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Green or Frugal
1 commentAm I green or am I frugal? I live in S. Florida and water is expensive. We have two rain barrels that collect water off the roof. I can water whatever I like with this water even...
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Composting
For years I've paid to have my leaves hauled away and then would pay to have mulch delivered, How crazy! Those days are over I'm getting green, I'm getting smart I'm now the proud owner...
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Modern Raised Veggi Beds
Raised bed gardening is the only way to go in South Texas with dry summers I can now have a vegitable garden that doesn't need watering all the time and it adds beauty to my property. Every day a new...
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Share garden inspiration, plants and recycle, recycle, recycle
Green endeavors: My husband put wood frames around glass shower doors (from a garage sale) to make a coldframe. We've planted many, many flowers and plants to attract the diminishing...
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kitchen garden
Rain barrel, old deck stairs and other recycled lumber become my new raised bed kitchen garden. I've also started planting paths with a naturally low growing, fragrant herb lawn mixture.
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Water Saving Raised Bed Garden
2 comments'Minimal watering required in these raised beds.
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Early Spring in the Johnson Garden
We have 11 acres with about 2 in yard and flower gardens, we do not currently have a composting system, we mulch with lots of different things like pine needels and cedar etc, we use wood ash , grass...
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Save water system
We curently use 2 save water systems holding over 500 gallons of rainwater and water saved from warming up runoff of showers and baths. We use this water for our 1 acre garden and do not...
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Green Gardening Ideas
3 commentsRaised beds and composters from Iowa DOT test sections of culvert pipe.Concrete remesh made into tomato cages.Shreded newspaper and mail as mulch and worm box bedding.Worm box.Greenhouse made of...
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Friends of Deckers Creek Youth Advisory Board Rain Barrel Workshop
Friends of Deckers Creek’s Youth Advisory Board teamed up with West Virginia University Landscape Architecture students to build rain barrels which YAB will sell to raise funds for future...
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Rain Barrel Catcher
1 commentWithout a downspout from this gutter my solution was to use an exciting bucket and add a spout to the bottom to fill into the barrel. Using recycled materials I had instead of purchasing new...
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How Green is Your Garden?
In this gallery, we would like you to show us how you've gone green in your garden. Did you build or buy a rain barrel? Have you planted some plants that are native, drought-tolerant, or bumblebee-friendly? Are you planning on using creative recycled containers in your garden this year?
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