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Don’t Dig a Money Pit in Your Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Compost Yard And Garden Waste. It happens to the best of us. Study your hardiness zone.

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What to Know About Growing a Balcony Container Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now that I live in an apartment, I’m looking for ways to still enjoy some of the benefits of a home (although I don’t know that I need to live in a house again). One of the things I enjoyed about living in a home was the gardening. You can do composting on a smaller scale, and even use mulch, to prepare your soil.

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Square Foot Gardening: Starting Over With New Soil

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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.

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Thrifty gardening Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Tip # 1 – Go thrifty on seeds and plants. If you buy organic non-hybrid fruits or vegetables, you can save your seeds and plant them, year after year. Potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes and horseradish can all be propagated by taking a cutting from the tuber and planting it.” Trade for plants and seeds.

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What to Buy in June and What to Avoid this month Details

Coupons Do Work

Gardening: Plants, flowers, seeds, watering cans, plant food, soil, weed killers, mulch, compost buckets, water hoses. if you can’t wait then, from time to time you will see sales throughout the summer at places such as Home Depot and Sears (for example) for grills but best sales are mid-summer/early fall.

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How to Throw a Green Party

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Choose decorations that can be reused or that are made of natural materials and so can be recycled in the garden or compost. Reusable party decorations could include potted plants, glass or metal containers or ornaments, fabric, party lights that you own or can borrow and candles. Great Ways To Save Money On Energy Bills At Home.

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Jewel-Osco Ad 4/15 – 4/21 : Free Jewel French Rolls

Coupons Do Work

Flowers, Decor & Gifts. Live Trend Magnet Plants - $7.99. Market Bunches Flowers - $4.00 Home Run Inn Classic Pizza, 27 - 32 oz - $5.50 Home Supplies. NPL All-Purpose Top Soil, Composted Manure, 40 lb - $1.99 Wyb one Fresh Made 12" Large Sub, 15 oz. Store Made 12" Large Sub, 15 oz - $5.00. Orchids - $7.99

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