Family Balance Sheet
MAY 10, 2011
When I first set up my box garden about 9 years ago, I naively used soil that was dug up from another project on our property. Even though I amended the soil in my boxed garden with compost over the years, the majority of the soil was thick, heavy clay that made pulling root vegetables, like carrots, very difficult.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 19, 2013
If you read online sites, make sure the advice you get is for your hardiness zone. Compost Yard And Garden Waste. Most home gardeners do not need to use chemical fertilizers on their vegetable gardens. Instead, use composted yard and garden waste. Know as much as you can before digging in. Have your soil tested.
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Saving Cents With Sense
JANUARY 5, 2016
But hold on – before you throw away all those orange peels, keep reading to find out 10 uses for orange peels. For outside the kitchen, you can use this to give beat-up, dusty, wooden sofa legs a store-like finish as well. #2 When mosquitos are bad, I use this DIY All Natural Mosquito Spray. #6
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 29, 2015
The type of soil you choose to use is extremely important, as many non-organic types use manmade mixes that are harmful to the environment and take up a lot of energy to produce. Image by Edsel Little used under the Creative Commons License. Selecting your soil. appeared first on Prairie Eco-Thrifter.
Nicoles Nickels
APRIL 21, 2014
Put your sandwich in reusable lunchbox container to take home and use again. Before you toss anything away, stop to think about how you might be able to use it again. Before you throw away, make sure to check out what biodegradable foods can be brought back home to be added to a compost pile. Make compost at home!
Saving Cents With Sense
JANUARY 26, 2015
But hold on – before you throw away all those orange peels, keep reading to find out 10 uses for orange peels. For outside the kitchen, you can use this to give beat-up, dusty, wooden sofa legs a store-like finish as well. #2 When mosquitos are bad, I use this DIY All Natural Mosquito Spray. #6
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”. Although attempts at regulation and re-use abounded, most met with societal, economic and/or political failure. none of them were working to contain the growing mountains of waste.
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