My Eccentric Freegan Lifestyle-80% Possessions were free
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Great video really informative and inspiring. Watching from London UK 🇬🇧
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The most "bestest" thing I got for free is my Salvation! I love my Jesus..🔩
Amen !
I agree !!!
The most important thing! You are set for life!
@@juliewebber2749 ABSOLUTELY!!
Thank you JESUS ❣❣
While I’m not a true Freegan, I am heavily into thrifting and taking castoff items from family and friends. I grew up in a wealthy household and I can afford things I want but my preference is to buy used or get free and save the difference.Most people do not understand my mind set but it works for me.
Thats all that matter is you!
Good evening Owen, thank you for sharing. I too rather buy from a trift store anytime. All the great buys!
@@TINA-pf2bb Good evening TINA:)
This matters for our environment at first.
Awesome. You could teach them how to be smart with their $ this way. Glad you are.
When my parents lived in Maine in 1956, the 🥔 farmers let you come in after they got the potatoes. You could pick up all the left over potatoes for Free. And that was years ago and a blessing to my family.
Across from my brother's home after they have gone in n gotten sweet potatoes we go over n glean their sweet potatoes. Amazing how much they left behind tho.
Yup i did it with the kids a few years back. I live in Maine
Tessie - Something that you forgot to mention is that along with you getting free stuff, you are always ready to give things to those in need. You will be rewarded for the kindness you bestow upon others if it’s done with love in your heart. We do need to donate when possible instead of throwing useable items in the trash bin. The free cycle organization is awesome!
My Aunt , who lives near west Palm Beach, FL, would load her Grandkids in her van on trash day and go "curb shopping" . The wealthy neighbors would throw out perfectly good furniture, dishes and all kinds of household items!! I amazed by what she got!
What a great auntie memory ❣
The rich always get rid of good things years ago i got a nice chair for free out for the trash
My son and I live “sidewalk shopping “
I watch a dumpster diver YT channel n that's all he does in FLA. n makes a fortune reselling as well as has everything his family needs n wants doing it this way. It's unbelievable what rich folks just toss so as not to be bothered giving away or selling. It's a shame but it pays off for him n family tho.
I used to have a friend that worked for the Red Cross. They would clean out all the stuff every August. I was raising 9 kids who got most of their school clothes along with the neighbors kids. They also got bikes and lots of toys. The friend would drive a truck for of stuff and unload into my yard. What I could not find homes for we would give to goodwill. Most were new. Worked for my friend, my family and lots of my neighbors.
A sun oven is next on my wish list Tessie I actually made something of a sun oven using aluminum foil in a box it actually worked I cooked up a cheese sandwich:)
You made me laugh with your sun oven cheese sandwich, I read it it as one would with excitement in doing so.. a cheese sandwich 😁😎
I use an old cooler that the lid broke off. I put two old mirrors at angles in a v and put a piece of glass on the top.
I want one too. My oven doesn't work anymore except for the broil part. I put food on bottom rack n cover with foil so it won't burn but think I'd do better with solar oven.
I would say you are blessed and highly favored. 💕
I would love to be more of a freegan but my hubby doesn’t see the potential in used or broken things. He’s all about new, but he’s slowly learning new isn’t always better.
Hi Tessie 🖐️ yay I'm a freegan also. The nice thing about about it is I can look around each room and remember each person who gave me the things I own. Blessings
I love those quilted pillows on your couch
Thank you Mom made them !
Love the two toned blue throw pillows💕
I remember as a young kid my dad would stop on a dime and grab something by the road that people were throwing out. I remember as a kid I was soooo embarrassed that I slid down in the seat of the truck 😂😂 Fast forward 25 years and now I keep my local goodwill in business lol!! I just found an antique armoire in nearly excellent condition for only $15!! And you better believe I’ll stop on a dime to grab something that’s caught my eye. I recently found an antique fireplace mantle tossed out! I couldn’t believe my eyes..... it went atop my rav4 along with a few oriental rugs I found for el cheapo at a yard sale 😀
I have always been a freegan. Much of the items in our home was free. A lot was passed into us. I donate a lot to charities also. I like the term freegan!
I love it !!
I love putting things out on my kerb and seeing people get excited about collecting them.
When I was a kid we were very poor, without people giving my mother used clothes for us, our lives would of been much harder. Now I am no loner poor I like to give more than I receive and enjoy donating money and goods.
