Dirt Cheap Dad

Why Waste Your Time? Let Mother Nature Do All Of The Hard Work! Unless you are a hardcore gardener that needs compost right away (15-30 days), this lazy cold compost method is probably just what you're looking for. Why waste time building a fancy bin and turning your compost every day? The fact of the matter is, if you throw a bunch of food scraps and yard waste in a pile, it'll eventually create compost in about a year or so with little or no effort.  Why Not Just Throw Everything In The Garbage? When you throw food scraps into your garbage for pickup, it is dumped into a landfill. The problem with landfills is that they are completely sealed from the outside world to prevent all of the nasty chemicals and waste people throw out from seeping back into the soil and / or water supply. When you throw food scraps into the garbage, you're essentially wasting space in the landfill and preventing all of those good nutrients from ever making their way back into the food c...

Container that I use to store my baking soda Why Make The Switch? In this post, I'll share the tips and tricks that I've learned throughout my journey switching to straight baking soda as my underarm deodorant of choice. Trust me when I say that I have a few important tips and tricks to make your switch to baking soda as smooth as possible. Don't make the same mistakes that I did! Like many people, I was raised to believe that the only solution out there to keep my underarm funk at bay was store-bought stick deodorant. After spending many years trying to find an agreeable scent, or an unscented that doesn't fail, I decided to explore other options. Since baking soda was already my household cleaning and deodorizing product of choice, it only makes sense to slap some under my arms to see what happens, right? Saves Money I've saved a ton of money by switching to baking soda because it's cheap cheap cheap! I'd imagine that a large box of baking s...

Build Yourself A Coffee Table From An Old Salvaged Door We went to our local salvage store and picked up an old door for $20, a small $5 coffee table with ruined top (for the legs), and we had a few boards for the sides just laying around in the garage. We've been using it for a few years now and we love it (although it needs to be refinished now). We came up with this idea after we decided to get a nice looking large coffee table but didn't have a lot of money to spend.  Putting It All Together The build was pretty simple; we just used the hardware and legs from the small ruined coffee table and attached them to the door with side boards (after staining of course).  The colors don't quite match up but it has grown on use over the years. It has seen better days so I plan on refinishing and adding extra cross supports next time I get some spare time, and maybe better plate cover for under the door knob. I'll be sure to post an update while refinishing!  ...