[tvanantwerp]

I feel like some of this begins to cross the line from frugal to cheap. Hunting down a neighbor with a rosemary bush (aside from not actually providing the prepared leaves of camellia sinensis) instead of spending a few bucks on a box of tea seems absurd--it assumes your time and effort have no value at all.

By all means, don't waste money. But before even that, don't waste your time. You can always earn more money, but you'll never earn back time.

[thorwasdfasdf]

every dollar you earn is time wasted. paying for that 5$ rosemary at the store will cost will cost you 10 minutes of work time, if you earn 30$/hr after taxes ~ 90K/year.

And, I think 10 minutes spent getting to know the neighbors or hanging out with family to pick their rosemary bush is a much better use of time than yet another 10m working.