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DIY Landscaping Tips to Prepare for Fall

Saving Cents With Sense

It takes only four to six hours to install a floodlight on your garage, and materials usually cost less than $100. Measure the distance between the top of the box to the ceiling of your garage. Install conduit until you reach the center of your garage door (a hanger needs to be installed every 12”). Frugal diy landscaping'

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

We had to sell it less than 3 years after buying it, and between that and the market timing (bought in 2009, sold in 2012), we were lucky to come out of the whole situation with our original mortgage paid off completely by the sale! Hosting garage sales & reselling items. Someone else took care of all the landscaping.