inside.
15. Leftover rubbery shelf liner  also works underneath throw rugs that slip, protects windowsills from dirt rings left by potted plants, loosens tight jar lids and nail polish caps, and it even works to hold large paintings or wall hangings in place when a small piece is taped to the back to keep them hanging straight.
16. Keep electric can openers from rusting by using white or apple-cider vinegar and a toothbrush to scrub away rust, then rinse off with vinegar thoroughly.  Dry can opener with a hair dryer – especially in crevices – and finish by lubricating the moving pieces with a dab of mineral oil.  If you can’t get the rust to budge, try filling a bowl with white vinegar and soak it overnight.  Don’t throw them away or replace them until you try this.

Save Money Outside:  19 Tips

1.  Planting deciduous trees on the south and west sides of your house generates summertime shade and wintertime sun.

• - Deciduous Trees:   Deciduous trees are trees that shed their leaves for a part of every year. Unlike evergreens, deciduous trees lose their leaves during the cold or dry season, depending on the climate, and remain bare until they grow new leaves each spring. Deciduous trees are often collectively referred to as hardwoods.  Popular varieties of deciduous trees include poplars, ashes, birches, maples, locusts, and oaks.

2.  Planting coniferous trees on the north and east sides of your house generates a wintertime wind-break curtain.

• - Coniferous Trees:  Coniferous trees keep their leaves and shed the oldest leaves only.  They can be small bushes or tall redwood trees.  They grow up instead of out and their leaves can be long, pointed needles, or small, flat  scales.  Their seeds grow in cones.  Popular and common varieties of conifers include spruces, pines, and firs.

3.  Switch from gas or electric mower to a push mower.
4.  Keep spas and pools covered when they are not in use.
5.  Operating your spa or pool pump overnight is normally adequate for maintenance.
6.  Spa and pool heater timers schedule maximum use times  at their most efficient energy savings levels!
7.  Make your own compost from household food waste.
8.  Water your lawn less often, and less – rainwater will supplement watering.

9.  Don’t water needlessly.
10.  Morning watering is the most efficient
11.  Get a rain barrel for plants and greenhouses.
12.  Plan wisely – Research the plants that do best for your area.  You save money on less plant loss.
13.  Stop watering your sidewalk and/or road – Place sprinklers efficiently.
14.  Drought tolerant grass and plants need less water and less care.
15.  Replace any broken roof shingles.
16.  Clean out gutters to protect siding, windows, doors and foundations.
17.  Clean metal garden tools and lawnmower blades to prevent rust.  you can use vegetable oil if you don’t have anything else.
18.  Store patio furniture to prevent winter damage.
19.  Remove clay flowerpots from outside if they won’t withstand wind and snow weight.

20.  Winterize your snow blower so you don’t find out during a storm that you needed to replace blades or spark plugs.

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