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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon with our three kids, ages 4-6. 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. The post Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon appeared first on The Frugal Girl.

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Growing Herbs in My Garden

Family Balance Sheet

What herbs do you grow in your garden? If you would like to receive FREE updates of FBS, there are four ways to do so: have updates sent to your email , through your RSS Feed become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook become a Twitter follower This post is linked to Tuesdays Garden Party at An Oregon Cottage. How do you preserve them?

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Meet a Reader | Ginger from Texas

The Frugal Girl

My dad passed away in 2022 and my mom lives in Oregon. That’s easy, my mom and growing up in the PNW. Oregon is strong into recycling, reducing, and protecting the land. So, I don’t recycle like I did in Oregon and Washington State. I’m currently between houses, and I live in Amarillo, TX.

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Don’t Dig a Money Pit in Your Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You were going to save a bundle on your grocery bill by growing your own vegetables and herbs. Instead, you broke your budget buying every gadget from the big box gardening store – not to mention the pricier mature plants and the chemicals to make them grow faster and produce more. Grow Plants That Will Thrive In Your Climate.

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Savings Calculator – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Use this free savings calculator to understand how your money can grow over time. She is based in Portland, Oregon. Use the free savings calculator below to understand how your money can grow over time. Time to grow: This is the number of years your money will be in savings without a withdrawal. NerdWallet, Inc.

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Vertical Gardening Update: I've Got Cantaloupes

Family Balance Sheet

Cantaloupe is one of my most favorite things to grow in the garden. The plants looks healthy and there are at least 5 melons growing. Two of the melons are actually growing on the ground at the base of the trellis. My main concern is that the plants won't hold the weight of the melons as they grow to maturity.

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#5 Story of the Year 2017

For the Mommas

TELECOMMUTING, THE SILENT REVOLUTION, KEEPS GROWING. Tilikum Bridge, recently built in Portland, Oregon, where the LERN Annual conference was this year, is now the longest non-car bridge in the U.S. Over 40% of workers now telecommute at least part time. Telecommuting has doubled in the last ten years. Photo, upper left.

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