(I know this is the wrong time of the year, but I want to get it posted.)
By Shannon Buck - Copyright March 2007
Spring is here, even if there is [...]
Archive for the ‘Gardening & Yard Work’ Category
Update on my Garden
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, low-income, tagged tips, garden, plants, sunflower, succession planting 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 [...]
Caring for Your House Plants with Minimal Cost to You
Posted in Frugally, Gardening & Yard Work, cheap, cheapskate, free, tagged free, planting, porthos, spider plant, sun, plant pots, egg shells, root powder, potting soil, fertilizer on Thursday, September 4, 2008 | No Comments »
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, [...]
How to Acquire Free House Plants
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, Reduce Reuse Recycle, free, low-income, tagged free, porthos, house plants, root, starts on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Almost Homemade Tomato Vegetable Soup #1
Posted in Food, Food Cupboard Creations, Frugally, Gardening & Yard Work, cheapskate, free, low-income, tagged vegetable, soup, frugal, recipes, homemade, tomato on Monday, September 1, 2008 | No Comments »
You will find this very yummy recipe on Frugal Recipes by clicking the link below.
Almost Homemade Tomato Vegetable Soup #1
Shannon
Free House Plants
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, free, low-income, tagged free, porthos, spider plant, house plants on Monday, September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This past May, as I was helping the neighbors pack, I was the recipient of a well established spider plant. It is hanging in my front living room window, and is still doing well.
I also received a good porthos plant, which hangs in my kitchen window. This plant has grown a lot since I received [...]
Updates
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Reduce Reuse Recycle, cheapskate, tagged cleaning supplies, clothes, compost, curtains, donate, food cupboard, freezing, fruit, pasta sauce, reuse, soil on Thursday, July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, there is still no luck on the job front, but I am not giving up. My sister has an application in at Wal*Mart, and I still have those two in over town, and the online ones.
I will post again for childcare as well. I will leave open hours for evening shifts as well as [...]
New Recipe Posted to Frugal Recipes
Posted in Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Uncategorized, tagged dinner, recipe, garden, salad, frugal recipes, garden salad on Sunday, July 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I just love my garden. The lettuce, tomatoes and peas are doing so well that we were able to use them to round out our dinner last night. The recipe has been posted to the Frugal Recipes blog and is called Yesterdays’ Garden Salad.
Enjoy!
Shannon
Update for My Goals: Saving Money and Helping Our Earth
Posted in Cleaning, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged batteries, candles, canning, canvas totes, changes, chargers, cleaners, cloth wipes, collect water, compsot, consignment, cost, crochet, daycare children, deodorant, dishwasher, diva cups, dry herbs, Dryer, earth, electricity, environment, expensive, farmer's markets, flourescent lights, flowers, Food, freeze herbs, fresh produce, fruits, garden, gardening, gifts, goals, healthier, heating, helping, herbalism, herbs, home remedies, households, Infinity Razor, landfills, less waste, money, natural sunlight, oil, oil-lamps, pinching pennies, plastics, power strip, prices, recycle, resale, reuse, roadside stands, rugs, save, saving money, scavenge materials, second hand, shopping, soap, toilet paper, trailer, unplug, vegetables, vegetarian, washing machine, water, water baths, water bottles, yardsaling on Saturday, July 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is an update, my way of letting you know how I am coming along on all of my goals. I may not get to everything this year, but I am hoping to get to as many as I can.
Here are my goals:
(Note Done Yet)* Unplug what I can when the appliances/electronics are not in [...]
The Make-Shift Compost Bin
Posted in Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged compost, make-shift, compost bin, pallet, dried leaves, grass, produce on Saturday, July 12, 2008 | No Comments »
My nephew and I built a compost bin a couple of weeks ago. We built it using big, heavy, wooden pallets. We had to do this in such a way that we could easily remove the top for adding materials, as well as the front for when we are ready to harvest the compost.
Keep in [...]