Awesome!! Love it!!
My dad lived in a Senior Community, then a loved one passed or had to move for whatever the reason, the families just threw most of the stuff away. Either none of the family wanted it or didn't have space for it or they just didn't want to deal with it.
My dad's now in a rest home and I mentioned to my neighbor how cold dad is all the time, she gave me a heavy, queen-sized comforter that she intended to donate to a re-sale shop.
What a blessing that was ❤️.
so much fun seeing your finds. I finally convinced my daughter to do the same. she got a free ukulele.
Good evening Tessie, Thank you for sharing your video on Freegan Lifestyle, It really encouraged me to do a self inventory and focus more on triftying or free stuff whenever I may need something. I do a lot of trifthing though.
Good evening TINA:)
I've been a proud freegan for decades! I wish I could glean food like you do though. I can attest to the fact that students at Loyola U, MD and Johns Hopkins toss tons of great stuff each spring. It's sad and also amazing. I take many things to the food pantry where I volunteer and also leave things at my bus stop.
I never heard of that before.I do shop second hand a lot.Once you buy cloths second hand it is hard to pay full price somewhere.Have a great evening everyone.
Good evening julie webber, I buy secound hand too :)
I didnt know anything like free cycle existed. I looked it up thank you tessie love all your videos. Even though i dont always comment. You are awesome thank ypu
I love it! We have a church resale store I worked in over 5 years and many things I got free. I still go there even now and always find something I can use for free. As always all books and magazines are free and no limit! Many other things are free for the taking.
Awesome video and great ideas! God bless, dearheart.
We would do this once a year and Germany they called it junking it was a lot of fun
Great video! I’ve been collecting building materials for awhile now and am redoing a farm shed into a cabin for a rental to start some passive or semi-passive income. It is going to be very cheap to finish it because of the salvaging I’m done. Same thing when I had to redo rot in my camper. All the wood and paneling was free. I try to do as much as I can to keep good food or items/materials out of the landfill. We are such a wasteful society so I don’t want to contribute too negatively to it if I can help it. I also get free organic produce from the farm I work at.
Thank you for sharing and educating all of us. You are a true blessing 🙏
Good Evening Tessie, Sisters, Brothers, and Friends:) Be sure to hit that like button Tessie will appreciate it lots:)
@@MichaelR58 Hi Michael 58:) Stay safe and healthy my friend:) God Bless:)
Hi Owen 😊✌❤
I went curb picking in Detroit once! Its amazing what people will put to the curb🪑🛏🧰👜🥿📠📺
Inspiring, as usual. Used to do this when I was younger. Thanks for the reminder.
I forgot all about freecycle! I have downloaded the app, and I'm going to start using it again. Thanks so much for the reminder!
Glad it was helpful! We are not seeing as much donations as other years
@@HomesteadTessie I have stuff to donate...cleaning out my storage shed...lol
I wish I could get things for free but so many people are into it now, Don see much out at the garbage. But I'll keep looking.
Tessie you an inspiration to all! You are very clever.
I used Freecycle to get rid of a dining room table that I botched trying to refinish it. The people who got it had some great ideas for redoing it, Everyone was happy. 😀
Freecycle has been good to me
Recycle and reuse whenever possible!
Enjoyed. I have many things in my home I got for free. Really nice furniture from friends. I also have given many things away for free to pay it forward. God bless you Tessie.
I never thought a lot about it but I have a LOT of free things too. Most of my canning jars, 50% of my kitchen utensils, my bath robe. My bed, 80% of my blankets, all of my furniture... i needed a small blender (because I live in a travel trailer, which was also given to me) and my friend found me one off a neighborhood group on Facebook where you post requests for things you need. I love repurposeing items also. Today I was given a couple of beautifully done bouquets of artificial flowers in baskets. I kept one and gave one to my neighbor. I love giving as much as getting. God bless you my dear!
You are looking so healthy nice to see your recovery is going well love the content of your videos I’m 73 and still learning things from you thank you so much for being you and sharing part of you 👍🏻🙏
Good job, Tessie!! Love all your free stuff.
