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DIY Landscaping Tips to Prepare for Fall

Saving Cents With Sense

Autumn is also the perfect time to plant shrubs, grind stumps and aerate your lawn. Use a straight coupling to join the conduit and the elbow. Plant Shrubs. Plant your shrubs in fall to ensure good root establishment. Rainfall pooling on grass means nutrients and water cannot reach plant roots. All rights reserved.

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How Growing Your Finances Is Like Gardening

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My spouse and I have gained quite a bit of experience planting bushes, trees and flowers over the years. Our two biggest experiences were in planting thousands of pine seedlings from the state nursery on our 40 acre farm (in our younger years)and planting around 3000 spring flowering bulbs on our current 6 acres. Use good stock.

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8 Home Projects You Should Never DIY

Koupon Karen

Their specialized knowledge can prevent issues like improper installation, which can lead to inefficient energy use, poor air quality, and even safety hazards. Professional landscapers can help transform your vision into reality with a comprehensive understanding of soil types, local climate, and sustainable design practices.

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How We’re Saving Money On Water Even Though We Live in the Desert

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Strategies We’re Using to Conserve Water. Landscape with plants that have a low water requirement. Instead, the yard is landscaped with stones and various cacti. Rather than rinsing veggies under running water to clean them as we used to do, we instead fill a bowl with water and rinse the veggies in there.

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Six Fall Money Savers

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are six things we do in the fall that help us save money by using what we have, being energy efficient or maintaining our stuff so it lasts longer. Not only does mulch save money on watering, but it comes for the price of labor for us. Each fall as they fall, we scoop them and grind them using the lawn tractor.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

Swap with another family who could use a date night too. Get out on the Rail Trails – Rail trails are old railway lines that have been converted to multi-use paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. 8 Summer Date Night Ideas – Need a sitter? A Tour of Our Backyard.

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7 Tips to Conserve Water and Save Money

Family Balance Sheet

Use water collected from dehumidifier to water your garden and flower pots. It fills up quickly on sweltering days and I use that water for my flower pots. When waiting for the hot water to heat up from the faucet, trap water in a jug or bucket and use it to water your garden and flower containers.