Money and time saving tips

We get wood chips free from our local county. They deliver right to our door. Call your county maintenance dept. to see if they offer this service.

We don't even feed hay or grain, their in the pasture 24/7. No stall stuff because they insist on staying outside.

second hand tack shops are great and get to know a person in a vets or a feed shop, also use the same hay person and they will do you deals and you wont run out of hay

We get our sawdust for bedding from a small sawmill near our house for free. They're happy to get rid of it and we're happy to take it.

Oh and I decided to start using a supplement to darken the gold in my palomino's coat. Instead of paying big bucks for "Gold as Sun" supplement, I found the ingredients online and am giving her several of those - you can buy paprika and nutmeg, two of the main ingredients, in bulk for less than the supplement.

I dont buy alot of horsey stuff. Just tack when I need new stuff and basic items from the feed mill. They carry halters and grooming supplies. Keeping me out of the tack store saves $$ lol. I put together a horse first aid kit at the barn. The only things I didnt get from the drug store were vet wrap and hoof pack. I use diaper rash ointment instead of topical products for scrapes and scratches (the bacteria.) I use my old shampoo instead of horsey shampoo. I made my own betadine. Just shampoo iodine and some water. (Its like $18 a bottle and it dissapears so fast.) I shop around online alot. We use straw instead of bedding. Even if you use a few bales a weeks its usually cheeper. I only use a bale every two weeks for our stalls (they are more of a shelter.)

I stalk dollar stores. I get all my brushes there and they work the same or better than "horse ones". I might try mixing my grain together but that might cause more troubles than solve.

Only buy what you need.

This may seem like a "duh" but... if you only clip the fuzz off the outside of your horses' ear twice a year, borrow clippers from a friend.
You really only need one really good body brush, one curry comb, one hoofpick.
Try to avoid impulse purchases: cute but impractical is just more tack room clutter.

When you have the oppurtunity, accept freebies (so what if he's in a hot pink blanket - it keeps him warm doesn't it? And he's probably colorblind anyway).