Best Of Buck: June, 2010

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the June batch.

Throwing Starfish

Other Uses for Petroleum Jelly

Frugal Recipe: Kielbasa Skillet

Make and Save Money House Sitting

Save Money with a CSA

Bucks Guide to Making Side Cash

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Best Of Buck: May, 2010

Best Of Buck: May, 2010

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the May batch.

Make Money Selling Plants

Frugal Recipe: Breakfast Pizza

A Walk in the Woods

Facing Our Financial Problems

Save and Make Money by Curbing

Bucks Guide to Finding Work

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Best Of Buck: April, 2010

Best Of Buck: April, 2010

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the April batch.

How to Make Homemade Wood Stain

Nine Free Photo Storage Sites 

A Gentle Reminder 

Frugal Recipe: Chicken Alfredo 

Make Money Selling Exotic Fish 

The Many Uses of Mineral Oil

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Best Of Buck: First Quarter, 2010 

Best Of Buck: First Quarter, 2010

Usually when I write up a best of list I just pick out five or six of my personal favorites and that’s that. For this batch I decided to let the readers pick my ten most popular posts of the first quarter, via my Google Analytics data. So here they are: my ten most visited posts from the last three months.

How to Make and Save Money With Pallets 

Why Do So Many PF Bloggers Start Off As Financial Idiots? 

The Older You Get the Better the Deals 

Best Free Reference Sites, Part One 

Make and Save Money with Scrap Lumber 

How Do You Save Money on Eyewear and Contacts? 

The Power of Peroxide 

Ten Free Tips to Speed Up Your PC 

Make Money Selling Vinyl Records 

How to Make Money From Vacant Homes 

Best Of Buck, February 2010

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the February batch.

What We Leave Behind 

Nine Ways to Find Cheap or Free Performances 

Frugal Recipe: Baked Potato Soup 

Clean It Before You Replace It 

The Older You Get the Better the Deals 

Why Do So Many PF Bloggers Start Off as Financial Idiots? 

Best Of Buck, January 2010

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the January batch.

How to Make Money from Vacant Homes 

Frugal Recipe: Quick and Easy Pork Roast 

Make and Save Money with Scrap Lumber

Why You Need WD-40 

Can You Save Money by Hunting? 

What We Leave Behind 

Best Of Buck: 2009 Year End Edition

Usually when I write up a month end best of list I just pick out five or six of my personal favorites and that’s that. For the 2009 year end batch I decided to let the readers pick my ten most popular posts of the year, via my Google Analytics data. So here they are: my ten most visited posts from 2009.



1) 10 Free Barter & Swap Sites 

2) The Ten Best Freebie Sites 

3) Can You Make a Living Without a Job? 

4) Nine Ways to Find a Job or Work at Home 

5) Ten Best Home Improvement and DIY Sites 

6) Free Online Personal Finance Course 

7) 10 Interesting Ways to Make Some Side Cash 

8) Five Free Software Programs For Everyday Use 

9) Best Sweepstakes Sites 

10) My Ten Favorite Homesteading Books 

I don’t know if I would have picked any of these personally. I probably would have included some essays and posts on subjects near and dear to my heart. What the top ten most popular have in common becomes quickly apparent: people like numbered best of lists, free stuff, and ways to make money. Not too surprising, and duly noted by this writer for 2010.

Best Of Buck, November 2009

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the November batch.

Other Uses for Rubbing Alcohol

Five Free Software Programs For Everyday Use

Frugal Recipe: Hamburger Casserole

Don’t Forget the Newspaper for Good Deals

Ten Best Home Improvement and DIY Sites

What We Buy New Vs Used

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Best Of Buck, September 2009

Best Of Buck, October 2009

Best Of Buck, First Anniversary Edition

Best Of Buck, October 2009

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the October batch.

Ten Ways I Have Made Money Since Loosing My Job

How To Save Money After You Die

How to Buy a Used Car – Including the Audacious 30% Rule

Frugal Recipe: Mom’s Mac and Cheese

How to Save Money by Using a Locker

How to Find Free or Cheap Health Care



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Best Of Buck, August 2009

Best Of Buck, September 2009

Best Of Buck, First Anniversary Edition

Best Of Buck, September 2009

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the September batch.

Frugal Recipe: Newman Stew

Ten Ways To Save Money By Staying Home

Write Your Will…NOW!

Can You Really Find Good Free Stuff On Craigslist?

The Two Best Ways To Deal With Telemarketers

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Best Of Buck, July 2009

Best Of Buck, August 2009

Best Of Buck, First Anniversary Edition

Best Of Buck: First Anniversary Edition

It has been one year this month since I started The Buck List and I decided to put together what I consider to be ten of my best posts from the last year. If I was to assemble this list on another day it would be different, so I am just going with this one. I wrote a post giving some background on myself, if interested. From oldest to newest, here are my picks.

The Perfect Junk Storm – Describes the mess my nephew Toby and I encountered during our hauling endeavor. It’s the middle post of a trilogy.

How I Sell On Craigslist – Through trial and error I was able to turn Craigslist into a nice little money maker. This post describes how.

Use Your Library – Lists all the wonderful, usually free ways to get the most out of your local library. Includes a Secret Library Tip.

Don’t Die Farting – The post title is a quote from Benjamin Franklin and I relate it to a little scenario I observed at a convenience store.

Ten Tips on Finding the Great Morel – I love hunting morels in the spring. Here are ten tips on finding them.

Ten Books to Have Around When the Internet Goes Down – I don’t know why I felt compelled to write this, but I liked how it turned out.

How to Camp on the Cheap – My family loves to camp and this post is full of tips on how to do it cheaply.

Three Blogging Lessons I Have Learned by Example – This is a profile of three bloggers and what I learned from their mistakes.

How to Make Money with a Booth – You can do this part time for some side cash or delve into it as a full time career. This interview with my Dad will show you how.

Does a Financial Education Matter? – My take on the question.

Best Of Buck, August 2009

At the end of each month I highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the August batch.

Politics and Personal Finance: What Can One Tell Us About The Other?

Save Money by Foraging

A Changing Relationship With Money

Roadside Stands vs. Farmers Markets

Vinegar: Is There Anything It Can’t Do?

Does a Financial Education Matter?

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Best Of Buck, July 2009

Best Of Buck, July 2009

At the end of each month I am going to highlight a few of my favorite posts from The Buck List. Here is the July batch.

Three Blogging Lessons I Have Learned By Example

Best Sweepstakes Sites

Food Banks, Pantries and Soup Kitchens: How to Find Food in Times of Need

Best Free Movie and TV Sites

Eat Out on the Cheap

How to Make Money With a Booth