Compost Fans Growing Plants 
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 21, 2011
My composting adventures all started about 9 years ago when our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office offered a free composting bin (the round one in the picture) when you attended their free composting seminar. I have a system going, but I am a laid back composter. So what did I learn at the seminar?
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 13, 2012
You'll walk away with great information about this year's gardening trends, gardening techniques, and maybe even a plant or two. Garden nurseries are preparing for the upcoming season and are really trying to reel you in to their store to make your spring planting purchases. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook.
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Family Balance Sheet
MAY 10, 2011
Last year, I chronicled my box garden conversion from random planting to the more calculated method, known as Square Foot Gardening. Even though I amended the soil in my boxed garden with compost over the years, the majority of the soil was thick, heavy clay that made pulling root vegetables, like carrots, very difficult.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 10, 2012
In place of wood chips, we buy leaf compost from our township. Now we're just waiting for the perennials to grow. I also need to figure out what we are going to plant under our bay window. We have planted several things there and they have not survived. While plants in other areas of the landscape have flourished.
Saving With Shellie
AUGUST 1, 2012
Growing fruit, vegetables and herbs is frugal and fun. 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. For the cost of one plant you could buy a packet of seeds and grow thirty plants!
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