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My New 30 Travel Things

Shereen Travels Cheap

It's been a long time since I've updated my list of 30 things that I love when it comes to travel. As you travel and it shapes your world , you learn new things about yourself and become a better traveler, packer, and, hopefully, person. Food trucks - I travel for food and I want to eat all the things when I go somewhere new.

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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There really is nothing like the experience of eating something that you have just picked fresh from your own garden. More and more people like myself are returning to the joy of growing vegetables, herbs and even eggs right in their own backyards. Gradually, the home veggie garden became obsolete.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

Our two goats I’m planning to milk next year We also have a big garden, fruit trees, a medicinal herb garden and grow some cut flowers. Part of my flower garden this year I hate the idea of being haunted by money-woes when my husband and I are retired. We splurge on travel, celebrations and presents for our kids.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

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. Family Travel Destinations: U.S. has so much to offer for travel destinations and there are over 400 U.S. I was an avid gardener for many years.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!) Lots of people had back yard gardens. Food/shopping. Fast food was rare.

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Learning How to Eat Sustainably

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Choose packaged products that are produced as close to where you live as possible to limit the miles it has to travel. Organic farming is a sustainable method of growing crops and grazing meat animals without the use of toxic chemicals. This means that the food has to travel long distances to get to you, often from overseas.

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10 Nifty Ways to Eat Organic on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A tomato picked from a local farmer’s tomato plant, for example, will taste a whole lot better than one that’s traveled several thousand miles to reach your local supermarket’s produce section. Grow Your Own If you haven’t done any gardening before, the key here is to start small. That’s outrageous!

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