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Ways To Reuse Old Items For Your Container Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the more interesting ways to garden is to grow items in containers. You might be surprised at the types of plants you can grow in a container garden. Container gardening can be a great way to grow your own food, improving your self-reliance and living more sustainably. Plant your little seeds in the bottom part.

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Natural Solutions for Garden Pests

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We planted our first in-the-ground vegetable garden this year. The previous person who lived here owned a nursery, so there are a whole bunch of beautiful plants and flowering shrubs all around the property. He picked plants that would provide the property with a continuous bloom.

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Fun Freetime: TurfMutt Foundation Predicts “Backyarding” Advances to a Master Level

Motherhood Moments

Get ready to see hiking trails, dog parks, outdoor eateries, green concert spaces, community gardens, pollinator plantings, playgrounds, rooftop gardens and terraces, and more in communities that expand and revitalize. Homeowners will continue to plant with wildlife in mind. Say goodbye to bland yards and parks.

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Recycling is great for the environment and we should all be doing it (in spite of my title), but reusing is even better. When you can reuse or re-purpose an item, you are not only saving it from the landfills, but you are also saving the expense and energy which would have been expended when you recycle. Plastic trash bags.

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5 Tips for the Beginning Gardener

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you want to improve your health and your sustainability, one of the best ways is to grow a garden. Caring for a garden offers opportunities for exercise outside, and it allows for you to ensure that the food you eat is responsibly grown. For the beginner, though, gardening can present a number of challenges. Use Starts.

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Guerrilla Gardening And Seed Bombing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Coined in 1973 by Liz Christy and her Green Guerrilla group in New York City, guerrilla gardening uses “seed grenades” as a way of introducing vegetation to empty lots in NYC in order to make the city look better. Sure, people do actually plant some of them, but I think throwing them is much more fun. You know you do!

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How We Frugal-ed in September 2022

Family Balance Sheet

Garden Harvest. I planted a small garden this year: 2 tomato plants, 1 cucumber, 1 pepper plant that sadly didn’t make it, and 1 butternut squash. My butternut plant yielded nine beautiful squashes. I have toned down my gardening in recent years. I like to reuse them for lunches/snacks.

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