Category Archives: frugal family

Frugal Tuesday Tip: Retirement

By julia | Published: April 1, 2013

The Frugal Tuesday Tip has retired. Since LinkyTools and WordPress have not been playing well for months, I’ve seen the linky as a burden, and no one is willing to fix the code of either to allow “nice play.” I’m still (barely) alive over at Examiner.com. Not that the topic of frugality has run its course, [...]

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Community garden

By julia | Published: March 29, 2013

My fair city has a community garden program, but 2013 is its first year. I walked down to the pilot site to see if I could learn any information with my eyes. I found nothing but footballers. No plots marked. No water source for garden hoses. Maybe the pilot has failed to gather enough interest. [...]

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Frugal Tuesday Tip: Greenhouse time

By julia | Published: March 4, 2013

I spent the last week gathering the milk jugs that I’ll need for today’s activity — making milk jug greenhouses. I shouldn’t take too long to get my seeds planted. I already have potting soil and last year’s seeds waiting in the garage. It was difficult to get the milk jugs, though. It’s such a [...]

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Frugal Tuesday Tip: Mini gardens

By julia | Published: February 25, 2013

After making fairy gardens, I think my next garden project ought to be Milk Jug Greenhouses. I’ve seen them on many blogs and on Pinterest. The longer days definitely have me itching to begin. No wonder people are active with their terrarium and fairy garden hobbies during winter. The biggest obstacle to the Milk Jug [...]

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