Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 2, 2012

Look for ways of upgrading and monitoring your recycling facilities so that you know you’re getting the most out of them. Recycle whatever you can and consider if you can use the garden to grow your own fruit and vegetables. . • Consider double-sided printing or even look at ways that you can print less.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Do they recycle? Do they use recycled products? Recycle, recycle, recycle. If you have items you aren’t using, recycle them or give them to someone who can reuse them. Also, be sure to buy recycled products like toilet paper. Shop at eco-friendly businesses. If you aren’t sure, ask.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 21, 2011

I was just starting to garden, and quite frankly I had no idea what a compost was until I saw the ad for the seminar. That composting is a great way to recycle yard and kitchen waste, return nutrients back into your soil and that it is quite easy. Unfortunately, my bins are in a full sun corner of my garden.

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Compost Composting Backyard Flowers and Plants 214

Nicoles Nickels

APRIL 9, 2013

From Elise at Grow Creative are Tin Can Lanterns. They cut down on your recycling needs and your electrical use and they are just so darn cute! From Recycle Reuse Renew Mother Earth Projects come these towel storage tin cans. They are cheap and easy to make (you need no creative talent to do these!).

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4th Of July Home and Garden Recycle Recycled 76

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 26, 2012

We as parents are usually the first and primary source of their learned behavior, even as they grow into their teenage years. Recycling is a simple and obvious practice that children can easily understand. Teach them how to recycle household items like plastic bottles, aluminum cans, paper, etc. Our children learn by example.

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Thrifty Recycle Recycled Recycling 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 12, 2011

8.) Grow your own produce. If you look at the cost of setting up a full vegetable garden system it is not very budget friendly, especially if you have no experience or a black thumb. Then as you gain experience and expand you can eventually provide most of your own food from your garden.

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Saving Money Money Reuse Home and Garden 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The old phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” is crucial when it comes to small, and inexpensive, ways of going green. Consider growing a garden, which can save you on food and transportation costs. Many municipalities are starting to collect recycling along with garbage pickup. Start Small.

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Green Recycle Recycled Recycling 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 22, 2015

Green shopping with companies that reduce shipping impacts, reuse and recycle packaging, shrink carbon footprints, and are committed to resource conservation are hard to find. Searching for an extraordinary approach to build a home garden and not feel like you simply put a monstrous stamp on the world’s destruction?

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Green Green And Frugal Home Improvement Home and Garden 100

Frugal Luxuries

JANUARY 11, 2012

-Richard Cook I was wandering through the Blogasphere.looking for inspirations and happened upon a great site called Sprout People.they generously offer an abundance of knowledge regarding the basics of "growing everything".a Air Circulation : If your sprouts can’t breathe while growing - they can die. Grow More Often!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2013

The gross over-consumption around the world is filling our landfills and recycling bins with unnecessary waste, both toxic and benign alike. When I was growing up, two of my neighbors shared a snowblower each winter. Garden tools like shovels, chainsaws, hoes, rakes, leaf blowers, tree trimmers. Lawnmowers. But it could be done.

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Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions Kids and Family Camping Equipment Television 212

For the Mommas

MARCH 13, 2015

The Crafting Chicks offer an ingenious way to recycle egg cartons in this Easter basket idea. Celebrate spring with this garden-themed Easter basket idea from Design Mom , who painted an old wine crate and filled it with seeds, small plants, mini tools, and a few simple toys. Let Grass Grow in Your Easter Basket.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 26, 2012

Take the issue of recycling , for example, one of the first environmental strategies governments put into place around the world. Now we sort the trash into garbage and recycling, almost automatically for most of us; it’s not a difficult task and doesn’t really take any extra time to do, once we have formed the habit.

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Green Flowers and Plants Food and Drink Environmental Movement 211

Saving With Shellie

JUNE 26, 2014

We all hear it – “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. Recycling can often be easy but I love finding opportunities to Reuse. Obviously, an easy recyclable item, it can also be used to make many fun crafts and other clever ideas. As the seedlings grow, insert the entire roll into the ground. :: Bird Feeder .

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Paper Used Matchbox Binoculars 99

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 22, 2011

Recycle – Of course you probably already know about this tip, and may have a recycling bin in your home. But there are other ways to recycle products, too. Grow Your Own: Planting your own vegetables, fruit, and herbs can save you money, but it can also reduce the use of chemical pesticides. 10 Frugal Tips for Earth Day.

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Couponing 101

MARCH 22, 2019

Garden Rock Caterpillar via Nellie Bellie. Recycled Bottle Bowling via PBS Parents. Exploding Sidewalk Chalk via Growing a Jeweled Rose. DIY Homemade Wind Chimes via Hands On As We Grow. Edible Water Beads via Growing a Jeweled Rose. Frying an Egg Experiment via Growing a Jeweled Rose. Kids will love this.

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Outdoors Activism Kids Backyard 81

Saving In Akron

AUGUST 26, 2011

B1G1 Penway or Wexford Green Notes Recycled Products. Recycled School Box, $0.99 (with in-ad coupon). 1/1 Revlon Grow Luscious Plumping Mascara or Color Cosmetic Product, exp. 8/31/11 ( Better Homes & Gardens ). ** More Vanity Fair Coupons. Helpful Links: September Instant Value Coupons (IVCs). Coupon Policy.

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Walgreens Gillette Dove Tide 140