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7 Everyday Inexpensive Items That Simplify Your Life

Posted on June 20, 2024June 20, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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These 7 modest items will simplify your life, saving you time and money. You may own several already but have not put them to use.

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Gardening Is Good for Your Mental Health and the Planet

Posted on July 6, 2023July 5, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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When stress, anxiety, or sadness creep in, stepping into a garden can offer you some much needed relief. These five tips will get you started.

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Composting Is a Last Resort for Wasted Food

Posted on May 3, 2023May 3, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Composting is a crucial, yet last resort, taken after we have exhausted all the other efforts to reduce wasted food.

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How to Prevent Food From Spoiling During a Power Outage

Posted on March 17, 2023March 17, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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An approaching storm threatens to cause an extended power outage and your refrigerator is full of food. These tips will help you save it.

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How to Make a Compost Bin Liner Out of Newspaper

Posted on January 18, 2023April 9, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Keep your compost pail cleaner with an easy-to-make newspaper bin liner. It saves money and adds brown matter to a compost heap.

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Some of the Stuff I Get Free

Posted on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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After recently picking up free mulch, I made a list of just some of the useful items I get for free regularly.

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How to Compost Food Scraps With or Without a Yard

Posted on April 1, 2022February 8, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
a handful of compost made from food waste

Ideally we would eat all the food we buy but wasted food happens. Wasted food and food scraps belong in a compost bin, indoors our out.

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13 Tips for Plastic Free Gardening on the Cheap

Posted on February 17, 2022June 6, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Gardeners want to fill their yards with plants—not the landfill with plastic. These tips will cut loads of the plastic you find in nurseries.

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Frugal Hugelkultur: How to Build the Ultimate Raised Garden Bed

Posted on November 29, 2021April 12, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
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Hugelkultur beds contain dead wood that, upon decomposition, returns water and nutrients to the soil for waste-free, frugal gardening.

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