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Square Foot Gardening: Spring Clean Up

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We spent Easter weekend sprucing up our front and back yard landscaping. We spent this past weekend, cleaning up my square foot garden. As you can see, it needed some attention: Some of the 'weeds' in the picuture is the mint that I naively planted 10 years ago when we built my garden box. Have you opened up your garden yet?

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DIY Landscaping Tips to Prepare for Fall

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Use a garden fork to aerate a small yard. What other landscaping tips do you have? This site uses affiliate links. The post DIY Landscaping Tips to Prepare for Fall appeared first on Saving Cents With Sense. The post DIY Landscaping Tips to Prepare for Fall appeared first on Saving Cents With Sense.

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Home Depot Garden Club Sign Up: Coupons, Savings and More Deals

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Sign up for the Home Depot Garden Club to get savings, deal alerts, and other promotions sent to directly to you. This is a great way to save on all your garden and landscape needs. This site uses affiliate links. Freebie Friday coupons Gardening' All rights reserved. Read my disclosure policy here.

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Square Foot Gardening: Starting Over With New Soil

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Last year, I chronicled my box garden conversion from random planting to the more calculated method, known as Square Foot Gardening. I had great success, but at the end of the season, I vowed that in 2011, I was going to replace all of the dirt in my box with new soil following the Square Foot Gardening recipe for a soil mix.

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Home Depot Garden Club $5 Off at Sign Up

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Have you signed up for the Home Depot Garden Club yet? This is a nice FREEBIE to sign up for if you like to garden , want to start one, or just need help with ideas regarding landscaping. This site uses affiliate links. The post Home Depot Garden Club $5 Off at Sign Up appeared first on Saving Cents With Sense.

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How We’re Saving Money On Water Even Though We Live in the Desert

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Landscape with plants that have a low water requirement. Instead, the yard is landscaped with stones and various cacti. Then we can reuse the water to water our garden. Instead of letting that water go down the drain, he collects it in a bowl to water our garden. Plant our garden where it receives some shade.

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Garden & Yard Items On Sale up to 80% Off!

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The weather is great for getting outside and working on the yard, and right now you can save up to 80% on garden and yard items, like this Set of 4 Hose Roller Guides by TerraTrade for just $5.99 (originally $24.99)! Try out your green thumb with this TerraTrade 7 in 1 Plant Care Garden Tool Set , only $14.99 (75% off)!