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. This doesn’t include the many free in-library activities we’ve enjoyed over the years. My garden. Purple raspberries from my garden.

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Kids and Family Home and Garden Money Frugal 186

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 2, 2022

Include everything from weekend trips to longer vacations, yard/garden projects, home renovations, kids’ camps, gear and clothing, and any other summer expense you might have. It’s FREE and each playground visit is a new experience with different kids to play with and different equipment to explore. Hit the tennis courts.

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 130

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. Check into the possibility of a local non-profit organization who provide gardening programs.

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Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 13, 2012

In previous years when we started our garden, we just partitioned part of our yard as vegetable garden areas. This year, we wanted to build a permanent above ground garden that we could maintain each year. The nice part about building your own box garden is that you can make it any size that you want. 4 corner Brackets.

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Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 3, 2013

As the weather starts to warm up, it has many thinking of starting a garden in hopes of a bountiful summer crop. Grow from Seed. Did you know the best way to get great soil for free is right in your garbage can? Start using all of your organic kitchen scraps to create your own compost pile which will lead to some amazing soil.

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Gardening Garden Frugal Home and Garden 61

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2019

Join my email community HERE and receive FREE Printable 2019 Summer Calendar Pages. Include everything from weekend trips to longer vacations, yard/garden projects, home renovations, kids’ camps, gear and clothing, and any other summer expense you might have. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis.

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2019 Home and Garden Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 1, 2011

Compost kitchen scraps. Switched from chemical personal care products to homemade chemical free ones. Grow our own garden of veggies. Participate in a CSA for extra produce that we don’t grow. Compost our leaves and grass. Compost our leaves and grass. Use compostable garbage bags.

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For the Mommas

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

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. Articles include how-to projects, gardening basics, composting, beekeeping, roof-top gardening, preserving and freezing, and time and money-saving ideas.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 22, 2011

From composting and saving rain water to using cloth napkins and reusable grocery bags, I have made many changes in my life over the last 20 years. When I was a college sophomore, I didn't even know how to cook scrambled eggs, let alone grow my own food. Earth Day has come a long way. I have come a long way too. But I'm not perfect.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 10, 2013

After all, our ancestors did it as they crossed the nation to pursue their manifest destiny (and oh, there was that free land too!). On those 6 acres there are turkey (a family of 9 this year), American white tail deer (way too many for my garden), squirrels, raccoons, possums and wild cats. Get Growing' Where to get Paw Paws.

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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. If you would like to receive FREE updates of FBS, there are four ways to do so: have updates sent to your email , through your RSS Feed. and more WEEDS. Doesn't mulching make a world of difference?

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For the Mommas

JULY 20, 2012

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. Articles include how-to projects, gardening basics, composting, beekeeping, roof-top gardening, preserving and freezing, and time and money-saving ideas.

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Magazines Compost Composting Gardening 40

Coupons Do Work

APRIL 21, 2016

Amazon: Download free Earth Day children’s storybook from Amazon.com. Caribou Coffee: Buy an Earth Month Tumbler and get free refills all month, while supplies last. FREE Earth Day free coloring pages:: apples4theteacher.com. National Parks: Free entrance through 4/24 including the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

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Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 22, 2011

Not only will it save you money not buying as many paper towels, but it will get your windows streak-free! Grow Your Own: Planting your own vegetables, fruit, and herbs can save you money, but it can also reduce the use of chemical pesticides. You can also follow along in my gardening journey. Buy in season. Plant a Tree.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2016

. #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. And here are a few more gardening tips: Frugal Tips to Start a Garden.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 58

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 26, 2015

. #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. And here are a few more gardening tips: Frugal Tips to Start a Garden.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 40

Nicoles Nickels

JULY 26, 2015

With a 109% increase in the popularity of composting over the last 30 years it is no surprise that another highly popular item is the Honest Company’s biodegradable cloth wipes. to stretch from the Witte Museum to the Botanical Gardens and back again. I love that I pay shipping once and anything else I order that day ships free.

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