Comments on: What Will Ten Dollars Buy Where You Live? http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Piper http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-109366 Piper http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-109366 $10 hmmm last week at Overwaitea we bought 10 lbs potatoes for $3 20lbs onions $2 gala, grany smith and naval oranges all at .89 cents a lb. I live in Western Canada in the Northern Part. We don't have the choice of local farms 8 months of the year is winter. $10 still buys lots if you watch your prices. and have a root cellar ;) When you buy on sale and stock pile for a few months you are good. Grow your own seeds and grow your own gardens helps alot. $10 hmmm
last week at Overwaitea we bought
10 lbs potatoes for $3
20lbs onions $2
gala, grany smith and naval oranges all at .89 cents a lb.
I live in Western Canada in the Northern Part. We don’t have the choice of local farms 8 months of the year is winter.

$10 still buys lots if you watch your prices. and have a root cellar ;) When you buy on sale and stock pile for a few months you are good.

Grow your own seeds and grow your own gardens helps alot.

]]> By: paula http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-57298 paula http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-57298 just got 2 kilos of cherries from the market, 1 kilo of nectarines, and 3 kilos of potatoes. just got 2 kilos of cherries from the market, 1 kilo of nectarines, and 3 kilos of potatoes.

]]> By: j.s http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-50595 j.s http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-50595 $10 will pay for a cheeseburger.. $10 will pay for a cheeseburger..

]]> By: Susan http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-47580 Susan http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-47580 What a fun post! I love to read what other folks get for the money! $10 would get me a 3 lb bag of carrots, a 5 lb bag of potatoes, a 3 lb bag of onions, a 1 lb bag of frozen peas, and a whole fryer chicken on sale. For hubby and I , that is several meals of a hearty chicken stew. Again---great post! What a fun post! I love to read what other folks get for the money!
$10 would get me a 3 lb bag of carrots, a 5 lb bag of potatoes, a 3 lb bag of onions, a 1 lb bag of frozen peas, and a whole fryer chicken on sale. For hubby and I , that is several meals of a hearty chicken stew.
Again—great post!

]]> By: Leah http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-41614 Leah http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-41614 I'd buy a fruit tree or two. You can buy them at the end of bareroot season and if you plant them right away and give them plenty of water and care you will have hundreds of pounds of food growing on a tree that will probably outlive you. I’d buy a fruit tree or two. You can buy them at the end of bareroot season and if you plant them right away and give them plenty of water and care you will have hundreds of pounds of food growing on a tree that will probably outlive you.

]]> By: Zeek http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-36594 Zeek http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-36594 Four gallons of milk with which I can make $60 worth of Greek yogurt. Four gallons of milk with which I can make $60 worth of Greek yogurt.

]]> By: Edie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-34116 Edie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-34116 $10 at my local supermarket buys me one hot, ready-to-eat rotisserie-roasted chicken (24 oz, $4.99) and one plastic container of mixed salad greens (5 oz, $4.99). Dinner for two, to go. Note that this does not include dressing for the salad, beverages, or starch (rice, bread, etc) for the meal. Organic milk is $5.99/gallon here. Non-organic milk is $1.99/gallon. My boyfriend is the big milk drinker and doesn't care about organics, so $10 buys him five gallons of milk, or me two quarts of yogurt. My favorite locally-produced, organic whole-milk yogurt costs $4.79 - $5.49 quart (unflavored is cheaper than the maple, which uses local syrup and costs more). $10 will buy ten crisp, delicious locally grown Asian pears at $1.99/lb, but this is seasonal. I save some of my own seeds, and trade the extras. $10 will pay for bubble envelopes and postage to do four seed trades. I usually send out (and receive) at least 5 packets of seeds per trade. If the bubble envelopes don't get too battered in transit, they can be taped up and re-used. $10 at my local supermarket buys me one hot, ready-to-eat rotisserie-roasted chicken (24 oz, $4.99) and one plastic container of mixed salad greens (5 oz, $4.99). Dinner for two, to go. Note that this does not include dressing for the salad, beverages, or starch (rice, bread, etc) for the meal.

Organic milk is $5.99/gallon here. Non-organic milk is $1.99/gallon. My boyfriend is the big milk drinker and doesn’t care about organics, so $10 buys him five gallons of milk, or me two quarts of yogurt.
My favorite locally-produced, organic whole-milk yogurt costs $4.79 – $5.49 quart (unflavored is cheaper than the maple, which uses local syrup and costs more).

$10 will buy ten crisp, delicious locally grown Asian pears at $1.99/lb, but this is seasonal.

I save some of my own seeds, and trade the extras.
$10 will pay for bubble envelopes and postage to do four seed trades. I usually send out (and receive) at least 5 packets of seeds per trade. If the bubble envelopes don’t get too battered in transit, they can be taped up and re-used.

]]> By: Evandro http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-28105 Evandro http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-28105 Yesterday I had a haircut for US$6 (of course, at a very cheap place) and four pounds of apples and pears for the remaining US$4. The exchange yesterday was 1US$ = 1.8BRL. Regards! Yesterday I had a haircut for US$6 (of course, at a very cheap place) and four pounds of apples and pears for the remaining US$4.
The exchange yesterday was 1US$ = 1.8BRL.

Regards!

]]> By: Marigene http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-27562 Marigene http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-27562 Right now it will buy me 10 quarts of fresh leaf lettuce or 6 lbs. of fresh asparagus at the little farmers market in town. Right now it will buy me 10 quarts of fresh leaf lettuce or 6 lbs. of fresh asparagus at the little farmers market in town.

]]> By: Kopka http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/what-will-ten-dollars-buy-where-you-live/#comment-26780 Kopka http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=825#comment-26780 Hello, nice blog you're keeping, I really enjoy reading it. Here in Holland ten dollars is about 7,50 euros. With that amount I could get one bread and a bag of fruit, to last my family of three for a week, at the market. Or I could buy 4 liters of gas. Haven't got a clue what that would be in gallons. Weird enough it could also buy me two fleece-sweaters, made by little, asian children I suppose, so I won't buy them. The world is full of contradictions, that's for sure. Love, Kopka Hello, nice blog you’re keeping, I really enjoy reading it.

Here in Holland ten dollars is about 7,50 euros. With that amount I could get one bread and a bag of fruit, to last my family of three for a week, at the market. Or I could buy 4 liters of gas. Haven’t got a clue what that would be in gallons. Weird enough it could also buy me two fleece-sweaters, made by little, asian children I suppose, so I won’t buy them.

The world is full of contradictions, that’s for sure.

Love, Kopka

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