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?

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Compost Composting Backyard Flowers and Plants 214

Couponing 101

JULY 24, 2012

Check out how to create your own worm composting bin. This is a great way to reduce food waste, add great nutrients to your garden/yard soil, and save on fertilizer! Daily Frugal Tip: Create A Worm Composting Bin is a post from Couponing 101. Do you have a Frugal Tip you’d like to share? Please send me an email !

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Compost Composting Frugal Food Waste 100

Nicoles Nickels

APRIL 21, 2014

Check out TerraCycle’s DIY Projects for ideas. Before you throw away, make sure to check out what biodegradable foods can be brought back home to be added to a compost pile. Make compost at home! That would fund a fantastic Earth Day Garden! Have any leftovers from lunch? Parents can make a difference, too.

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Giveaway Recycle Recycled Recycling 100

Saving With Shellie

JULY 17, 2014

You can use coffee grounds in the garden, around the house and even in your beauty regimen. Composting – The rich minerals left behind in the grounds helps the degradation process. Mix with lye to further the breakdown and worms really like the grounds so it is a multi-faceted support to composting. It can stain hair.

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Coffee Used Compost Composting 105

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2016

When mosquitos are bad, I use this DIY All Natural Mosquito Spray. #6 8 – Fertilizer : If you’ve always wanted to start your own garden, but the soil at your home just doesn’t seem to be the greatest, nutrient-rich stuff you’ve ever worked with, you can always just get some oranges.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 58

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 26, 2015

When mosquitos are bad, I use this DIY All Natural Mosquito Spray. #6 8 – Fertilizer : If you’ve always wanted to start your own garden, but the soil at your home just doesn’t seem to be the greatest, nutrient-rich stuff you’ve ever worked with, you can always just get some oranges.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 40

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! My own kids were born in different time zones, too – one in MN, one in OH.

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 189