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My Backyard Compost

Family Balance Sheet

That composting is a great way to recycle yard and kitchen waste, return nutrients back into your soil and that it is quite easy. Compost bins are easy to make yourself with recycled wood pallets or plastic garbage containers. Last year, a pumpkin plant started growing out of the side of one of my bins. Do you have a compost?

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7 Ways to Upcycle Glass Jars

Couponing 101

Even recycling has its environmental costs. It’s always better to reuse than recycle! Just keep in mind that some jars will be too big for most succulent plants! Lauren calls them winter mason jar lanterns, but I think these are just perfect for a spring evening out in the backyard! Hanging Lanterns.

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Small Raised Garden Kit – $28

Saving With Shellie

This is perfect if you are still looking for a spot to plant a garden in your yard. You could plant flowers but we use our raised garden bed for growing vegetables! Use six cubic feet of soil to fill this bed and plant it with herbs, vegetables, or flowers. Not up for a backyard garden? TheThe dimensions are 42 in.

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Why You Should Live Green

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Take the issue of recycling , for example, one of the first environmental strategies governments put into place around the world. Now we sort the trash into garbage and recycling, almost automatically for most of us; it’s not a difficult task and doesn’t really take any extra time to do, once we have formed the habit.

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