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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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Don’t Dig a Money Pit in Your Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the biggest mistakes new gardeners make is wasting money on plants that are intended for climates in which they do not live. Unless you can figure out how to control the temperatures and growing seasons in your yard and fields, you are wasting time, money and garden space. Compost Yard And Garden Waste.

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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. 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.

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Lazy compost and even lazier wine…

Discount Coder UK

It often means you save time and hassle, which means you also save money. Lazy compost There are all manner of complicated and. Lazy is sometimes good. I’ve come across two quite spectacularly lazy ways to get a lot more in exchange for much less effort. 2 ways to spend less the lazy way 1.

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Our Green & Money Savvy Path

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Compost kitchen scraps. Compost our leaves and grass. Compost our leaves and grass. Use compostable garbage bags. Money changes we’ve made : Do our own taxes online. Household changes we’ve made : Switched from chemical cleaners to homemade phosphate and eco friendly ones. I walk to and from work.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

How did you get interested in saving money? At age 12, I started saving up my allowance and babysitting money to buy Christmas gifts for other children who were less fortunate. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? What’s an embarrassing money mistake you’ve made? helping out 7.

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FREE Kindle Book: Composting Inside & Out

Saving Cents With Sense

FREE Kindle Book: Composting Inside & Out. Right now you can get this Kindle book, Composting Inside & Out: The comprehensive guide to reusing trash, saving money and enjoying the benefits of organic gardening for FREE (normally $16.99). I love finding FREE books, don’t you? Don’t have a kindle?

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