Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 1, 2011

Compost kitchen scraps. Buy as many organic and local foods as we can. Compost our leaves and grass. Compost our leaves and grass. Use compostable garbage bags. Household changes we’ve made : Switched from chemical cleaners to homemade phosphate and eco friendly ones. Grow our own garden of veggies.

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Money Green Compost Composting 124

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 22, 2011

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. And I gave up on cloth diapers as soon as my babies started eating solid food. (I

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Compost Composting College Home and Garden 127

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 2, 2022

Local fairs & festivals – Look for local fairs and festivals for low-cost games, food, and activities. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis. Summer Food: Our diet changes over the summer. How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost. Hit the tennis courts.

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Run the coconut meat through the small shredder of my food processor. If you want a finer shred, try pulsing the shredded coconut using the blade of the food processor. I tossed the whole coconut in the compost. If you have compost, be sure to throw the husk into it. If you have compost, be sure to throw the husk into it.

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Compost Composting Ovens Shredders 127

Coupons Do Work

APRIL 21, 2016

Celebrate Earth Day with a ton of offers, freebies and events on Friday, April 22 including Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Amazon and more! Caribou Coffee: Buy an Earth Month Tumbler and get free refills all month, while supplies last. Buy four or more passes or memberships online and get a free season parking pass to Six Flags America.

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2016 Freebies Raleigh Whole Foods 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

We do put up decorations (ones I buy at garage sales or thrift stores and reuse each year). Buy one then sell, donate or exchange it. Don’t buy, make. Compost it by cutting it up and putting it on the pile. My daughter-in-law came up with this idea, buying bulk pumpkins and bulk flowers.

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Halloween Green Reuse Garage 138

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2019

The initial kit includes the mesh garden and a voucher to order the caterpillars and food separately. Local fairs & festivals -Look for local fairs and festivals for low cost games, food and activities. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis. Summer Food: Our diet changes over the summer.

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2019 Home and Garden Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family 124

Saving With Shellie

AUGUST 1, 2012

You may have a dedicated space where you grow food, but if you don’t, keep reading because the information here also applies to edible landscaping and container gardening. Make a list of foods that your family will eat. For the cost of one plant you could buy a packet of seeds and grow thirty plants!

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Gardening Garden Plants Growing 65

Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

The Best Time to Buy Anything During the Year from January to December. Diet Foods: Healthy Choice, South Beach, Lean Cuisine, Special K, Kashi, Smart Start, 100-Calorie Packs, oatmeal and diet aids (shakes, weight scales, diet cookbooks, exercise equipment and weights). The best guide ! and BOGO at some shops such as Publix).

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Flowers and Plants Cinco De Mayo Buy Buying 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2013

Which is the greener choice – commercially-farmed food or organically-farmed food? Let’s look at some of the facts surrounding these two methods of producing our food and find out which is the greener choice and how each one compares with helping us save money. Commercially Grown. Organically Grown.

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Organic Organization Food Plants 237

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

We are co-hosting a bday party for a dear friend of mine this Saturday and we are in charge of all the food. The only secrets we have from one another is when we buy each other a gift. Squirrelers asks us how much we had to work to buy that? Money Crashers shares with us 6 Places to Buy Natural and Green Cleaning products.

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February Debt Finance Personal Finance 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Buy Like Buffett asks if you would rather be rich or comfortable ? I also use Team Buy, the Canadian version of Groupon. Financial Highway tells us how we can beat inflation with our food budget. The Greenest Dollar tells us how we can compost indoors , even if we live in an apartment. I am a firm believer in diaries.

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February Finance Personal Finance Money 113

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2016

You could buy some fancy orange oil polish OR just give whatever piece of wood you’re working with a tough scrub with a fresh moist orange peel and, in no time, you’ll have a great, deep new shine. But hold on – before you throw away all those orange peels, keep reading to find out 10 uses for orange peels.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 58

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 5, 2012

By keeping in mind the entire life-cycle of the products we buy and throw away, we can all do our part to reduce or eliminate waste from our life. Buy In Bulk By eliminating all packaging of food supplies, we could substantially cut the amount of packaging trash we throw away each day. Shredded paper can be put in compost piles.

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Home Making Reuse Recycle 229

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 26, 2015

You could buy some fancy orange oil polish OR just give whatever piece of wood you’re working with a tough scrub with a fresh moist orange peel and, in no time, you’ll have a great, deep new shine. But hold on – before you throw away all those orange peels, keep reading to find out 10 uses for orange peels.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 40

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc. For me, being in the kitchen and making food for people is an act of love.

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Choose decorations that can be reused or that are made of natural materials and so can be recycled in the garden or compost. In addition to these main tips, you could use organic or locally-produced foods and support Fairtrade organizations with the party supplies you buy.

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Green Flowers and Plants Recycle Recycled 183

Coupons Do Work

APRIL 17, 2015

Get one free when you buy one Papa Charlie’s Italian Beef & Gravy, 15 oz, in a single transaction. Also, Get one free Jewel French Rolls, 12 oz when you buy one Papa Charlie’s Italian Beef & Gravy, 15 oz, in a single transaction. Buy 3; B2G1 MyMixx savings. each when you buy 2 Final Price: $3.99.

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