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Offline jen51

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Side Jobs
« on: October 01, 2022, 01:49:17 PM »
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  • As the price everything goes up and up, living on one income is very difficult. For several years now our family has had to have at least one source of extra income to make ends meet. 

    My husband works around 45 hours a week away from home and works very hard on our homestead when he is home to raise as much food as we can. I homeschool, but also  bring in extra $$ by selling some baked Goods and selling Tupperware. We also sell eggs and raw milk when it's available. The Tupperware takes very little time, and the baking is beneficial because it teaches our girls very useful skills. Both of my endeavors are done from home, except on the occassion where our whole family takes the baked goods to town to sell, or if we set up a Tupperware booth at some local vendor event.  My husband has also done some wood working for extra $$, but he hasn't had time for a couple years now. If times are extra tough, or we have a big bill to pay my husband will take a temporary job from a local farmer tossing bales, baling hay or building fence. 

    I'm just curious what kind of things our fellow trads do for extra income. Never hurts to throw ideas around! 
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    Offline FarmerWife

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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #1 on: October 01, 2022, 02:20:20 PM »
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  • My husband works remotely for a company programming, but he's worked for them since he was 20 in person. And then, he was selling used electronics on eBay but the storage building was flooded around May so he had to stop that. And then, I take care of our chickens (free-range) and collect their eggs (we have 15 hens) and maybe get around 7-10 eggs/day. We don't have much of a business but we do sell to our neighbour every couple of months and then trade with a local for canned goods and meat. My husband's parents will also sell them for us if we can ship them out to them.

    We also homestead (I moved with my husband around Nov 2021 and he started doing it in March 2020). We have deer on our property so I would be interested in hunting and processing the meat and that would save alot on food costs. Also, maybe tanning hides. And then people around us do canning so have to learn how to do that eventually. I think the baked goods idea is really neat and fun. I have been foraging and I thought it would be a good business idea to sell berry (chokecherry, saskatoon) jams, hazelnuts, and wild sage but it's a lot of work to even collect them, though i think it would be a good family business (with kids to help) in the future.


    Offline alma mater

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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #2 on: October 01, 2022, 07:20:18 PM »
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  • I have nothing to add, I just wanted to bump the thread because I'm curious about this as well. Things are getting tight! Oh, for around a month during lockdown I sewed cat toys and sold them on Etsy. I think I made a little over $60 that month. Considering I already had all the materials on hand (leftover wool roving, cotton muslin, cotton thread, and catnip) I think it did okay. :laugh1:
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    Offline Ladislaus

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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #3 on: October 01, 2022, 08:04:23 PM »
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  • Well, now that there's a lot of remote work out there for people in certain fields, we can often hold down a couple jobs (as I do now).

    Offline Christo Rege

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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #4 on: October 01, 2022, 09:39:12 PM »
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  • If you are good with your hands, make scapulars and rosaries, and sell them off etsy. Also, resell items you find yourself not using (but are worth good money). 

    Tutoring also pays well. 
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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #5 on: October 01, 2022, 09:45:05 PM »
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  • I would also like to add: thrifting for furniture, clothing brands, kitchen ware (not plastic, but actual quality) and then reselling these for what they’re worth (since thrifting tends to be cheaper) will bring in a fair income!   
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    Offline Seraphina

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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #6 on: October 02, 2022, 02:16:49 AM »
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  • Tutoring, (elementary level), pet sitting, mending, selling various crafts. I live very frugally.

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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #7 on: October 02, 2022, 06:23:05 AM »
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  • I teach in a private academy. I also have some farmland, but that doesn't make money, it's for self-consumption.


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    Re: Side Jobs
    « Reply #8 on: October 02, 2022, 08:07:38 AM »
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