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[9 May 2008 | One Comment ]
Something’s brewing with old coffee grounds

photo by Jonny Hunter

Coffee drinkers unite! It’s time to get green and frugal with your coffee grounds. Don’t home brew? Starbucks is on board with a program that provides free grounds for customers to use in their gardens. Establishments, family and friends can provide them, too.
According to J. Trent of the University of Nevada, Reno, newsroom, Manoranjan Misra, a professor at the university, has developed a process to extract …

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Frugal Gardening, Sara at home »

[7 Mar 2007 | 12 Comments ]

From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens -
the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house,
and the garden of the mind’s eye. — Katherine S. White
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[22 Jan 2007 | 14 Comments ]

Planning ahead with a garden journal can save you time and money. Are you planning for the upcoming gardening season? Starting a garden journal now, will serve as a reference later, on what worked well and what didn’t in your garden.
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[21 Dec 2004 | 8 Comments ]
Gardenscape on a Shoestring

photo by navdeepraj

Many of us flip through garden magazines, all the while thinking that it takes years, a professional, or tons of money to landscape the gardens featured in the glossy pictures. This isn’t necessarily true. You can design a breathtaking garden and be the envy of the neighborhood by following some of the following tips.
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