The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This week, I am thankful: for a little flower/card drop off Reader Kim lives in my area, and she kindly dropped off flowers and a little encouraging card on my front bench this week. for the flowers and plants I see We are moving toward fall, and after fall comes a season of brown, dead scenery.

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Thankful Flowers and Plants Chiquita College 218

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 14, 2014

Easy Plant Food Recipes with Three Ingredients or Less. Could your plants and flowers use a little pick me up? If so, it sounds like your plants are hungry for a snack, and the perfect plant food can do the trick. In fact, you can make your own plant food in just minutes and using items right from your own kitchen.

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Plants Flowers and Plants Recipes Food 103

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Coined in 1973 by Liz Christy and her Green Guerrilla group in New York City, guerrilla gardening uses “seed grenades” as a way of introducing vegetation to empty lots in NYC in order to make the city look better. Sure, people do actually plant some of them, but I think throwing them is much more fun. You know you do!

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Gardening Garden Flowers and Plants Los Angeles 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 18, 2016

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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Thrifty Gardening Garden Flowers and Plants 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 16, 2014

None of the trees have produced much fruit in the 5 years since I planted them. Hubby likes to apply nutrients to the soil , as well as additives that break up our clay – in areas he is planning new plantings. We live on the edge of the prairie and have planted native garden plants such as ornamental grasses.

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Gardening Garden Flowers and Plants Plants 167

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

This compound can be found in many plants , some of which can be commonly found growing nearby. Salicylic acid is astringent, but so are other plant constituents, like tannins. While many plants contain salicylic acid, or tannins, or sometimes both, not all of them are suitable for use.

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Flowers and Plants Frugal Plants Growing 183

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 16, 2012

History In 2006 I planted fruit trees, in anticipation of retiring and having time to pick and use the harvest. I planted them that fall, a dwarf pie cherry, an Elberta peach, a Lodi apple and a Braeburn apple. The Lodi put on a couple of apples, the cherry tree grew, the Braeburn flowered and the peach tree had several peaches.

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Flowers and Plants Home and Garden Plants Gardening 201