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How to Find Free or Low Cost Gardening Seminars

Family Balance Sheet

Garden nurseries are preparing for the upcoming season and are really trying to reel you in to their store to make your spring planting purchases. Although if I remember correctly, the potato went into the compost; it got moldy before it sprouted. Those bins were about $50 in the stores at the time.

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Clean Your Bath & Kitchen Drains Naturally

Family Balance Sheet

After some research I realized how easy it is to avoid the toxic cleaners by just cleaning the drains on a regular basis. Instead of throwing a used lemon or lime in the trash or compost, cut it into smaller pieces and drop it down the garbage disposal. I also decided at that point that I never wanted to buy that stuff again.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

While we were still renting an apartment, I researched areas with lower property taxes, scouted out my ideal neighborhoods, and waited for a smaller, less expensive house to come on the market. When we lived in a bigger city, we had great resale stores for used clothing and toys. Childhood joy. Purple raspberries from my garden.

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Thrifty gardening Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” That is why the plant stores call them ‘seed potatoes’ after all. Be aware that there are laws that govern what can be brought into which regions – to protect our native environments from introduction of noxious elements so research before trading cross region! Use compost, make your own.

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The Christmas Tree – Artificial or Real?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Finding a place to store it all year is still difficult. Obviously trees can be composted and used in other re-cycle situations, so they don’t sit in land fills for years as artificial. We were tired of spending $40 – $50 a year on trees. It was convenient to already have a tree. The tree has no good pine smell.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Since I already had some sandrete (a kind of cement I use to fill the lines in my brick sidewalk), I decided to wait on getting a kit and do a bit more research. 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.

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10 Ways To Make Your Home A Zero-Waste Facility

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Shredded paper can be put in compost piles. Don’t Waste Food Cook only the amount you will eat, refrigerate any leftovers, and compost anything else. Buying food you throw away not only costs you money but also produces more waste, from the farmer all the way down to the car ride to the grocery store. As well as.

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