Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

Even re-organizing the garage can leave you with a chill. Many households take spring cleaning as an opportunity to repaint, hang photographs and picture frames, and re-organize art. To the same effect of cleaning out your closet, having less food will help make this job easier. Wipe Down the Walls. Cleaning Out Your Closet.

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Cleaning Appliances Donation Organic 221

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Are you a savvy woman intent on greening your life? Do you grow your own food in your garden and buy the rest locally from farmers? If so, you’re well on your way to reducing your carbon footprint and protecting the Earth. But have you considered greening your feminine hygiene items? Ugghh, right?

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Used Feminine Products Green And Frugal Re-use 173

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

In my quest to be more healthy over the past couple of years, I’ve been acutely aware of the imbalance between the cost of healthy, nutritious food, and the cost of unhealthy, food-like products (non foods). In grade school, did you ever do the science experiment with flowers and food colouring?

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Organic Organization Saving Money Money 186

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 12, 2012

This week I received a question from a reader asking how to shop for food for one. Here is Emily’s question: I would like to know if you have any advice or tips for being frugal with food when living alone. Most foods you buy in the grocery store are sized for 2-4 people. Thank you Emily for such a great question.

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Saving Money Money Green And Frugal Lunch 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Whether it’s because “green” is in or because summer is coming to an end, lately I have been asked by almost everyone I know about the safety of the skincare products they have been using. Did you know that tens of thousands of chemicals are used in these products and that most of them are not tested for safety?

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Health and Beauty Green And Frugal Personal Care Green 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2011

Flexo from Consumerism Commentary asks us if we should combine money with our spouses ? My husband and I did when we got married and it works well for us. Get Rich Slowly reminds us to not get rich any slower than we have to. Eric at Narrow Bridge tells us 5 ways we can use the 2011 payroll tax break. Going Green.

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January Personal Finance Green And Frugal Finance 113

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2016

But hold on – before you throw away all those orange peels, keep reading to find out 10 uses for orange peels. You could buy some fancy orange oil polish OR just give whatever piece of wood you’re working with a tough scrub with a fresh moist orange peel and, in no time, you’ll have a great, deep new shine.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 58

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 26, 2015

But hold on – before you throw away all those orange peels, keep reading to find out 10 uses for orange peels. You could buy some fancy orange oil polish OR just give whatever piece of wood you’re working with a tough scrub with a fresh moist orange peel and, in no time, you’ll have a great, deep new shine.

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Used Home and Garden Re-use Gardening 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

The chimpanzees spontaneously shared food with another chimp that they could have had all to themselves. It is so easy to accumulate stuff and sometimes so hard to get rid of it (sell it, give it away or even throw it away). But how can they do that? How can you help them without seeming crass, impolite and self-serving? Not necessarily.

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Gifts Holiday Giving Friends And Family Sale 189

Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Frugality. It is the careful use of goods and resources. The quality of being frugal is one so powerful as to change lives and affect history. Each of us possesses the ability to exercise it. Frugality allows you to govern your destiny and produce in your life a lovely fertile garden of material and intangible wealth.

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Art Frugal Painting Home and Garden 40