Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 7, 2011

Yet, you pay the prices because you want to provide chemical-free vegetables for you and your family. You will have peace of mind knowing that your tasty vegetables are chemical-free, and the money you save will be an added bonus. First, you will want to create a compost pile that will produce organic fertilizer for your soil.

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Grow Your Own Growing Organic Organization 145

For the Mommas

AUGUST 29, 2013

Family Fun for your whole family! Targeted for families with children ages three to twelve, each issue is packed with exciting activities & games, party plans, recipes, travel guides, educational projects, and tips on adding creativity and fun to your life. Just enter coupon code FORTHEMOMMAS.

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Magazines Family Compost Composting 45

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 1, 2011

My hubby and I are a dual income family living in a suburban home, but we are not your typical family. Today I wanted to share with you the steps we have taken: Energy saving changes we’ve made : Turn off our computer every night. Compost kitchen scraps. Compost our leaves and grass. I walk to and from work.

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Money Green Compost Composting 124

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 27, 2011

I didn't compost the salad, because it had feta cheese mixed in) We certainly eat leftovers, but by the end of last week, we were (1) lazy and (2) lazy. Eating leftovers is one of my tenets of saving money in the kitchen but I am even guilty of wasting food at times. 600 is what many Americans spend on food each month.

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Economical Kitchen Grocery Groceries 173

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 22, 2011

From composting and saving rain water to using cloth napkins and reusable grocery bags, I have made many changes in my life over the last 20 years. It was in downtown Pittsburgh at a park where the three rivers meet, if I remember correctly. There weren't a lot of people walking around, mostly hippies and college students.

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Compost Composting College Home and Garden 127

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 10, 2012

In place of wood chips, we buy leaf compost from our township. Front Yard Landscaping: 15 Tips to Help You Design Your Landscape and Save Money. We clean up the front yard every April and the project always seems so overwhelming when the mulch is delivered. and more WEEDS. Doesn't mulching make a world of difference?

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Landscaping Cleaning Plants 2007 149

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2013

Here are 7 ways you can reduce household waste (and maybe even save a little money): 1. If you decide to buy in bulk as a way to save money, you can preserve some of that food for later. Rather than throwing out the excess, you can save it for a later meal. Compost kitchen waste to feed your garden. Nor is it healthy.

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Re-use Home and Garden Bulk Electronics 278

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 5, 2012

Articles include how-to projects, gardening basics, composting, beekeeping, roof-top gardening, preserving and freezing, and time and money-saving ideas. This offer expires at Thursday 04/05/12 11:59 PM EST EST. ©2009-11 Saving Cents with Sense ™, a website of Saving Sense Media LLC. All rights reserved.

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Magazines Compost Composting Gardening 63

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 22, 2012

Penniless Parenting hosted the Festival of Frugality – Life Stages Edition and included YFS’ post, Thrifty Ways to Save on Travel. Many thanks to Debt Free by Thirty who hosted the Festival of Frugality #325 for including Marie’s post, Frugal Family Fun in the American Midwest.

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Personal Finance Finance Las Vegas Budgeting 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

We have been saving for our vacation to Asia since last year and we have been successful at this. I don’t know about you but I am always up for saving some money anywhere I can. I remember when we moved we had to pay for help because no one in our family was in the shape needed to lift furniture. Reducing Debt.

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February Debt Finance Personal Finance 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 10, 2013

On those 6 acres there are turkey (a family of 9 this year), American white tail deer (way too many for my garden), squirrels, raccoons, possums and wild cats. I used a grapefruit spoon to coax them out and then put them aside for the compost heap. You can even save the green fruit in the frig for a while and then ripen it up.

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Growing Kentucky Green Bread 183

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We Saved Money With Our Artificial Tree. The financial impact was positive on our family. Assuming we paid $40 a year for a tree for 15 years, we would have spent $600, an overall savings for us of $400 up through this year. Still, the artificial ones do save us money and are more convenient for us. Christmas in July.

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Christmas Real Estate Cycle Re-use 181

Coupons Do Work

APRIL 21, 2016

And more : Best Buy: Save up to 30 percent off major household appliances in The Earth Day Sale until April 30. Destination Lighting: Save 10 percent off select Quiozel Lighting with promo code NATURALS during the Earth Day sale until April 30. Door-to-door Organics: Save $10 on a produce box with promo code SHERPA10 until April 25.

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2016 Freebies Raleigh Whole Foods 100

Couponing 101

JUNE 21, 2014

3 Ella’s Kitchen Products 55¢/1 Horizon Mac & Cheese (reset) $1/1 Silk Almond Milk (reset) $1/2 Happy Family Products $2/1 Happy Child Super Nutrition Shake 4 pk. $1/1 Free Udi’s Bun on your Smashburger order (save $1) *through 6/22 $1/1 and $1.50/1 shipped with subscribe & save. Printable Coupons $1.50/2

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Organic Organization Freebies Whole Foods 68

Saving Cents With Sense

MAY 7, 2013

She’s an earth mother fond of baking kale chips and reminding you to save energy, recycle and compost the banana peels. With flower delivery you can save on delivery costs of other gift ideas you might have had to send through the Post Office. ©2009-13 Saving Cents with Sense ™, a website of Saving Sense Media LLC.

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Flowers and Plants Flowers and Gifts Finds Gifts 75

Saving With Shellie

AUGUST 1, 2012

Make a list of foods that your family will eat. Some offer resources such as seeds, plants and compost in return for your willingness to share what you grow with friends, neighbors or the local soup kitchen. Use a bag of seed starting mix or the following recipe: 1 part quality soil, 1 part sand or perlite and 1 part quality compost.

