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How to Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Luckily, organic vegetables can be grown in the comfort of your own backyard. First, you will want to create a compost pile that will produce organic fertilizer for your soil. There are also compost bins that you can purchase from home and garden stores that will hold your compost. You are now ready to plant your seeds.

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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

More and more people like myself are returning to the joy of growing vegetables, herbs and even eggs right in their own backyards. Fifty years ago, this was the norm; almost every backyard had a veggie patch that supplemented the food bought at a store. and then compared the result with shop prices.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

We like to start a backyard fire to roast marshmallows and invite friends over to enjoy the long summer day. Fun @ Home: Host a backyard S’mores party. – Fire up the backyard fire pit and invite your friends and neighbors. Go camping in the backyard. Have a backyard game night. A Tour of Our Backyard.

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Summer Fun Guide 2019

Family Balance Sheet

Fun @ Home: Host a backyard S’mores party. – Fire up the backyard fire pit and invite your friends and neighbors. Go camping in the backyard. Have a backyard game night. How to Grill Summer Fruit. How to Grill Pizza – No need to heat up the house to make homemade pizza, grill it instead!

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Celebrating Our Earth One Change At A Time

Family Balance Sheet

From composting and saving rain water to using cloth napkins and reusable grocery bags, I have made many changes in my life over the last 20 years. When I was a college sophomore, I didn't even know how to cook scrambled eggs, let alone grow my own food. Earth Day has come a long way. I have come a long way too.

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Urban Farm Magazine Subscription – Only $4.50 Per Year!

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This is a GREAT magazine if you’re interesting in gardening, but don’t have very much backyard space at your house. Here is some info: “A guide for those in cities or suburbs looking to become more self-sufficient by growing some of their own food and treading lightly on the environment in the space they have.