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Oily Rag - Winter cooking
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 1:27 pm | Oily Rag
The winter chill has set in so oily rag households have the wood burning stoves stoked up and the slow cookers brewing warm winter meals. More >>
Oily Rag - Free fruit and affordable housing
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 9:41 am | Oily Rag
CB from Whangarei writes, "Whangarei fruit trees are laden with fruit much of it going to waste. I complain to myself every year while driving to and from work. Kensington area and Tikipunga, to name a few. Nobody picks the fruit, which then ... More >>
Oily Rag - Reader tips and thinking of the next harvest
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 2:44 pm | Oily Rag
Many thanks for all your new tips. It is good to know the Oily Rag community is active and thriving! More >>
Oily Rag Budget 2015
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 6:16 pm | Oily Rag
Last week the Government released its Budget, and lots of people had a lot to say about there being too little money. We are told +250,000 kids (and presumably their parents) are living in poverty. The strange thing about poverty is that nowadays ... More >>
Oily Rag - Q & A and pet food
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 11:24 am | Oily Rag
Many thanks to those who have risen to the challenge and offered suggestions to some oily rag questions from readers. More >>
Oily Rag - Frugal feijoas
Thursday, 7 May 2015, 9:27 am | Oily Rag
We have previously written about giant pumpkins, but never before about giant feijoas. Unlike pumpkins, which are measured in hundreds of kilograms, giant feijoas are measured in hundreds of grams. More >>
Frugal business
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 2:17 pm | Oily Rag
Families are not the only ones enjoying the benefits of thrifty living. Lots of businesses gain lots of profit from having a frugal mindset. More >>
Oily rag characters
Thursday, 23 April 2015, 1:30 pm | Oily Rag
I am sure you would have heard about Generation X, and personality types A & B. Well, not to be outdone by labels and generalisations we at the Oily Rag Research Institute have been doing some of our own ground-breaking research into the vexed ... More >>
Oily Rag - Financial Fritters
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 2:55 pm | Oily Rag
Fair Go ran an interesting segment about a couple (Mike and Kirsten) who were having money worries, despite being a +$100k income household - the sort of household that some politicians call "rich". Trouble was, Mike and Kirsten were not rich, ... More >>
Oily Rag: Solar Sense
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 3:26 pm | Oily Rag
Some say that solar power is the way of the future, but the high upfront cost of solar panels has been a stumbling block. So there was a ripple of excitement within the oily rag community recently when a media headline exclaimed, "Free panels place ... More >>
Oily Rag - Cleaning up
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 2:06 pm | Oily Rag
We have had a big response to a question raised by JimO from Torbay who asked for help cleaning shower glass. More >>
Pets, honey, and lots of cleaners
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 3:05 pm | Oily Rag
This week we have more frugal tips and answers to questions from the oily rag community! More >>
Oily Rag - From dog fleas to frozen meals
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 3:26 pm | Oily Rag
We have received lots of new tips in recent weeks and answers to questions from readers. More >>
Oily Rag - Fruit, fried silver beet, power and more
Thursday, 19 February 2015, 2:50 pm | Oily Rag
This week the frugal living tips include a tasty sounding recipe for silver beet - which is in abundance at present, ways to make the most of in-season fruit, and there are a couple of questions from oily rag readers. More >>
High rise storage, chips, and pesky cats
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 4:32 pm | Oily Rag
"More oily rag mail!" said our postie as the latest bag-full of frugal tips was heaved into our letterbox. Here are some of the gems we discovered. More >>
Romance, checking the check-out, and woolly socks
Thursday, 29 January 2015, 3:16 pm | Oily Rag
When romance is in the air, P.B. from Auckland has this tip to keep wedding costs down. "When my husband and I were married 13 years ago, (2nd time round), when we sent out the invitations we put on the bottom BYO gents, ladies a plate (starter, ... More >>
Yum peaches!
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 12:15 pm | Oily Rag
An oily ragger from Northland has been in touch to say how much they are enjoying their oily rag orchard - their peach tree in particular. "It's a fairly young tree. Last year we picked a basket full but this year there is an absolute abundance. ... More >>
Oily Rag -From wedding dresses to tofu
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 12:21 pm | Oily Rag
This week we have interesting tips from far and near, from wedding dresses to tofu, along with a question about socks! More >>
Oily rag tips: From cleaners to duck eggs
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 10:55 am | Oily Rag
The mail bags are full again and the frugal community has some suggestions to last week’s questions. More >>
Oily Rag - mail and questions
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:32 pm | Oily Rag
The mail bags are full again. Here's a sample of the latest tips we have received and some questions for the frugal community. More >>
