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I've not tried it with carrots, so let me know how it goes! I would think it would work with any root crop if you just want the tops.

Pineapple tops! I know these can be done too.

Root crops - so, then, radishes, parsnips, beets, garlic, turnips...what else?

More free houseplants/greenery - avocado pits, potatoes and sweet potatoes, grown in a water jar held up halfway with toothpicks.

Something else I do: i take good glass jars (with lids) out from the town recycling bin. I put my dehydrated produce in them, and food storage staples I don't want rodents/bugs/feral cats getting into. This way i don't have to buy Mason Jars. Free is good.

Reusing is better than recycling, BTW.

This isn't actually extreme, but I do take note of where the cheapest everyday items are and shop there first.

For example, I recently needed a plunger for my laundry experiments. I went to the Dollar Tree and they were out of plungers. When I went to other places to check on plungers, they were more like five dollars for the same thing. So i waited until the Dollar Tree restocked the plungers, which actually took them a few weeks.

It sounds a bit extreme to worry so much about four bucks, but those four bucks could be four entirely different items at said Dollar Tree. So would I rather have five things I need for the same price? Or one thing?

This is at least how my methodical madness goes.

There are certain things I purchase only at the dollar store. If I don't need an item right away I would not mind waiting for it to be re-stocked, as opposed to paying much more elsewhere. In my budget every dollar counts.

That is a fantastic idea about the green onions! Thanks! :)

DH was always buying sodas at the convenience store near his work. He likes to have something sweet - and probably really does need the carb jolt and fluids in his job. We kept the large, nice glass bottles (about quart size) from a recent juice sale. Now, I put 1/2 c sugar in a bottle, top it off with hot water, and stick in a tea bag. Screw on the lid, and give it as much of a shake as I can considering it is hot. I make several of these and place in the fridge. He has yummy iced sweet tea for far less than the cost of soda or purchased sweet tea.
Taking glass jars from recycling areas would work as well!

I did try the green onion thing, but then I got lazy and forgot to change the water. I ended up with a gross kind of green onion wine soup. Don't do it that way.

Lisa, what a great idea! Make your own energy drink! If you sneak in a little salt, you will have a good electrolyte balancer.

Here is another. I am traveling right now, and when i do that i often will go to a hotel in am not staying in (let's say i am car camping) and sit in their lobby and use their wifi. I even ask them for their passwords if i have to.

No one ever minds.

Jilly....LOL...I've always wondered about hotels. I have a friend who stays at hotels when he comes to town. I go visit, walk right in and right to the elevator. Makes you wonder about safety doesn't it? Granted even when they lock the other doors, you can always walk right pass the registration desk no questions ever asked...LOL...