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Sell Your Home or Stay?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Are you up to getting all new service providers, banks, favorite gasoline stations, finding local entertainment venues and etc. Our first home was too small for our growing family, in a rapidly declining neighborhood, and was not convenient to either of our work commutes. Will the taxes be higher? Selling a home is no easy task.

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Are You Planning For Aging in Place?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Where will you live when you grow old? We have a one story ranch home of around 2300 square feet located on 6 acres within 4 miles of stores, medical care, entertainment, gasoline stations and more. Have you made changes to deal with planning for advancing age? I’m not. We have been here 25 years already and still love it.

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Control Your Bagworms – Economically and Organically

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Canadian readers may not have to deal with this pest, but those in the US do – especially in the midwest. From May through August or early September, those larvae are feeding, growing and enlarging their bags as they grow. Once you have collected all the worms you can see, pour some gasoline over them and light a fire.