5 Ways to Save Money on Vegetables
October 29, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under food, groceries, how-to, save-money, saving money
We’re all looking to include more vegetables into our meals. Here are some ways to help you save.
1) Grow your own. Growing your own can help to drastically cut your food bill. As an added bonus, you get to control the use of fertilizers and pesticides.
2) Can and freeze for the winter months. Many people plan a large garden so that they will have enough to can and freeze for future months. These come in handy for soups, casseroles and crock pot meals.
3) Buy in-season produce. I am more likely to buy cucumbers, tomatoes, and other produce when they’re at …read more
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
