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By: Lackluster

Lackluster — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:00:22 +0000

These are awesome tips. I agree on having small space heaters instead of the whole house being heated and you’re only staying in practically one or two areas of your house. This will really save you a lot of money.

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By: John

John — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:34:02 +0000

I agree on the drafts. But what do you think of programmable thermostats? I heard they can save ~10%. Also, I found this site http://www.helpwithheatingbills.com which gave some ways and programs that help save on heating bills. I have learned that help is provided both from the gov’t and utility companies. What do you think of these programs? Thanks

By: tiffanie

tiffanie — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:30:21 +0000

great tips! we turned our heat on this week (was in the high 40’s outside and our windows are drafty)…we’ll be buying some weatherproofing stuff for the windows this week. interesting tips for the fruit…didn’t know fruit would keep so long w/o going bad!

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By: Marci

Marci — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:25:56 +0000

I hadn’t thought of the cooler for storage… probably would work better than my cardboard boxes of sawdust :) Thanks! Good storage for my coolers in the off season also – I’ll put them in the woodshed… Hopefully, you’re positive about that 0 degrees deal? Hope that’s F and not C… as it never reaches 0 -F here (so far) but it does freeze.

Remember the dehydrator works great on apples and pears also – as well as most everything else!

I try to pick up free firewood all year long here as it’s my primary heat, and due to the dampness and the very cool summer, there was not one month this summer that I did not have to use that woodstove at least once or twice :( cool summer! Some areas here actually froze july 11. That cold!

I change to flannel sheets about this time of year – and change out the summer comforter for the heavy quilted flannel/corduroy one.

Throw comforters or light blankets out on the couches also :)

Enjoy the last evenings of sunshine and light. It will be a lot of dark evenings soon!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:47:13 +0000

Great post–I knew apples kept longer in the fridge but for some reason I didn’t think to apply that to pears. We have a lot of pears, too.

One other tip would be to switch to CFL light bulbs especially since it is getting darker sooner so we have the lights on more during the colder months.

I wrote a post on 10 ways to save on your energy bill on Tuesday over at BeCentsAble.net

By: Susy

Susy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:44:40 +0000

Mr Chiots and I do all of these. Each year we try to wait as long as possible before turning on the heat (haven’t yet this year). It’s 58 in the house this morning, but the the canning of applesauce that will happen late it will warm up.

I just bought a bushel of apples from the local orchard for only $2, that’s a lot of cheap applesauce & apple slices.

Better yet, make gifts for Christmas. I’m making apple butter for everyone from those $2/bushel apples. Cheap cheap cheap. And people love it.