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How We Frugal-ed in September 2022

Family Balance Sheet

Garden Harvest. I planted a small garden this year: 2 tomato plants, 1 cucumber, 1 pepper plant that sadly didn’t make it, and 1 butternut squash. My butternut plant yielded nine beautiful squashes. I have toned down my gardening in recent years. My Frugal Shenanigans! Way more than last year.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Are you a gardener? Do you have beautiful perennials in your garden? When spring rolls around, plant the perennials for the recipient and this gift will bloom for years to come. Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. Baked Goods. Are you good at baking pies?

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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. The dark green, aromatic basil plant originally hales from Italy.

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4 Hobbies for Adulthood

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Gardening is another hobby you can pick up at any age. Putting your hands in the dirt and nurturing different plants to grow in different environments fulfills a primal instinct that goes beyond just filling your time. Cooking and Baking. Nature does wonders for the spirit, and hiking is a great way to explore it.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Are you a gardener? Do you have beautiful perennials in your garden? When spring rolls around, plant the perennials for the recipient and this gift will bloom for years to come. Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. Design a coupon for the gift of perennials.

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My spouse has many plantings around our several acres. When he plants something new that needs a steady supply of surface water, due to shallow roots, he sometimes uses a 2 liter soda bottle. He cuts small holes in bottom, fills with water and places it next to the baby plant to drip irrigate it. Two liter soda bottles.

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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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