Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 19, 2013

Compost Yard And Garden Waste. Plants that are fertilized too much may look beautiful, but they fail to flower and produce fruit or vegetables. Plants that are fertilized too much may look beautiful, but they fail to flower and produce fruit or vegetables. Instead, use composted yard and garden waste.

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Gardening Garden Money Flowers and Plants 202

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 13, 2012

Although if I remember correctly, the potato went into the compost; it got moldy before it sprouted. I have taken seminars on gardening, landscaping, and composting and all of them were either free or extremely inexpensive. In fact, I received a free compost bin (the round one below) at a free composting seminar.

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Gardening Garden Compost Composting 127

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 24, 2012

The Contribution to the Planet One cost-saving strategy you can use in your veggie garden is to make your own compost. Compost is a natural fertilizer and soil conditioner that will help your plants grow big and strong, while keeping the nutrients in the soil. Making your own compost will save you around $35 to $60.

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Gardening Garden Health Home and Garden 267

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 16, 2013

For example, most leftover food scraps can even be composted ( other than meat, of course ) so they can be brought home if a school or workplace doesn’t do composting. Everything in that lunch bag can be washed and reused or at least an be dealt with in an environmentally-friendly manner.

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Lunch Lunches Reuse Compost 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2015

Organic compost soil is most environmentally friendly, and by starting a composting site within your own garden you can also help enrich your own soil throughout the seasons. Starting off your plants. Some of the easiest garden plants to grow are actually fruit and vegetable producing plants. Maintenance.

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Grow Your Own Growing Saving Money Money 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 2, 2022

Actually check ALL the libraries close to you, because they may offer different activities and most of them will likely be free or just a few dollars. How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost. Summer Reading Program at the Library – Check your local library for their summer reading programs. A Tour of Our Backyard.

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Recycling the school’s waste can include establishing composting systems and worm farms to use as fertilizers for the garden. When a school adopts a whole-school approach to working towards being a sustainable school , the students learn many life lessons that may have been missed in traditional education.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 17, 2012

I filled the box up with more leaf compost, because the soil had settled over the past year. My garden is ready for May 15, the last day of frost for my region. There was an initial investment, but those weeds in the above photo were a breeze to pull out. My old soil was hard, cakey, and extremely weedy. Now, I'm ready to plant.

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Gardening Garden Flowers and Plants Cleaning 127

For the Mommas

MAY 18, 2012

Articles include how-to projects, gardening basics, composting, beekeeping, roof-top gardening, preserving and freezing, and time and money-saving ideas. This deal will be valid through tonight, May 18th at midnight (EST).

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Magazines Home and Garden Compost Composting 58

The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I save money where I can, reusing old food containers for my multitude of seasonal seedlings, getting free five-gallon buckets from the bakery to use for extra growing space, making compost from our fruit and vegetable scraps, and starting almost everything from seed. Purple raspberries from my garden.

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Kids and Family Home and Garden Money Frugal 184

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

If the supermarket stocks items from local farmers, the supermarket may be a good candidate for further research. Are you using items that can be thrown into the compost heap? Once you have figured out a few companies that you think may be a good fit as a socially responsible investment , it’s time to do some more research.

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Green Compost Composting Insurance 183

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2019

Actually check ALL the libraries close to you, because they may offer different activities and most of them will likely be free or just a few dollars. How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost. Summer Reading Program at the Library – Check your local library for their summer reading programs. A Tour of Our Backyard.

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2019 Home and Garden Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family 124

Nicoles Nickels

MAY 23, 2015

NestFresh Eggs come from small family farms across the country and are packed into recycled, recyclable, and compostable cartons. Nicole may have received product/information to facilitate this post. Nicole’s take: My girls are big egg eaters. Like we go through at least 2 dozen a week. Entry -Form. All opinions are our own.

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Giveaway Recycle Recycled Recycling 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 28, 2011

Early Earthships often lacked amenities such as indoor toilets, however newer models have endeavored to install waste disposal systems that make use of composting tanks and, in some cases, direct water that has been contaminated with waste out to leach pools. Using an Earthship Layout to Save Money on Heating and Lighting.

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Saving Money Money Debt Plumbing 145

Coupons Do Work

JUNE 12, 2016

Gardening: Plants, flowers, seeds, watering cans, plant food, soil, weed killers, mulch, compost buckets, water hoses. Summer Needs: Insect repellant, sunscreen, outdoor furniture, shorts, sun hats, beach toys, bird feeders, lawn mowers, barbecues and grilling utensils, swim wear, kid pools, sandboxes, sandals.

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June Buy Buying Lingerie 100

Saving With Shellie

AUGUST 1, 2012

You may have a dedicated space where you grow food, but if you don’t, keep reading because the information here also applies to edible landscaping and container gardening. If no one but the puppy finds that beautiful harvest of dill and eggplant appealing, you may have wasted time and garden space.

