Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 7, 2011

Yet, you pay the prices because you want to provide chemical-free vegetables for you and your family. You will have peace of mind knowing that your tasty vegetables are chemical-free, and the money you save will be an added bonus. First, you will want to create a compost pile that will produce organic fertilizer for your soil.

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Grow Your Own Growing Organic Organization 145

The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Before kids, I spent my free-time volunteering at a stray rescue shelter for dogs. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. We ending up buying our current home in 2015, when local prices and interest rates were significantly lower. Enjoying some outdoor time.

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Kids and Family Home and Garden Money Frugal 186

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 13, 2012

Whether you are a novice gardener or a master gardener, there are many free or low cost gardening seminars, workshops, and events happening at this time of year. 3 Tips to Find Free or Low Cost Gardening Seminars and Events. They are also offering free house plant re-potting, crafts for kids, and an Easter egg hunt.

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Gardening Garden Compost Composting 127

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 2, 2022

It’s FREE and each playground visit is a new experience with different kids to play with and different equipment to explore. Visit a State Park – Do you like to picnic, hike, swim, camp, bike, bird watch, canoe, fish, and spend your free time exploring the great outdoors? Visit a different playground each week.

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 130

For the Mommas

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

You can order up to 1 years at this price! A guide for those in cities or suburbs looking to become more self-sufficient by growing some of their own food and treading lightly on the environment in the space they have. If you are giving a magazine as a gift, be sure to download these free Magazines Gift Tags.

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Magazines ING Direct Compost Composting 72

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 12, 2012

You can have your soil tested if you have trouble growing things, or if your soil has been greatly disturbed by recent construction activity. We often have dug big and deep holes (we plant a lot of trees), then layered in the compost and other amendments as we fill the hole back in, mixing each layer. Container Garden Tips and Tricks.

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Flowers and Plants Gardening Garden Frugal 185

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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Gardening Garden Plants Growing 65