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Composting for Beginners

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up, I remember my mom always sending me out to the composting bin with a bucket full of (what I thought was) gross bits and pieces of food waste. I remember opening the lid of our composting bin and what felt like a billion wasps, bees, and fruit flies coming out of the bin. I love seeing the worms and bees in the compost.

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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

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So, when I started to consider the veggie garden option, I understood how it was greener but wasn’t so sure about being able to save money. Depending on what you had to buy before you were able to harvest, he calculated a saving of between $25 and $2000. Making your own compost will save you around $35 to $60.

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Daily Frugal Tip: Create A Worm Composting Bin

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Check out how to create your own worm composting bin. This is a great way to reduce food waste, add great nutrients to your garden/yard soil, and save on fertilizer! Daily Frugal Tip: Create A Worm Composting Bin is a post from Couponing 101. Do you have a Frugal Tip you’d like to share? Please send me an email !

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How To Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

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Multiply that by million of kids (and adults going to work) and you can see how much of a problem this is. Thankfully there is a better way to “bag” your lunch that is both good for the environment AND saves you money. Of course, that’s only the financial savings. Just stop using disposables. It’s quite simple, really.

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How to Incorporate Sustainable Living in Schools

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The good thing with implementing eco-friendly initiatives in schools is that they often represent a cost saving as well as helping the planet. Recycling the school’s waste can include establishing composting systems and worm farms to use as fertilizers for the garden.

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How to Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables

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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. There are also compost bins that you can purchase from home and garden stores that will hold your compost.

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Save money growing your own vegetables.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are few healthier and better ways to save money than organically growing your own fruit and vegetables in your own garden. So if you’re interested in turning your garden-patch into a bowl of ripe produce, here’s how to start. Preparing your garden. Starting off your plants. appeared first on Prairie Eco-Thrifter.