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Cool Things I Read This Week

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Reader Asks About Selling Home to Pay Off Debt – [link] I agree. Selling your home will not fix your money management issues. #. RT @ Green_Panda Handling Your Finances – What is Being Frugal? Green Panda Treehouse [link] I am frugal and I am proud to be #. How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment [link] #.

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7 Ways to Reduce Household Waste

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Compost kitchen waste to feed your garden. From food waste to packaging to disposable items, there are a lot of resources being used by humans. This consumption of resources — and the waste it produces — is not sustainable. Nor is it healthy. Here are 7 ways you can reduce household waste (and maybe even save a little money): 1.

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Thrifty gardening Tips

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Poke weed, dandelion greens, chickweed (according to Eat the Weeds ), are all good salad additions. Poke weed, dandelion greens, chickweed (according to Eat the Weeds ), are all good salad additions. Tip # 2 – Improve your soil frugally. Use compost, make your own. Tip # 1 – Go thrifty on seeds and plants.

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How to Start a Garden Frugally

Saving Cents With Sense

But if you consider a couple of these frugal alternatives it can save you some substantial money this spring. Do you have a couple sunny window sills in your home? Start using all of your organic kitchen scraps to create your own compost pile which will lead to some amazing soil. Grow from Seed. Good Soil on the Cheap.

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The Christmas Tree – Artificial or Real?

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If you celebrate Christmas, you probably decorate one or more trees and display them in your home, shop or place of business. Living trees are grown through out Canada and North America as crops, providing green spaces near cities along with carbon eating capacity. Do you use artificial trees or live cut real ones?

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

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We have more stable careers, we have no debt (other than our mortgage), and we own a home. We are co-hosting a bday party for a dear friend of mine this Saturday and we are in charge of all the food. Therefore the last couple days have been spent planning the menu and the groceries. Tomorrow we will start the cooking. How about you?

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10 Frugal Tips For Earth Day

Saving Cents With Sense

In honor of Earth Day, I wanted to share some ways that we can be frugal, yet also eco-friendly. 10 Frugal Tips for Earth Day. Recycle – Of course you probably already know about this tip, and may have a recycling bin in your home. Many items can be made inexpensively, naturally, and without polluting your home with chemicals.

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