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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. Enjoying some outdoor time. My girl with homegrown okra.

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Don’t Dig a Money Pit in Your Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You were going to save a bundle on your grocery bill by growing your own vegetables and herbs. Instead, you broke your budget buying every gadget from the big box gardening store – not to mention the pricier mature plants and the chemicals to make them grow faster and produce more. Grow Plants That Will Thrive In Your Climate.

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Leaf Wrangler – Not for Hire

Nicoles Nickels

They come by with what is basically a big vacuum cleaner and suck up all the leaves off the street into a closed truck and then they haul them to the dump where they get piled onto a compost heap. I think I have mentioned before that my yard is surrounded by some sort of wildly growing deciduous tree. It’s a pretty nice setup.