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4 Hobbies for Adulthood

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Gardening is another hobby you can pick up at any age. We have a natural curiosity and enthusiasm for nurturing growth and harmony and building a creative partnership with nature. Cooking and Baking. All the information you need about trails and camping will be at any state park’s visitor center.

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Creating Your First Herb Garden: Picking the Right Herbs

Saving Cents With Sense

I make sure I always have a variety of herbs on hand without breaking the bank by keeping my own container garden. Even if you are a beginning gardener, there are plenty of herbs that are easy to grow and have a lot of uses in the kitchen. Thyme and basil can share a container or garden plot easily.

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Free Weekend Activities 12/2

Saving In Akron

There are over 100 participating Museums, Zoos, Science Centers, and Botanical Gardens across the US. LEGO Stores – Tuesday 12/6 at 5pm, Free Lego Monthly Mini Model Build: Nutcracker! Lowes Build and Grow – Saturday 12/3 from 10am-Noon, FREE: Kids build a Caboose Build and Grow train!

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A garden stepping stone for Mom, maybe?! Making a garden stepping stone is not difficult or expensive, but does require some adult supervision. What Is a Garden Stepping Stone? Garden Stepping Stone Craft Kits Hobby Lobby had several versions of kits to create a stepping stone. The most expensive was around $20.

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Seven Cheap Hobbies That You and Your Family Can Enjoy

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Building model airplanes, for example, might have gone by the wayside with the recession because it is a hobby that can quickly get expensive. With fishing, you can make small purchases over time to build up your fishing supplies, so that it is not very expensive all at one time. You can either purchase a few worms or a few lures.

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Mother’s Day 2011 FREEBIES

Saving Cents With Sense

Lowe’s : FREE Build & Grow Clinic to make a Heart Flower Vase (Saturday, 5/7). National Public Gardens : FREE Admission (Friday, 5/6). :: Good Deals. Einstein Bagels: FREE Baked Treat with Drink Purchase (after 2pm). There are several FREEBIES and deals offered this weekend, that you can definitely make mom’s day. :: FREE.

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My Mother-in-law used to bake small cakes at Christmas time in empty vegetable cans to give away. Now we use them as chip bag fasteners as well as to hold the garden mesh netting on the chicken wire circles that surround my blueberry bushes – to keep the birds and squirrels from eating the ripening berries. Empty vegetable cans.

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