Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 15, 2014

Here are some ideas that may work for you: Grow a Garden. If you have a little plot of land, consider growing a garden. If even a small garden isn’t an option, consider planting a container garden. My dreams of a large garden will need to wait until I own a home further in the suburbs. Get Growing'

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

How to Save Money on Groceries. Develop your own routine and read all about how I plan our menu weekly: How to Meal Plan: 11 Tips for Success. of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste. Freeze garden and in season produce. It’s a constant challenge to keep them fed!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Follow these 5 tips on how to prevent diabetes and enjoy the benefits almost immediately. You can join a gym or take a class; enjoy regular walks, swims or bike rides; mow the lawn or weed the garden. Cook your own meals at home and avoid fast food and highly-processed foods. Be more active . Lose that excess weight .

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Food and Drink Home and Garden Activism Ranges 165

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Isn’t wonderful to be able to attract the wild birds to your garden and help them out with extra food and a place to nest during a harsh winter? Unfortunately, when you put out food for the birds, word gets around the neighbourhood and before you know it, you have other wild critters coming to dine as well.

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Building Home and Garden Gardening Garden 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 16, 2013

If you want to improve your health and your sustainability, one of the best ways is to grow a garden. Caring for a garden offers opportunities for exercise outside, and it allows for you to ensure that the food you eat is responsibly grown. For the beginner, though, gardening can present a number of challenges.

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Gardening Garden Plants Growing 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Going green for schools can be as simple as starting up a school vegetable garden, recycling waste or installing water tanks. These activities can be taken further by making the vegetable garden a kitchen garden and including the preparation and cooking of healthy meals in the curriculum.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Cleaning, garden, washing and personal products often contain ingredients that are considered poisons on their own or are petrochemicals derived from oil. Read food labels – we have become dependant on processed foods in our busy lives but in the process have lost much of the nutrition of the food.

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At Home Home Home and Garden Friends And Family Sale 197

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 22, 2013

Whether you''re a new or experienced gardener, this week''s collection includes a variety of gardening tips for everyone! Learn how to garden without a big budget or a lot of space, discover tips for organic gardening and preserving your harvest, and get organized with custom printables.

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Gardening Garden Green And Frugal Canning 100

Shereen Travels Cheap

APRIL 27, 2024

Food trucks - I travel for food and I want to eat all the things when I go somewhere new. Food trucks are a perfect way for everyone to get something they want, since there's usually more than one in an area, and get local food for less than sitting in a regular restaurant. Clearly, food is very important to me.

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Travel Las Vegas Museum Flowers and Plants 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 29, 2015

They built their own cabin, hunted their own food and she eventually began to chop down the ‘big butts’ of trees so she could plant a garden and have domestic animals. So, with tongue in cheek, here is my advice to you on how to raise entitled children. Besides, kids don’t know how to do it right.

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Kids Kids and Family Money Ohio 100

Couponing 101

JANUARY 17, 2012

For the past year or so, I’ve been doing a lot of research and have been picking my friends’ brains about health, wellness, and real food. One of the biggest myths about couponing is that there are no coupons for healthy foods. How to Save on Whole Foods. Garden – I am a terrible gardener.

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Whole Foods Saving Money Money Food 94

Couponing 101

APRIL 22, 2013

You can get this Gardening eBook Bundle for only $7.40 The bundle comes with 5 great eBooks written by fabulous authors: Frugal Gardening 101 by Phoebe Hendricks. Apartment Gardening by Jami Balmet. Simple Food {For Spring} by Shannon Stonger. Gardening Notebook by Andi Schneider. is a post from Couponing 101.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2016

While I have success finding coupons in the Sunday paper and online printing sources, like Coupons.com for hygiene, paper, and cleaning products, food is another story. I don’t find too many coupons for foods that we eat and I only save about $3-5 in paper coupons on each weekly shopping trip, which is hardly extreme.

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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. Local fairs & festivals – Look for local fairs and festivals for low-cost games, food, and activities. Summer Food: Our diet changes over the summer.

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 130

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 2, 2022

I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to help us get through current higher food and gas prices and achieve our big financial goals. Garden Harvest. I planted a small garden this year: 2 tomato plants, 1 cucumber, 1 pepper plant that sadly didn’t make it, and 1 butternut squash. My Frugal Shenanigans!

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September Frugal Plants Pop Tarts 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2015

One of the things I enjoyed about living in a home was the gardening. I’m starting to grow an indoor herb garden, but I also want to be able to grow certain vegetables, even though I’m in an apartment. This is where the balcony container garden comes in handy. Produce Suited for Container Gardening.

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Growing Gardening Garden Flowers and Plants 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 6, 2014

According to EndHunger.org, approximately 40 percent of the foods Americans buy goes to waste. When you factor in the amount of money and resources, especially water, that go into producing that food, that waste is a tremendous environmental drain. Another option is to invest in a chest freezer to store foods long-term.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2013

Now that the weather has changed, we are getting ready to garden. It really is a great feeling to grow your own food. Ryan writes about How to Safely Invest Your Money over at Cash Money Life. A fresh air stroll after a long days work is just what the doctor ordered. I am quite excited.

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Gardening Garden Fridays Townhouse 182

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

APRIL 24, 2017

Celebrate the upcoming birth of the royal twins, or any occasion, by hosting your best friends for an array of Queen Bey themed food and fun. Here are some of our tips for how to host your own Beyoncé themed get-together: Tip 1: Suggest A Dress Code or Theme. Pick out foods that you enjoy, or are comfortable with cooking.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 15, 2012

One of the best things you can do for the sake of your own self reliance is to build up your home food storage. Your home food storage can tide you over in the event of a financial setback, or be part of your efforts for emergency preparedness. Unfortunately, many people think of stockpiling when they consider home food storage.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 15, 2011

Volunteering does mean donning a high-vis vest for a few hours everyday and requires a somewhat moderate approach to celebrations, but it also means a free ticket, camping and quite often food too. Staging a festival dry run in your back garden the weekend before may sound more boy scout than rock and roll, but can save pounds.

