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<blockquote data-quote="OKCIS" data-source="post: 2117276" data-attributes="member: 3250"><p>There is plenty of ways to save money that you dont even think about. We actually make our own homemade laundry detergent. It costs about $8 to make total and makes a ton of the stuff and IMO works better then any of the stuff we buy off the shelf. You wouldnt think about it but when your buying Tide for $18 every month vs. $8 twice a year your saving $200/year on something as simple as that. </p><p></p><p>The one thing i would urge people not to do is stop watering your lawn. Disclaimer here is im in the Lawn care business but its allowed me to see the problems that come from not watering the lawn. The simple part is when you stop watering in during the heat it makes your lawn a garden for weed growth. The really bad part that most people dont think about is the foundation of your house. I cant tell you how many times during the summer when i go to treat a lawn the ground is cracked because noone is watering and you follow that dried out crack to the house and the foundation is cracked in the exact same spot. </p><p>You honestly wont save alot of money by not watering either. I put on average 600 gallons of water in my trucks a day then in the middle of the summer i water for 30 minutes per zone everyday its allowed and put a couple hundred gallons if not more in my pool each week and my water bill never clears $150. I would say we use about 5-10 times more water a month then the average household. So just watering your yard should still keep you under the $100 mark easily and your foundation will last alot longer.</p><p>Just something to think about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKCIS, post: 2117276, member: 3250"] There is plenty of ways to save money that you dont even think about. We actually make our own homemade laundry detergent. It costs about $8 to make total and makes a ton of the stuff and IMO works better then any of the stuff we buy off the shelf. You wouldnt think about it but when your buying Tide for $18 every month vs. $8 twice a year your saving $200/year on something as simple as that. The one thing i would urge people not to do is stop watering your lawn. Disclaimer here is im in the Lawn care business but its allowed me to see the problems that come from not watering the lawn. The simple part is when you stop watering in during the heat it makes your lawn a garden for weed growth. The really bad part that most people dont think about is the foundation of your house. I cant tell you how many times during the summer when i go to treat a lawn the ground is cracked because noone is watering and you follow that dried out crack to the house and the foundation is cracked in the exact same spot. You honestly wont save alot of money by not watering either. I put on average 600 gallons of water in my trucks a day then in the middle of the summer i water for 30 minutes per zone everyday its allowed and put a couple hundred gallons if not more in my pool each week and my water bill never clears $150. I would say we use about 5-10 times more water a month then the average household. So just watering your yard should still keep you under the $100 mark easily and your foundation will last alot longer. Just something to think about. [/QUOTE]
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