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Gardening Garden Plants Growing 65

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 22, 2011

Hopefully these tips can help you not only help the environment, but also help you save your cash, which is always welcomed! Not only will it save you money not buying as many paper towels, but it will get your windows streak-free! And just think of the money you’d save by less trips to the grocery store for produce!

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Frugal Green And Frugal Recycle Recycled 61

Nicoles Nickels

JULY 26, 2015

zulily features an always-fresh curated collection for the whole family, including clothing, home decor, toys, gifts and more. With a 109% increase in the popularity of composting over the last 30 years it is no surprise that another highly popular item is the Honest Company’s biodegradable cloth wipes. That is crazy!

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Baby San Antonio San Jose Clothing and Accessories 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Own the Dollar tells us how we can save $50 a day. How to Save Money shares with us how shopping at Costco can save us cash. The Saved Quarter tells us how we can save money on laundry. From my own experience, any tips you can find on saving money on your wedding are invaluable. Going Green. Reducing Debt.

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February Finance Personal Finance Money 113

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2016

Why not reuse and save some money! #1 2 – Aromatic Candles: Save on buying those new candles…If you’ve got a few oranges lying around; when you’re peeling them, try to pull the stem out along with some of the shell (cutting the orange’s shell in half and pulling the stem out on one side works best with this.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 58

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I am so impressed by the amount of biking and walking she and her family do, especially since it’s the functional sort, to get yourself from point A to point B. ” Sunrise on Lake Michigan I’ve moved a LOT – not as much as a military family, perhaps, but quite a bit for someone my age!

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 187

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 26, 2015

Why not reuse and save some money! #1 2 – Aromatic Candles: Save on buying those new candles…If you’ve got a few oranges lying around; when you’re peeling them, try to pull the stem out along with some of the shell (cutting the orange’s shell in half and pulling the stem out on one side works best with this.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 40

Motherhood Moments

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Brewed like tea in pre-portioned compostable coffee bags, this game-changing method allows coffee lovers to enjoy a delicious cup of coffee by simply adding hot water. Sourced directly from a fourth-generation family farm in the Acatenango Valley, the Guatemala Santa Clara coffee contains notes of chocolate with a sweet, clean finish.

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Steep Coffee Chicago Compost 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2013

moved from simple dumping on land or sea, to burial, sanitary landfill, feeding to swine, reduction, incineration, and various forms of composting”. A landfill is not like a compost pile, where the purpose is to bury trash in such a way that it will decompose quickly.”. percent, was either recycled or composted.

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Economical Recycle Recycled Recycling 188

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Instead of throwing the seeds into the compost, I roast them up for a fun snack. Did you know that you can roast other fall squash seeds, such as butternut squash , acorn squash , spaghetti squash , and just about anything in the fall squash family? Every year, daddy and the girls carve a pumpkin or two. Do you roast fall squash seeds?

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Compost Composting Lawry's Ovens 138

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 5, 2012

Shredded paper can be put in compost piles. Sharing also saves money, too – and this is all about being Zero-Waste, right? Don’t Waste Food Cook only the amount you will eat, refrigerate any leftovers, and compost anything else. Reuse Everything Glass jars make great water bottles at home. As well as.

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Home Making Reuse Recycle 229

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

When people think of minimalism, they often picture families living an almost zero-waste lifestyle, meticulously composting and recycling so they only have a single bag of trash per year. Automatic savings and investments, as well as automatic withdrawals, can help you stay on top of your finances without too much trouble.

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Finance Money Goals Donation 218

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2013

Let’s look at some of the facts surrounding these two methods of producing our food and find out which is the greener choice and how each one compares with helping us save money. Organic farmers use natural fertilizers that feed the soil and improve its structure; these include compost and manures. Commercially Grown. What about you?

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Organic Organization Food Plants 237

Couponing 101

MARCH 12, 2011

This family lives a Zero Waste lifestyle – meaning they REFUSE, reduce, reuse, and recycle almost everything. Thanks, Money Saving Mom ! I am in AWE. You can see an example of six months worth of trash in their home – it all fits in two hands. When I came across the Zero Waste Home blog I was captivated.

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Compost Composting Reuse Recycle 69

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Here is what you can find in savings with the coupons matched up for you: 4 DAY SALE (2/28 - 3/3). BUY 5, SAVE $5; MIX & MATCH PARTICIPATING PRODUCTS IN MULTIPLES OF 5. 1 Hefty Large Black Trash Bags - 2-24-19 RMN; Excludes Compost Bags (exp 03/31/19) Final Price: $5.29 Bettermade Potato Chips, 9.5 - 10 oz - B1G1.

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Kroger Kelloggs Apple Jacks Paper Towels 45

Saving With Shellie

MAY 10, 2013

After just one day’s use, dishcloths can harbor and redeposit million of germs on the surfaces you and your family use every day. Then I toss them in the compost bin or sometimes the trash. While you’re wiping your countertops with a used dishcloth, you could be spreading around the “ice” trapped within it.

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Paper Towels Kitchen Compost Composting 45

Coupons Do Work

APRIL 17, 2015

MyMixx Savings. Buy 3; B2G1 MyMixx savings. Dasani Sparkling Water, 12 pk 12 oz - $4.50 - Save $1.00 1 MyMixx savings. L bottles - $4.50 - Save $1.00 1 MyMixx savings. Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream, 14 oz - $4.99 - Save $1.00 Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream, 14 oz - $4.99 - Save $1.00 Save $1.00

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French's General Mills Betty Crocker Ocean Spray 100

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

To save more at Target, be sure to check: :: Newest Target Printable Coupons. :: Newest Target Cartwheel Offers. :: Newest Target Mobile Coupons Offers. 5% off Market Pantry Fresh Chicken (Target Cartwheel) [Family pack chicken; Excludes other brands & frozen Market Pantry chicken]. Target Ad & Coupon Matchups 2/15/15.

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