Hi Tessie, your garden looks very beautiful. I love listening to the birds. That is so nice to get things free that helps environment I have a lot of things that were free hand-me-downs to😊👍
Free or thrifted always gives more satisfaction, it's great to be able to think outside the box !!! Your shell necklace reminded me that the scallop shell is the symbol of the pilgrim and made me think about how we're on a pilgrimage with you Tessie on this channel be it spiritual or practical. Love to you Tessie Xx 💕🌻🌹
Thank you Tessie!!! Video was very helpful!❤️
My living room has a couch chair end stands coffee table a T V stand with TV and a long entry table in front of my window the only thing bought new was the TV
What a fun video, Tessie!! Love you!💖💖💖
That was inspiring!! I will have to think about that some more. Right now I am trying to shop my home more often. Just try and look at things differently and how to repurpose them and give them a new life. Thank you, Tessie! Loved this!
Thank you !!!!!!
Great ideas! I stop and pick up things in the garbage on the side of the road. One person’s trash is someone else’s treasure. I’m always amazed at what people throw out. ♥️♥️♥️
Good morning Tessie from New Hampshire. Great video. You make an excellent point. I believe in striving to strike a balance. Just when I was in my glory, two summers ago, frequenting yards sales, I had to shelter on the farm. Took it in stride, thinking I would be able to get out more this summer. Still a challenge...
So our farm cottage is peppered with a mix of new and old. I inherited so many wonderful, useful items. Folks gave me canning jars and I bought what sizes I needed, especially 1/2 gallon. Its all good. I did buy a small bread machine with the money I made selling my larger one. Did splurge on a new free standing ice maker, which I love!
So nice to have ice on hand for blanching vegetables and for ice tea in this hot weather.
Yes, we also have Free Cycle. Folks are really good about offering gently used, helpful items. ~ Diane
Dear Tessie I love your homestead and we do the same thing my husband's always bringing home things he finds on the road he goes to garage sales thrift stores but I would say 70 to 80% of our household items we're free keep on doing what you do you're good at it
Thank you so much for everything you do. 🌱☘💚
Tessie you taught me today that I'm a FREEGAN and did not even know it! That's FREEGAN awesome!!!
I love freegan. Almost all of my gardening stuff was free. My favorite free thing was a hand mixer from a yard sale in GA back in the late 80’s. Picked up the beaters to fit at Goodwill for a quarter. It is still going strong
LOVE IT:). I got a old dresser on someone's front lawn it said free !!! I decorated my house with thrift store stuff ! 😊✌❤ your friend from ohio
Good video!!! Love your home and garden!!!! Great job!!! Love the free things...
I love free things and love to help others with things I don't need nothing wrong with that smart Tessie have a blessed day.
Loved this video Tessie! So many people cast off things that still have a lot of service in them. Your place looks so neat and bright. Have a blessed night.
I watch with captions and freegan was changed to freaking. 😊. It was actually funny, especially how many times you side freegan. Keep up the good work. Loved the video.
too funny !!!
Hi Tessie I am trying to get caught up on watching your videos. I recently rescued several pieces of furniture that my neighbor had thrown away. I am going to donate the furniture to our local thrift store which takes 100% of the money made and uses it for our homeless shelter. My Dad has given me a lot of my furniture. A lot of it is very sentimental to me and belonged to family members. I enjoyed this video. It is good to see you doing well. God Bless!
I love freecycle here in Canada. I have been fortunate enough to get a gas lawnmower, electric snow shovel, maple rocking chair, cast iron cookware, bread machine, etc. from freecycle! My mother needed a wheelchair a few weeks ago and we were lucky enough to get one on freecycle! It is also a great way to re-home items that you don't need anymore.
Your garden is amazing 😍 Your husband must be happy about your savings. You’re so creative with the rebar and solar oven!
I have been a freegan all my life. Even if I didn't want a free item I would take it and pass it on. Like you, I buy at yard sales and thrift stores. I have bought two new pieces of furniture in my life. One was a recliner for my disabled husband as well as the electric bed he needed. I'm 68 years old. That's a long time of participating in the second hand economy. I have cut the bottom (root part) off onions, carrots, and celery and re-grew. It works great!
I have known people that get a lot of things free. I did not know that there is a name for it. Great video Tessie. Love you sweet sister. God Bless Y'all. Huggggggggs
I'm a FREEGAN FOLLOWER... AND I'M A BABY FREEGAN AND PROUD OF IT!! I LOVE THIS FREEGAN VIDEO BECAUSE IT'S FREEGAN AWESOME!!!!!😃👍💙🤗
Very cool.👍. We have a lot of free too. Good luck finding free, everyone. Blessings. 💙
Me and my household having been living this way for many years. 😊 thanks for sharing.