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Gardening Garden Plants Growing 65

Coupons Do Work

APRIL 21, 2016

Juice Beauty: Get the Earth Day Beautiful Body Collection for only $34 until May 1. You can learn about what these great local organizations are doing in and around Durham. Eddie Bauer: Save up to 40 percent off the Earth Week Sale, plus get free shipping on orders $99 and up until April 24.

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2016 Freebies Raleigh Whole Foods 100

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 21, 2011

It is at participating stores so you may want to call ahead. :: Disney Store: FREE Reusable Bag – In honor of Earth Day on Friday, the Disney Store is giving away free Reusable Shopping Bags. . :: Whole Foods: Earth Day Activities – Whole Foods has some great Earth Day celebrations going on.

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Whole Foods Recycle Recycled Recycling 45

Motherhood Moments

JUNE 27, 2023

Even the most discerning coffee aficionados may think that taste, aroma, and body are all about the bean itself. Steeped Coffee ( Steeped ), the eco-minded force behind fresh-roasted, single-serve gourmet coffee in compostable brew bags, wants people to know what to expect when it comes to the different roasting methods.

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Steep Coffee Drinks Compost 100

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. May is flower season after all, and the green goddess will love planting fresh perennials in the yard.

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Flowers and Plants Flowers and Gifts Finds Gifts 75

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 12, 2012

We often have dug big and deep holes (we plant a lot of trees), then layered in the compost and other amendments as we fill the hole back in, mixing each layer. Farmer’s markets also may sell plants. It is easiest to do this prior to planting and gives the soil time to amend. Here in the Midwest that is usually June.

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Flowers and Plants Gardening Garden Frugal 185

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

APRIL 20, 2016

Your party may get a little warm with a lot of people in a small space, so adjust the temperature and crack a window. Susty Party makes eco-friendly, compostable, non-toxic party supplies with many designs to choose from. If you live in a building with a rooftop or party space, that may be a great place to host a party.

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Food and Drink Drinks Simple Lighting 54

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 22, 2011

Recycle – Of course you probably already know about this tip, and may have a recycling bin in your home. Hopefully these tips can help you not only help the environment, but also help you save your cash, which is always welcomed! 10 Frugal Tips for Earth Day. But there are other ways to recycle products, too.

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Frugal Green And Frugal Recycle Recycled 61

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 13, 2012

How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment Guest Post Author Bio: Bailey writes about insurance and other topics for the Homeowners Insurance Blog.Basically there are two reasons to. Should You Line Dry Your Clothes? Up through the 1950's in America, most housewives lined dried their clothes. Clothes dryers were around, but expensive.

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Giving Used Crafts Craft 188

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2016

Oranges are in season right now and you may have noticed that they are a great price at the grocery store! Right now is the time to stock up on this vitamin C packing fruit.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 58

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2013

As far back as 1978 (Future Trends Which Will Influence Waste Disposal by Abel Wolman) Wolman noted that: “If it is true, as some insist, that solid waste may be a resource disguised as a nuisance, then supplementary aids for its successful continuous recovery must be discovered.”. percent, was either recycled or composted. Background.

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Economical Recycle Recycled Recycling 188

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 26, 2015

Oranges are in season right now and you may have noticed that they are a great price at the grocery store! Right now is the time to stock up on this vitamin C packing fruit.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2013

Organic farmers use natural fertilizers that feed the soil and improve its structure; these include compost and manures. You might get a few blemishes and all your apples may be different sizes, but they will taste superb. The cost saving may not be in dollars but what price do you put on your health? What Our Taste Buds Say.

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Organic Organization Food Plants 237

Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

April Showers brings May Flowers! May starts Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day and ends with Memorial Day—a weekend that’s become a shopping sales bonanza. Gardening: Plants, flowers, seeds, watering cans, plant food, soil, weed killers, mulch, compost buckets, water hoses. And this is the month of Easter and start of spring.

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Flowers and Plants Cinco De Mayo Buy Buying 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

As the shell breaks down, it acts as part of the compost , and it is also a natural slug repellent. 2011 Harvest Report Some of you may think that this post is late in coming but I just picked my last bell peppers. Plant your little seeds in the bottom part.

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Reuse Gardening Garden Plants 228

Saving With Shellie

MAY 10, 2013

You may want to ditch your own germ dishcloth and switch to Bounty DuraTowel. Then I toss them in the compost bin or sometimes the trash. The standard restaurant kitchen ATP number for a clean kitchen averages between 150-300. My kitchen had more than 10,000. I am so glad I don’t normally use a dish towel.

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Paper Towels Kitchen Compost Composting 45