Future Memo Money Saving and a Root Cellar

Ok so while I was looking through ideas on how to make the most of a small house one piece of it kept coming back into my head of what to do with it. I believe I found my answer. Root Cellar

Under the porch is hollow with a dirt floor

On the Left, see the cursive mg? Then there's a gray square painted
with more cursive text? That's the hobbit sized inner door to lead out
under the porch.

I think that I'll turn it into a root cellar. Dig the bottom out of it a little more and then place a new door on the inside that's insulated to keep the heat from the wood burning stove out of the room. I'll need shelves in it, and a thermometer for temp and humidity. While searching the net for Root Cellar ideas and Basement Root Cellars I found this page Floyd County In View that not only lays it out straight, but gives all the temperature and humidity information needed in one go.

This will help us out immensely in cutting back on the food cost at the store. Especially if we can get canning and what not down to a more patterned science.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**Money Saving**~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Two major items that get used daily and the most in just about any house hold is Dishwasher detergent and Laundry detergent. I found the blog Being Creative to Keep my Sanity with some bulk mixes that produce excellent results. Her laundry Detergent she made in July she spent 20$'s making it and it ran out in March. 9 months of Laundry for 20$ I'm in. 

Follow the links in blue to their instructions on making them. My next search is for ever lasting cat litter. :)