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FREE One-Year Subscription to Better Homes and Gardens!

Couponing 101

Right now you can sign up for a FREE one-year subscription to Better Homes and Gardens ! Better Homes and Gardens magazine delivers ideas and improvement projects for your home and garden plus recipes and entertaining ideas. FREE One-Year Subscription to Better Homes and Gardens!

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. 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. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? Enjoying some outdoor time.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With interest rates at all time lows, more foreclosures coming on the market and prices at decade low levels, you may be looking to buy a home or investment property. Skills that will save you big bucks over time. Heck, even to make an offer on your dream home, you have to negotiate with your spouse and family! Negotiation.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. Our two goats I’m planning to milk next year We also have a big garden, fruit trees, a medicinal herb garden and grow some cut flowers. How did you become interesting in saving money?

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Get Your Home Ready for Fall and Winter

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Especially if you are a home owner, there are things that you should be looking at doing before the cooler weather comes rolling in. Cleaning out your gutters is a must-do before fall to avoid any mishaps and permanent water damage to your home. However, there should also be a preparation for winter in the fall. Outside Maintenance.

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DIY Ways to Save on Summer Cooling Costs for Your Home

Saving Cents With Sense

These DIY projects will help keep your home cooler in the summer, and more money in the bank. Plant your garden so that sunlight can still get into the house, but diffusely, so it isn’t shining directly into the house. Your local home improvement store will have a selection of awnings. Add Some Green Around the House.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

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Whether you’re trying to save money or just limit the amount of stuff in your life, it doesn’t make it cheap to gift your friends and family ideas from this list. They will appreciate the thoughtfulness and might also be looking to reduce the sheer amount of unnecessary stuff that comes into their homes during the holidays.

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