I think the same way you do . 1/2 of everything I have was free or bought rummages or goodwill. Like my canning jars over 1/2 free from friends & families watching out for me gifting at least 20-28 cases of jars from jelly too gallon pickle jars. Witch is great for storing your flour sugar pastas& beans. And the older lidded jars for seeds. God bless you for sharing with us all. I'm hopeing the younger folks take the warnings and saving and us them to secure theirselves for future shortages we all will go throughout few decades. I'm 63 and have had a garden scence I was 21 and just married. I've always worked my families garden as a child. And learned so much more after becoming and adkisson member. My in laws taught me so much more about the growth of huge harvests . They used good old cow manure and 10- 10 fertilizer. The last time I grew tomatoes in their garden area I grew a 9lb.& 7lb. Ox heart tomato. And after years have gone by I find out they were biggest world record. I still have pictures of both the tomatoes.
love your channel because you and I are so similar in our way of living. Your beautiful Tess.
I love that color shirt on you its so pretty great listening you are so down to earth and real i enjoy your videos so much
What an inspiration you are Tessie!
"FREEGAN"--never heard of that before! :) That's so cool! Right up my hubby's alley! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)
Very much enjoyed this video and I never heard the word freegan before now. Only thing I worry about picking up certain things because of bed bugs. But I'm sure you can let it sit out in the sun or repaint or wash it. It's so good to see you healthy and happy again. Love you Tessie take care God bless.⭕💗❌
Bless you Tessie....your HOME is so COUNTRY & COZY
Thanks for sharing this Tessie. I am one who has always loved handme downs from friends and I do like free things too. I am one that likes to recycle things. A lot of my clothes I have bought used, or I have one friend who gives me clothes. I do not mind buying food past date. Or mark down food and freezing it. I remember when we lived in PA our church had a night they handed out food but what was left they asked us to take at times. We did and gave some as you do to people in our neighborhood. I think it is awesome that you paid off that much debt in 7 years. That is why you can have no debt and live off less because you do not waste money that you do not have to. I think it is sad when so many people will not buy used or be willing to take things for free. I know you are one that does it in the right way though. There are people who drive big Suv's and go to food banks to get food. The problem with that is sometimes we as humans feel we need certain items we go into debt for those but then later find out oh I can not afford that payment and eat. So then they have to get free food. So that is why we need to be wise with our money and be good stewards with it. I mean so much in our world is thrown out. We are very wasteful in America. So I think it is awesome you shared this. I mean we can have cute homes and look nice and it all be free. It is just in our world people worry to much about what others think or wanting this certain image but I think you are so blessed. You have a beautiful home you are debt free, You have a loving family who comes and helps you with things around your home. I am so glad my husband and I in life have learned to live on less and then when we have more that is great too. We both came from poor families and so when we got married we had to buy our own furniture and we got some free pieces too.
I hadn't heard that term, but very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I have lived in "early relative" my whole married life. Just about every piece of furniture was something my mother or sister or one of my grandparents owned. This Spring and fall I repainted most all the furniture and finally said goodbye to my grandmother's kitchen set which was our dining room set and had parts gnawed down by multiple family dogs. We got a new dining room set and I love it. I definitely see the benefit of detachment from goods and reusing and recycling, but I also know sometimes it time for new and with no regrets. You have some beautiful free pieces Tessie!
Free is Free-dom from debt ! Last year I had soooo many volunteer tomato plants , I could not possibly plant them all, so I potted them up, babied them a while then set them out @ the end of our driveway with a sign saying they were free . In no time a lady stopped by & said, " Are these really free ? My teenage daughter is with me . She is starting a garden this year in our back yard - can we take them all ? " I said , " Yes, please take them all . Her daughter was so excited ! We have made it a habit to propagate fruit trees like figs, etc. & give as many away through the neighborhood as possible . I am not ashamed to take anything that's free !
I love that !!! I hope you are feeling better you and your hubby ,thought and prayers for you and your family daily !!!
Do much of what we have is either secondhand, and I’m always on the lookout for freebies. I’ve traded baked goods for beautiful curio, a gardening bench, and produce. Love this video, and your shirt is my all time favorite summer color!