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Shereen Travels Cheap

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So, if Valentine's Day snuck up on you, I'm going to show you how you can pull together a romantic staycation over this week, if you get on it right now. I wrapped our TV stand with a rose garden backdrop , because we watched a few videos of a Seine cruise. We had a fun time and it was a nice, relaxing, and romantic evening in.

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Saving Cents With Sense

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden. Perfect for Spring (whenever it gets here!) :) New HOT selling item today on this #3: Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden. Check out this great deal: Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden. Includes mail-in voucher for five butterfly larvae and special food. by Insect Lore. fee for processing).

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Gardening Garden On Sale Kids 89

Nicoles Nickels

APRIL 23, 2013

But I still see signs of spring in the blooming azaleas (which are gorgeous now), in the uptick of the number of cars outside of businesses that carry gardening supplies, and in the noisy buzz of lawn mowers throughout the neighborhood. Originally being from the SC Low Country area I don’t count myself as a real gardener.

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Gardening Garden Growing Plants 71

For the Mommas

MARCH 5, 2015

Pledge now to be a Butterfly Hero and plant a garden that provides food, water and places for monarchs to lay their eggs. This kit will help you learn how to plant the right plants that will help the monarch and other pollinators thrive. Ask your garden center for the best plants on our list to add to your garden.

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Flowers and Plants Gardening Garden Home and Garden 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 24, 2014

Growing up, I remember my mom always sending me out to the composting bin with a bucket full of (what I thought was) gross bits and pieces of food waste. Now, as an adult with her own home and garden, composting is (pathetically?) There’s nothing happier to a wannabe gardener! How to Compost. Why Compost?

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Compost Composting Home and Garden Plants 222

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 26, 2012

Live Butterfly Garden Just $14.99 Right now you can get the Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden for only $14.99 This set includes feeder, mail-in voucher for 5 butterfly larvae and special food and complete instructions. Want to know how to save more at Amazon ? Looking for a fun and educational activity for your kids?

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Couponing 101

APRIL 30, 2013

Head on over to The Thrifty Couple to learn how to grow your own pineapples from leftover pineapple tops. Here’s a cool idea! You can do this indoors or outdoors! It does take a couple years for the plant to produce a pineapple, but it sounds like a fun experiment! I’m anxious to try this one out. Have you ever tried this?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

You will find the healthiest and freshest food items there. Plus by buying local, you are cutting down on the carbon emissions produced by food transportation. How about buying your kid a bike they can ride to school or your wife some organic seeds she can grow in the garden that can feed the family. Dress eco-friendly.

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Saving With Shellie

MARCH 3, 2016

Check out this fun Insect Lore Butterfly Garden Gift Set for just $15.44! When I taught, we did a unit on Butterflies and had butterfly garden. It includes a feeder, the complete instructions, as well as a mail-in voucher for five butterfly larvae and special food. The post Insect Lore Butterfly Garden Gift Set – $15.44

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Gardening Garden Gifts Kids 40

For the Mommas

JULY 19, 2013

Today only, subscribe to Better Homes & Gardens Magazine for only $4.99 Better Homes & Gardens magazine is designed for people interested in turning home, cooking, and gardening inspiration into action. It is focused on decorating, building and remodeling, crafts, entertaining, cooking, healthy living, and gardening.

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Home and Garden Gardening Garden Magazines 51

Saving With Shellie

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Grab this Better Homes and Gardens 23-Piece Gadget and Utensil Set in red or clean for As Low As $9.88! Ideal for food preparation and storage. Read my post with 6 Reasons Why You Need Amazon Prime and how to Get It FREE! The post Better Homes and Gardens 23-Piece Gadget and Utensil Set – As Low As $9.88

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Home and Garden Gardening Garden Home 45

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Are you a gardener? Do you have beautiful perennials in your garden? Offer these cooking lessons and send the food home with the recipient. Garden Harvest. Are you a gardener? Do you have a freezer or pantry full of this past summer’s garden harvest? What a delicious gift of food! Cooking Lessons.

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Christmas Gifts Home and Garden Flowers and Gifts 130

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 5, 2011

Topic: How To Accumulate Coupons. So branch out of your ordinary and learn how to use coupons to achieve saving succes! So branch out of your ordinary and learn how to use coupons to achieve saving succes! It’s all part of How To Tuesday ! I’m sure you’ve seen the show on TLC called Extreme Couponing.

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Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions Betty Crocker Newspaper Red Plum 96

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 17, 2012

Since the 2008 recession, many people have rediscovered the savings, joys and health benefits of locally grown food – whether you have a backyard garden, participate in a community garden or shop at the local farmer’s market. It is healthier to use whole foods, than it is to use foods processed by freezing or canning.

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Advantage Home and Garden Canning Gardening 210

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2019

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. Live Butterfly Garden – I wrote about this activity a few years ago and it is still a favorite summer memory. How to Grill Summer Fruit.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2013

From food waste to packaging to disposable items, there are a lot of resources being used by humans. If you find yourself throwing out a lot of food, you can remedy the problem by shopping with a list. Preserve Some of Your Food. Another way to prevent waste is to preserve some of your food. Nor is it healthy. Go Green'

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