Five Ways to Save Money in the Garden
May 19, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under gardening, saving money
Guest post by Katelyn Thomas
You’ve started a garden to save money, not to spend it! Who knew that it could be such a costly operation? Mulch, soil, fertilizer…the list seems to go on and on. Before you shell out a lot of cash, you may want to try thrifty alternatives for some items. Here are a few things I do to make gardening frugal:
Make friends with a farmer. If you know a farmer, paying for expensive fertilizers will be a thing of the past. I asked my neighbor if I could buy a wheelbarrow of aged cow manure and he …read more
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
Frugal Challenge Saturday – Plants
June 30, 2007 by kellys
Filed under budget, frugal challenge, money saving idea
My dad has a beautiful plant on his back yard. He keeps promising me that no one can kill it. We will see about that. I will let you know how mine survives the wilderness in a few months. But I digress. I want to plant it along the outskirts of my yard as a boundary of sorts. The plant is called a wandering Jew plant and is absolutely beautiful. I hope it works well and doesn’t get eaten by the wildlife around my house.
Your frugal challenge for Saturday is to be patient with your plants. I intend to buy …read more
10 Thrifty Ways to Deal with Mosquitoes
June 24, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Top 10 lists, health
I am a mosquito magnet. If there is one around, it will find me. This past week while I was at camp, many mosquitos found me. I’ve done a little research and found some inexpensive ways that you can fight off mosquitoes.
1. Keep your lawn mowed and bushes trimmed. This eliminates having a nice place for mosquitoes to rest.
2. Keep spare tires and other items that collect water stored in a sheltered area. This cuts down on the amount of rain these items can collect. Empty standing water from buckets, boats, planters, wheelbarrows, etc.
3. Make sure roof gutters drain properly to …read more
Free/thrifty plants from the garden.
August 14, 2006 by kellys
Filed under frugal living
Fall is quickly coming. Want to plant some mums? Let me give a frugal piece of advice. Don’t buy the bigger plants. Buy the smaller plants. They will grow and you can split them later if you can be patient. You can save a lot of money by buying the smaller versions and feeding them Miracle Grow. By the end of the season, they will be the same size as the bigger plants but your wallet won’t be as light.
Another way to save money in the garden is sharing. Do you have a friend that likes to garden as well? …read more
