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The Christmas Tree – Artificial or Real?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Finding a place to store it all year is still difficult. Obviously trees can be composted and used in other re-cycle situations, so they don’t sit in land fills for years as artificial. We were tired of spending $40 – $50 a year on trees. It was convenient to already have a tree. The tree has no good pine smell.

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10 Frugal Tips For Earth Day

Saving Cents With Sense

And just think of the money you’d save by less trips to the grocery store for produce! Not only can reusable totes and bags help cut down on environmental waste, but many stores (like Target ) offer you money off for using reusable bags. ©2009-11 Saving Sense Media LLC. You can also follow along in my gardening journey.

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10 Uses for Orange Peels

Saving Cents With Sense

Oranges are in season right now and you may have noticed that they are a great price at the grocery store! For outside the kitchen, you can use this to give beat-up, dusty, wooden sofa legs a store-like finish as well. #2 ©2009-14 Saving Cents with Sense ™, a website of Saving Sense Media LLC. I’d love to hear about it.

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10 Uses for Orange Peels

Saving Cents With Sense

Oranges are in season right now and you may have noticed that they are a great price at the grocery store! For outside the kitchen, you can use this to give beat-up, dusty, wooden sofa legs a store-like finish as well. #2 ©2009-14 Saving Cents with Sense ™, a website of Saving Sense Media LLC. I’d love to hear about it.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Can’t believe I live here – a lake near my house Because I’ve lived so many different places, I’ve seen first-hand how good use of available resources can really improve overall community experiences, such as community gardens that utilize city-wide composting programs, to libraries, cycling infrastructure.