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My Backyard Compost

Family Balance Sheet

My composting adventures all started about 9 years ago when our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office offered a free composting bin (the round one in the picture) when you attended their free composting seminar. I have a system going, but I am a laid back composter. So what did I learn at the seminar?

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

We like to start a backyard fire to roast marshmallows and invite friends over to enjoy the long summer day. Fun @ Home: Host a backyard S’mores party. – Fire up the backyard fire pit and invite your friends and neighbors. Go camping in the backyard. Have a backyard game night. A Tour of Our Backyard.

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How to Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Luckily, organic vegetables can be grown in the comfort of your own backyard. First, you will want to create a compost pile that will produce organic fertilizer for your soil. First, you will want to create a compost pile that will produce organic fertilizer for your soil. You should moisten and stir your compost often.

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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

More and more people like myself are returning to the joy of growing vegetables, herbs and even eggs right in their own backyards. Fifty years ago, this was the norm; almost every backyard had a veggie patch that supplemented the food bought at a store. This means that you use natural products to feed and protect the plants.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. Over the years, I’ve invested small amounts at a time, extending my growing space, adding several types of berries, planting cherry trees, and growing an asparagus patch from seed.

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Summer Fun Guide 2019

Family Balance Sheet

Fun @ Home: Host a backyard S’mores party. – Fire up the backyard fire pit and invite your friends and neighbors. Go camping in the backyard. Have a backyard game night. A Tour of Our Backyard. How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost. – Turn the screens off and get outside.We

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