Gardening on a Budget
May 16, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Doing it Yourself, food, frugal living, gardening
Guest post by Linette Gerlach
You can plant a garden even on a shoestring budget. For very little money you can grow enough food to help feed your family through the winter.
Here are a few tips to help get you started:
Start your plants in recycled pots, or containers you make yourself. You can make your own plant pots out of newspaper, or egg cartons.
Buy your seeds at the local farm store. There you can buy as much or as little of each type of seed as you want, and you’re paying by the weight. You don’t have to buy extra if …read more
