'Thrifty Ways on The Telly' blog discussion

septemberblues

I watched it and thought it was great . Can we have a weekly series please? Oh, and ps, I thought Martin looked good, and I think the clothes were right, it would be weird to see him advocating money saving in a shirt and tie!

larmy16

Mistymaid wrote: »

Don't quote me Nikki, but I think you'll find rain water caught in a butt in softer. This is because when rainwater hits the ground it then has to travel through whatever substrates there are before finally ending up in the water system. Hence you have areas that are hard/soft water etc and are 'cleansed' with chemicals and treatments.
If I offer my animals a bucket of water from the tap or water from a butt, they go for the butt every time!

My mum always used to wash our hair in rainwater from the butt in the garden - I am talking late fifties/early sixties. Seems our Mums knew a thing or two about money saving and they were green before their time.

andyjohnbiker

Watched programme and I also run off cold water from hot tap into a bucket to flush loo with. Also use my water butts in garden to flush loos in winter as water not needed in garden.
Yes Im on a meter and it saves a fortune as waiting for water to get hot is otherwise money down the drain...LITERALLY.
Chatting to a friend about this he told me this tip!!!!
He has plumbed his loo into the hot water pipe for exactly the same reasons.
Another plumber was aghast when he found out but the logic is what do we do when weve used the loo?
Yes.. we wash our hands in water which is then already hot. SAVES THE BUCKET METHOD.
Anyone have any comments on this?

bubblegumcola

I thought this was a great programme, you could easily have a weekly show on this. I couldn't believe how much the family could potentially save by shopping the way the Green Granny showed...9k!!!!!! 12 k on food? I think we are about half that for my family of five, I'm sure I could cut it down further if I really thought about it. Pennies are tight in my house just now, made me question what i buy.

dppops

Great programme, just told my daughter about it and she is going to try plan her meals for the week. It makes sense to buy only what you eat.

bylromarha

Have just watched and already do a few of those things.

But the lasting taste in my mouth is roadkill sausages...certainly choosing not to incorporate that one however bad money gets.