Replay: 23 Frugal Living Tips from the Great Depression You Need to Know with Jenny Boghun Artwork

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Replay: 23 Frugal Living Tips from the Great Depression You Need to Know with Jenny Boghun

September 29, 2026 • Amy Fagan

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I'm bringing back this episode from 2023 with my friend Jenny, who is such a wealth of knowledge and life experience; I'm currently bending her ear about house sale and buying, because she also worked for a real estate office... I loved this episode, going over this list of frugal tips from the depression - I love hearing about what earlier generations did, because it feels like things are just more reliable when you do it yourself, and I want to learn them all! The list link is at the end here - please check it out and let me know which one(s) you're itching to try!

Since this initially aired, I've actually stayed in Jenny's tiny home, and it is SO special. It's very comfy and she leaves home baked treats, and you feel super pampered. You haven't seen high quality home decor until you've seen Jenny's decor!

It's been 6 months coming, since Jenny Boghun was my podcast guest and I said she would come back to go over this list 23 Frugal Living Tips from the Great Depression You Need to Know to Save a Ton of Money that she learned from her parents, and I've realized that I have lost all concept of time... But here she is - better late than never, right? If you remember, Jenny's previous episode was called Big Living on a Tiny Homestead, and she talked about her tiny house, and her composting toilet, and she lives on Out of My Gourd Farm and grows gourds ...

Here's the 23 Frugal Living Tips list: https://www.littlehouseliving.com/23-frugal-tips-from-the-great-depression-you-need-to-know.html

Jenny's Tiny Home Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/207tinyhouse/

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