Wow! Great blessings. That must be new in the city. I grew up there in the 80’s and we didn’t dig into dumpsters nothing was free. Only from my family hand me downs.😀😃😇😇
I'm working on that kind of lifestyle, or at least trying to find things second hand or clearance. I have a goodwill next to the grocery store I work at. I went in looking for toys for my daycare and walked out with a food massager kind of like the one your reviewed, a stereo to play my old ipod on again (haven't used that in years!), a breadmaker, calculator, panini maker and huge cooler for $43. I estimate the retail value around $290. I feel like that was a decent haul. They're all things I was really wanting but didn't want to foot the bill for brand new. Tried them all and they work beautifully. Too bad it wasn't 50% off day!
wow you got amazing items !!
I to live in a rural area - lots of pick up trucks around here!When doing spring cleaning or helping someone move, we will put furniture, even clean mattress’ street side with a bold “free” sign. Most of the time it’s gone before we’re done with our cleaning
Luv the idea of making use of things others throw away...great ideas....God supplies all my needs.
I have picked up a few good roadside finds plus in my apartment laundry room people used to leave unwanted items (before the full building reno began) and I would take anything that was reusable. I have repurposed a metal shoe rack as a drying rack I'd set in my tub for hanging hand washed items to dry
Love this .. I love getting free stuff..
I have a group for mailbox freebies.
But I also like giving back as I'm watching this video .I'm I'm about to post some lamps to the free site
When we lived in Vegas, ( I was a travel nurse) it was amazing at the things people put out by the bins, we found a lot of good useful stuff
When we were kids, my brother and I went dumpster diving. It was a blast!
Wow very interesting 🙂 I’ll have to look into that website 🙂 thank you for sharing.
Your home and grounds are lovely!
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Good Morning Tessie, Sisters, Brothers, and Friends:) Wish you all a wonderful blessed Wednesday filled with Gods Joy and Happiness:) Remember to pray for one another and for all around the world:) God Bless You! Love you all:) Keep smiling be safe:)
I have a friend who is a teacher in an elementary school. Every year, the last day of school for Christmas break, she gets a free Christmas tree and more from the classrooms.
People stopped posting on our Free Cycle because there were certain ones who took everything and resold it at flea markets. Most of what I own has been given to me. People that know me know if I can't use it I will find someone who can and keep things out of the dump.
That is so sad that there are some that try to make money off of free things that many could have used I will only take it if I have a use for it:)
Like you, the majority of what I have has been handed down to me or was given to me - and, of course, there are a few items I purchased. Our Freecycle isn't very active unfortunately. I'm not in the market for anything these days, but FB Marketplace is the best option in our area - or Craigslist.
You are such a sweetheart luv watching enjoy free items luv pa.
Tessie most everything I have I have gotten for free we have some thing of a free cycle it's a community free cycle I have gotten lots of things that way:) I also will look at what people put out to trash:) I have sort of a Freegan life style of course I will also buy some things:) I always have picked up stuff curbside radios and other things back in the day:) Love you my sister:) God Bless You and Ken:)
I would say that 70% , maybe more, of the things in our house were free. I accept anything someone wants to give me.
Hi Fregan Tessie ! 😁
I have always loved dumpster diving even as a kid. We used to live in a big townhouse complex and we got so much for free just by checking out what people threw away. This was back in the early 70’s thrifty has always been a big part of who I am and I really enjoy it. Something else that goes with it is spending money you need to do it intentionally with the biggest impact. When you buy it think about who you are buying from and the uses of the product. Single use products are a waste of money and space that will fill up landfills quickly many feegans are also walking the path of zero waste to help the planet so it is a better place for our children and grandchildren. I have a worm composting bin in my kitchen that I feed many of my kitchen scraps and now am raising chickens to feed the rest of the scraps to. This will turn waste like kitchen scraps and junk mail and cardboard boxes into some of the best fertilizer you can get with the worms. The chickens will also compost the scraps and give you eggs!
Three (tall) solid oak bookcases plus three office desks. Completely free. Perfect for my crafting and crafting supplies.
Thank you for another great video ❤️
Thanks for watching!
I save my seeds from squash , beans, cucumbers , peppers. Tomatoes cilantro, and other herbs. To grow in my garden