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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Advantages of Gardening The advantages of growing your own vegetables include eating fresh, nutritious food, knowing exactly what has gone into your food, reducing food miles to almost zero, healthy exercise, education for the kids and the joy of producing something healthy for the family. Because the.

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Are You Daring Enough to Use Eco-Friendly Feminine Hygiene Items?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Are you a savvy woman intent on greening your life? Do you drive a hybrid car or bypass vehicles all together and take public transportation? Do you have your house well-insulated and solar panels on your roof? Do you grow your own food in your garden and buy the rest locally from farmers?

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Sustainable Living Traits To Pass On To Your Children

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Go hiking and camping and show them the beauty of the outdoors (and teach them to leave trails and campsites better than when you arrived) Plant a garden with your children to give them a tangible example of how much fun growing your own food and eating healthy can be!

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Culling Sustenence For Less

Frugal Luxuries

Unlike grain and corn feed, grass requires no fossil fuel for transport. Constant costing — Because you’re buying your meat all at once, it’s easy to budget your costs for an extended period. Fewer trips to the grocery store — Plus you no longer have to plan your meals around what’s on sale.

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