10 Depression Era Life Tips We Learned From Our Parents

3) Save Every Container

Does your fridge look like it’s filled exclusively with Country Crock and jam? Them’s the breaks when you reuse every container. Today, we often think of the packages that food or consumables come in as completely disposable. But, everything that could be used was used during the Great Depression, so jars and boxes got used over and over depending on their condition. Glass jars for pickling, fruit crates for planters, larger crates for cribs or storage. The list goes on and on.