Frugal Friday

[ecosophia]

Welcome back to Frugal Friday!  This is a weekly forum post to encourage people to share tips on saving money, especially but not only by doing stuff yourself. A new post will be going up every Friday, and will remain active until the next one goes up. Contributions will be moderated, of course, and I have some simple rules to offer, which have changed as we've proceeded. (As things have settled down to a nice steady conversational pace, for example, I've deleted the rules about only one tip per person per week and about limiting the length of comments; I was worried early on about people flooding the forum with too much too fast, but I think we're past that risk.)

Rule #1:  this is a place for polite, friendly conversations about how to save money in difficult times. It's not a place to post news, views, rants, or emotional outbursts about the reasons why the times are difficult and saving money is necessary. Nor is it a place to use a money saving tip to smuggle in news, views, etc.  I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #2:  this is not a place for you to sell goods or services, period. Here again, I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #3:  please give your tip a heading that explains briefly what it's about.  Homemade Chicken Soup, Garden Containers, Cheap Attic Insulation, and Vinegar Cleans Windows are good examples of headings. That way people can find the things that are relevant for them. If you don't put a heading on your tip it will be deleted.

Rule #4: don't post anything that would amount to advocating criminal activity. Any such suggestions will not be put through.

With that said, have at it!

Comments

Re: Cold brewed Tea

[(Anonymous)]

I love sun tea also, or cold brew.

I like hibiscus herbal tea, and I do put in a glass pitcher or jar out in the sun for at least half a day, and then refrigerate. 2 tea bags to a quart of water if you use hot water or put out in the sun.


Lemon Zinger, made by Celestial Seasonings is also good or any fruity herb tea or one of the other ZInger flavors

I also use fresh garden herbs like mints or lemin balm, but use alot of fresh product

Atmospheric River

Re: Cold brewed Tea

[methylethyl]

Just FYI, Roselle is the key ingredient in all those zingers. They are pretty easy to grow, even in pots. I have four of them going right now.

Re: Cold brewed Tea

[(Anonymous)]

I had to look that up, sounds like that is another name for Hibiscus? Yes, Hibiscus is in the box of Lemon Zinger I have and of course is the base when I make hibiscus punch sun tea. What are the requirements to grow them ? Sounds like they might be tropical ?

Lemon Zinger ingredients : Hibiscus, rosehips, roasted chicory, orange peel, lemongrass, lemon peel and whole dried lemons, natural flavors, citric acid

Atmospheric River

Re: Cold brewed Tea

[methylethyl]

Roselles are a subset of hibiscus, yes. Same family.

Funny enough, so are okra.