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Save money growing your own vegetables.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are few healthier and better ways to save money than organically growing your own fruit and vegetables in your own garden. So if you’re interested in turning your garden-patch into a bowl of ripe produce, here’s how to start. Preparing your garden. Selecting your soil.

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How to Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you’ve ever purchased organic vegetables from your local grocery store, you know it can be quite expensive. Yet, you pay the prices because you want to provide chemical-free vegetables for you and your family. Luckily, organic vegetables can be grown in the comfort of your own backyard. Preparation.

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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There really is nothing like the experience of eating something that you have just picked fresh from your own garden. More and more people like myself are returning to the joy of growing vegetables, herbs and even eggs right in their own backyards. Gradually, the home veggie garden became obsolete.

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Don’t Dig a Money Pit in Your Garden

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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.

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How to Garden Over Winter: Key Strategies for Success

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The most important strategy for how to garden over winter is preparation as the weather starts to cool down. With the right preparation, your garden will not only survive winter but also flourish. Here are some key strategies for successful winter gardening. Pre-winter garden clean-up.

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It’s Time to Plan Your Frugal Spring Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At our house the gardening catalogs started arriving last week. Burpee’s, Henry Fields, Stark Brothers, K Van Bourgondien & Sons, Van Enselen inc, John Scheepers Inc, Gurney’s, Henry Field’s, and Jung Seeds & Plants have all arrived in our mailbox (we are on a lot of lists!). Plan your garden.

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Composting for Beginners

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now, as an adult with her own home and garden, composting is (pathetically?) There’s nothing happier to a wannabe gardener! There are different uses for composted material, which I’ve outlined below, and store-bought alternatives can be quite expensive. Composting is a great way to help your plants grow.

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