The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

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. I was searching for ways to cut back on expenses and found this blog. I quickly became a daily reader. The more kids I could “adopt”, the better!

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 2, 2022

Front-Yard Landscaping: 15 Tips To Help You Design Your Landscape and Save Money. How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost. They’re all designed to help you save money, pay off debt, and achieve your financial goals, so please take advantage of them. A Tour of Our Backyard. Share in the comments!

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 130

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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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. Let us know in the comments. Join the link up below.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2013

If you decide to buy in bulk as a way to save money, you can preserve some of that food for later. Compost kitchen waste to feed your garden. A meal plan can be one of the best ways to avoid last-minute takeout runs, as well as ensure that you have a way to use the food you buy. Preserve Some of Your Food. You can do the same.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

0 saves Save. 6 Ways to Save Money On a Gym Membership [link] #. Reading: Carnival of Money Stories # 94 Introspective Edition [link] by @ InvestItWisely # Yakezie Get your cup of coffee out. #. « Green Panda Treehouse [link] I am frugal and I am proud to be #. How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment [link] #.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 22, 2012

Girls Just Wanna Have Funds included Nelson’s post, Saving Money on Las Vegas in the Carnival of Personal Finance #351. Seuss Lorax Edition as well as Canadian Finance Blog who hosted the Carnival of Financial Camaraderie #23 and included it as did The Frugal Toad who hosted Totally Money Carnival #57.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2019

Front-Yard Landscaping: 15 Tips To Help You Design Your Landscape and Save Money. How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost. I have over 40 gardening posts in my archives , with topics ranging vertical gardening, square foot gardening, planting vegetables and herbs, composting, recipes from my gardening harvest, and more.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We Saved Money With Our Artificial Tree. 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. Obviously trees can be composted and used in other re-cycle situations, so they don’t sit in land fills for years as artificial.

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Christmas Real Estate Cycle Re-use 181

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.

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February Finance Personal Finance Money 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

How to Save Money shares the best price comparison sites in Canada. Sustainable Personal Finance talks to us about the benefits of kitchen compost. We have an indoor compost bin as well as three outdoor bins. For veggie scraps and such, I try to use them to make stock so they don’t even hit the compost pile.

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Saving With Shellie

AUGUST 1, 2012

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. You’ll save money even if you skip seed starting and purchase plants from a nursery, but you’ll save even more when you start from seeds.

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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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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.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

How did you get interested in saving money? My interest in frugality is less about saving money specifically, and more about making good use of the resources I have. I found Kristen while searching for a recipe for something, and just fell in love with her writing style & pictures.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Print them yourself to save money. Ask the guests to RSVP by phone or email to save paper and postage. Choose decorations that can be reused or that are made of natural materials and so can be recycled in the garden or compost. Related posts: Five Great Money Saving Tips. Going Green at Work.

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Green Flowers and Plants Recycle Recycled 183

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Instead of throwing the seeds into the compost, I roast them up for a fun snack. Every year, daddy and the girls carve a pumpkin or two. It's super easy and the flavor variations are endless. How to Roast Pumpkin (and other fall squash) Seeds. Remove seeds from pumpkin or squash. Rinse the seeds and remove any remaining pulp.

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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.

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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. Or they think of selling their possessions and heading off into the great unknown, with only a single suitcase and a laptop. He’s much happier.

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Finance Money Goals Donation 218

Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

What you can save on, what to expect to go on sale, each month, a list of awesome things to stock up on for the entire year ! … This is a way to plan your purchases by month for the entire year and a great way to budget and save money! The best guide ! Other Items on Sale: Mattresses, military discounts. June is here.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 16, 2011

Guest Post Author Bio: This is a guest post from Little House in the Valley who blogs about saving money with a plan. Slowly I transitioned to composting my kitchen scraps, again limiting the number of items that ended up in our city’s landfill.

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