Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 16, 2013

Starting small gives you the chance to get to know some of the best techniques for growing your garden, and it can prevent you from becoming overwhelmed. As you become more experienced with gardening, and as your confidence improves, you can plant a bigger garden. Grow Easy Items First. Create a Schedule.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 2, 2012

If you have lived in your current location through previous winters, it is important to look at what has worked in the past and what has been an abject failure. As the heat of summer passes, consider moving plants that may be at risk during winter in their current location. Don’t Let the Winter Blues Affect Your Goals.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 24, 2014

Composting attracts bees, worms, and other bugs which help your garden thrive. Composting is a great way to help your plants grow. Better than anything store bought, and, if you watch what you throw in that bin, is an organic alternative to any fertilizer or plant food you can buy at the store. Do you compost? .

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Compost Composting Home and Garden Plants 222

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 12, 2012

Burpee’s, Henry Fields, Stark Brothers, K Van Bourgondien & Sons, Van Enselen inc, John Scheepers Inc, Gurney’s, Henry Field’s, and Jung Seeds & Plants have all arrived in our mailbox (we are on a lot of lists!). Plan your garden. Now is the time to plan your garden.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 12, 2012

So, not only do you reduce the pollution from driving an individual vehicle, taking public transit and/or riding your bike also provides you the chance to add a little more exercise to your life. Planting, weeding, and harvesting all require a certain level of physical effort.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 15, 2014

Of course, it likely won’t meet all of your vegetable needs even during the summer months, but you’re meeting some of your needs. If even a small garden isn’t an option, consider planting a container garden. I plan to do that this summer and plant some herbs as well as some lettuce and a tomato plant.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 6, 2013

Plant a Garden. Gardening is an enjoyable activity, and it can help you improve your sustainability. Plant three or four things, just to get started. Even if you don’t have a lot of room, you can grow a container garden. Even if you don’t have a lot of room, you can grow a container garden.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 30, 2013

We would pull weeds, pick produce, plant seeds , water, and generally putter in the garden. Now that I am older and have a home of my own, I realize how much work a garden can be. This further blocks the sunlight from getting to the weeds and also provides a nice drainage for the plants that you actually want to keep in the garden.

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Gardening Garden Home and Garden Landscaping 196

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Make use of this wonderful garden asset like us by learning how to make your own compost. Compost is a natural, organic substance that makes a superior mulch, fertilizer, soil conditioner and improver while stimulating healthy root growth in plants. Compost helps your plants resist disease and insect attack.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 25, 2012

The soils become so degraded that large quantities of artificial fertilizers, many based on petroleum, need to be added to make crops grow. Often growth hormones are added to force the plants and animals to achieve marketable size more quickly. Grow your Own . Eat What is in Season .

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2013

We are heading out to our little farm this weekend to plant our veggies. It really is a great feeling to grow your own food. We have multiple veggies on the list that we are growing but a few include bok choy, broccoli cabbage, carrots, peppers, and tomatoes. I am quite excited.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 8, 2014

Not all farmers at the markets are certified organic (it’s VERY expensive to get that certification) but they do still grow their food without chemicals or added hormones. Talk to the farmers, they’re usually very cool and informative, happy to discuss your food needs with you. And we all know we don’t need more crap.

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For the Mommas

OCTOBER 2, 2014

However, growing your own organic herb garden can be intimidating, especially if you know nothing about plants. Organic herbs are quite expensive and you’re not even sure if the ones sold in supermarkets are truly organic.

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For the Mommas

MARCH 13, 2015

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. Take the kids outdoors with their new baskets, and get planting. Let Grass Grow in Your Easter Basket. Make it a Breakfast Easter Basket.

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Nicoles Nickels

MAY 29, 2012

Grow your own strawberries and tomatoes, even if you don’t have a yard! You can save time and space while growing fresh strawberries and tomatoes with Topsy Turvy planters. At Groupon you can get One Topsy Turvy Strawberry Planter and One Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter for just $10, with FREE shipping !

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 14, 2012

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. Buy in Bulk It’s a terrific way to get more bang for your organic food buck. Whole Foods charges upwards of $3.00

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For the Mommas

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Green Thumb Gardening: Make Your Home by Charlie Tucker. Growing your own vegetables at home has countless benefits. Everything from planning to building, germinating, planting, growing, and harvesting is included. Avoiding unwanted chemicals is just one of them. Sourdough Creek by Caroline Fyffe.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Well, kids, your parents lied to you – money does grow on trees. The trees are your investment accounts. A money tree starts out growing slowly, so small at first that you don’t even think it is there. You have to plant it, feed it, water it and care for it to make it grow big enough to notice.

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Virginia Money Real Estate Growing 160

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 22, 2011

Many items can be made inexpensively, naturally, and without polluting your home with chemicals. Grow Your Own: Planting your own vegetables, fruit, and herbs can save you money, but it can also reduce the use of chemical pesticides. Plant a Tree.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 26, 2012

Go hiking and camping and show them the beauty of the outdoors (and teach them to leave trails and campsites better than when you arrived) Plant a garden with your children to give them a tangible example of how much fun growing your own food and eating healthy can be!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2013

Farmers use chemical fertilizers to supply the plants with nutrients to make crops grow faster, use herbicides to control weeds so they don’t compete with the crops and pesticides to kill off insect pests that can eat the plants and lower production. Organic produce is ripened on the plant to allow the full flavors to develop.

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Organic Organization Food Plants 237

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

You might be surprised at the types of plants you can grow in a container garden. From using espaliering to grow apple trees in a container, to herbs, to a variety of vegetables , it’s possible to transform a small space into an effective container garden. Plant your little seeds in the bottom part.

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For the Mommas

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Growing your own vegetables at home has countless benefits. Everything from planning to building, germinating, planting, growing, and harvesting is included. Over two hundred years span the lifetime of one of history’s most notorious royal families. Green Thumb Gardening by Charlie Tucker.

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