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Welcome to Frugal-Families - where you can have more and spend less!

Explore our ever-growing collection of articles, packed with practical tips to help you stretch every dollar. We’ll guide you in saving money in the kitchen, decorating, raising kids, and making the most of the holidays, as well as learning to reduce debt and manage finances. You can also find helpful resources on homesteading and self-sufficiency, including topics like "is parsley a perennial" to support your gardening journey.

Our Frugal Families Blog is also another wonderful source of money saving information. We share a bit of our lives with you, pictures of our homesteads, money saving tips and the fun, pitfalls and adventures of frugality, families and life.

Another priceless source of information and support here is our frugal forums.

* Ask questions, GET answers!

* Take frugality to a whole new level in forums like Beginning Frugality, Guerrilla Frugality, Frugal Shopper, Energy Savings, Freebies, and Good Deals, where you'll also find tips on landscaping with low growing shrubs to maximize both savings and style.

*Find support and friendship in our community with forums such as single parents, marriage and faith.

*Learn about crafts, family fun and home schooling on a budget.

*Have fun stretching your dollars with monthly frugal challenges like our pantry challenge, Tightwad Gazette challenge and gardening challenges.

See what some of our members say about our money-saving forum!

“The advice given by the people on the forum is amazing. In fact, often times my question is answered in a matter of minutes! I have not found anywhere else on the internet that comes close to the Frugal-Families forum. “
Johnlyn, member since 2003

“I haven’t been a member for a long time, but the website in priceless. These women know there stuff and you can always find someone to offer a helpful word or a solution to a problem you may be facing on your frugal journey.”
FrugalDEMama, member since 2008

“I came here to learn how to save money. But I gained a family, knowledge well beyond just saving money , and a wonderful support system. When I have a question, from baking to what to do with our retirement account, I look here for the answers first.”
Rainy, member since 2005

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