The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I save money where I can, reusing old food containers for my multitude of seasonal seedlings, getting free five-gallon buckets from the bakery to use for extra growing space, making compost from our fruit and vegetable scraps, and starting almost everything from seed. Purple raspberries from my garden. Readers, the floor is yours!

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Kids and Family Home and Garden Money Frugal 182

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 19, 2013

Some shrubby, overgrown areas where fields meet woods are favorite spots, but if you want a perfectly manicured lawn put some nesting boxes up along with your feeders. Compost Yard And Garden Waste. Instead, use composted yard and garden waste. Make sure there are plenty of natural habitats for birds. Get Growing'

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Gardening Garden Money Flowers and Plants 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2015

Compost and mulch: Just as you can enrich the soil in a more traditional garden, it’s possible to do the same with your container garden. You can do composting on a smaller scale, and even use mulch, to prepare your soil. Work on composting in your containers through the winter, and when spring comes, your soil will be ready.

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Growing Gardening Garden Flowers and Plants 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 13, 2012

Petroleum jelly to slather on the inside of the mold, so you can get the concrete out and reuse the mold. When you have it spread evenly, start smoothing the top surface with the bottom of the trowel until it meets your satisfaction. A trowel or some other tool to get the cement out of the container and into your mold. Driving across.

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Giving Used Crafts Craft 188