Items You Can Stop Buying From the Store Right Now
If you want to save money, become more self-sufficient and avoid additives, preservatives and chemicals found in commercial products, then you need to read this article. We’re going to provide you with a few examples of how you can replace those products with alternatives that you can make with common, basic items. Once you get in the habit of producing your own goods, you can save an enormous amount of money while having control over the things that you consume and use. You can also incorporate them into your preparedness efforts.
Eggs and Meat
If you are in a position to do some homesteading, then you can get all of the meat, eggs and even dairy from the animals that you raise. Of course, what you can produce will depend on your circumstances. However, it only takes a few hens to give you a ton of eggs, and chickens are also an excellent source of protein and meat. If you’re in a position to raise goats, you can make your own dairy products, and goat can also be used as a meat source as well.
Cleaning Products
Over the course of time, we’ve brought you many recipes for homemade cleaning and personal hygiene products. Start using them, and others, in order to reduce the amount of chemicals that you keep in the house or put on your body. It’s amazing that you can create a powerful wood cleaner by letting a handful of lemon slices soak in a bottle of vinegar for a few weeks. All you need to do is pour a cup or so into a bucket of water and start cleaning. This recipe will not only help to dissolve grime, but it can also kill many microorganisms and help to sanitize surfaces.
Hygiene Products
To make a good deodorant, all you need is some baking soda, coconut oil, shea butter, essential oils and corn starch. Combine, heat and mix the ingredients, put them into a mold and let them cool. This recipe is just one of many that will help to control odors while reducing the amount of bacteria that cause odors in the first place.
You can also find similar, easy recipes for almost anything you can think of, including shampoos, toothpaste, soaps, ointments, cough suppressants, muscle rubs and even mold removers. You name it, chances are that you can make it.
What we’re getting at is the importance of remembering that chemical cleaning products are designed to be abrasive and destructive in order to reduce the amount of elbow-grease required while cleaning. However, you don’t need them in order to maintain good sanitary standards. The use of chemicals in products that we put on or in our bodies should also concern us, because they are not as safe as most people think. Learning how to make your own products will help to stay safer, healthier and save more money at the same time.
Produce
This should go without saying. If you have any space at all, whether indoors our outside to grow your own food, do it. You can build up a steady supply of fresh and organic vegetables, herbs and some fruits, and develop a system to keep supplies coming in all year long. You can also take advantage of canning, dehydrating or vacuum-sealing products in order to store them over the long-term. Not only will this help you to save money at the grocery store, but you will also be avoiding genetically-altered foods that have been treated with pesticides.
These are just a few examples that illustrate how it’s not that difficult to transition from being dependent on grocery products into becoming more self-sufficient. It takes a little bit of effort, practice and patience, but the benefits will be far-reaching over the course of time. Start thinking about how you can put some of these options to work for you, and see how easy it is to make more and buy less while learning important skills at the same time.
