Posted in Adventures in Yard Saling, Gardening & Yard Work, tagged greenhouses, mini, savings, yard-sale on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I stopped in at a yard sale up the street last Saturday. I was pleased to find two mini greenhouses while I was there. They had never been used, so I was willing to pay more than I would normally pay for anything at a yard sale. I paid $10.00 each. Why?
I have been drooling [...]
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, tagged lawn, mower, spark plug on Saturday, July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My lawn mower hadn’t worked yet this summer, so my stepfather came over to look at it this past Sunday. he changed a spark plug and all is good.
A couple days later my nephew came and mowed for me. Now, if my yard ever dries out from all of the rain, I will be able [...]
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Low-Income, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged Food, family, Low-Income, life, saving money, organic, compost, greening, plastic, planet, less toxic, natural, grow food on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Family Guide to Going Green 2009 is a great resource for any household. As low-income individuals and families, some greening efforts can go a long way in saving us money. What could be better than that? (Except for saving the planet, of course.)
I, personally, found the guide very useful. I am already doing some [...]
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Spring, tagged nails, plastic, re-use, saves money, slats, trailer, un-bank on Monday, May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I am working, Zowie is outside un-banking the trailer. She is 17, and has done this task for the last couple of years.
She lays out the plastic so as it can dry thoroughly. In this way, we can reuse the plastic again next fall when we re-bank the trailer.
She tries not to break any [...]
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged 2009, declutter, gardening, goals, Health, new year, nutrition, simplify, weightloss, writing on Monday, January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By now, I’m sure that everyone has had the chance to reassess the previous year and decide, at least minimally, on what they want to accomplish in the new year. I am no exception. Here are my goals:
Mental and Emotional Health:
I am obviously not doing well with this one right now.
I will be sure to [...]
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Winter Prep, tagged air leaks, bank the trailer, blankets, cleaned, drafts, fuel assistnace, furnace, harvest garden, heat tape, pantry, windows, Winter Prep, yard on Saturday, October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Right now, I am working on the pantry. Zowie got most of the trailer banked today, and I have had my appointment with fuel assistance. The heat tape has been plugged in. I will be doing more during the upcoming week. Who knew that it was going to get so cold, so soon. We usually do most [...]
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Low-Income, tagged garden, plants, succession planting, sunflower, tips on Friday, September 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My little garden did okay this year. I learned a lot from the experience, things that I will use when planting next year. I had planted:
strawberries
rhubarb
Jack-be-Little pumpkins
cucumber
carrots
beans
peas
cherry tomatoes
lettuce
cabbage
parsley
broccoli
Some things did not take at all: Broccoli, rhubarb, beans, strawberries.
The cabbage that I planted in one bed gre well, while the ones that I planted in the other [...]
Posted in Cheap, Cheapskate, Free, Frugally, Gardening & Yard Work, tagged egg shells, fertilizer, Free, plant pots, planting, porthos, potting soil, root powder, spider plant, sun on Thursday, September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
House plants are actually pretty easy to care for. You want to know a few things to start with, like:
Does the plant need full sun?
Will it do well in a partially sunny window?
How about a shady window?
Does it need to be in a window at all?
Does the plant like to be root bound? Some do, [...]
Posted in Free, Gardening & Yard Work, Low-Income, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged Free, house plants, porthos, root, starts on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think that most people get their houseplants from their mother or grandmother. I once had a spider plant, rooted in a glass of water from a baby off my mothers plant. The thing grew huge and beautiful, but did not weather the move well. In the end, we lost it.
I have a new one [...]
