gardening

The Ultimate "Green" Workout

Posted 2 weeks 1 day ago by Linsey Knerl

Frugal Living, Health and Beauty, Green Living, Food and Drink

Recently our own Xin Lu wrote a post on a motivating way to lose weight (a very interesting piece.) Imagine my surprise when a commenter spoke my mind by sharing the ultimate in “green” workouts! Not only does this daily routine give me tone and energy, but I’ll be enjoying the “fruits” of my labor in just a few short weeks!

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Growing My Own Food...In My Apartment

Posted 20 weeks 4 days ago by Thursday Bram

Food and Drink

I'm planning out a garden for this spring. I don't have any access to a yard to plant my garden in, but I have a balcony on my apartment that gets plenty of sun. This is my first adventure in gardening, assuming you don’t count my stealing radishes from my grandmother’s garden as a child. Not only have I been reading up on container gardening, but on gardening in general. I’m also trying to be as frugal about the process as possible — repurposing containers and the like. I’ll be updating regularly as my garden progresses.

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Free food in your yard - edible weeds!

Posted 1 year 6 weeks ago by Andrea Dickson

Food and Drink

Who says that there's no such thing as a free lunch - you probably have one growing in your yard! Think twice before loading up your garden or lawn with herbicides; many weeds are edible, and delicious. Best of all, they're free!

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Snail Free Gardening

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Green Living

Photo by mozzercork

Green gardening should be cheap. Organic gardening was the way of the world before chemical companies found ways to create compounds that could destroy pests quickly and effectively. The thing that makes organic gardening less-favored than, say, using pesticides, is that it's not as efficient. You have to put more effort into organic gardening.

But it's worth it. It's cheap, it's fun, and you can protect your water supply. Remember, whatever we spray on our lawns and gardens ends up in our drinking water.

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