Frugal Gardening Tip of the Day

Lighten the load in your flowerpots and container grdens.  Fill your pots 1/3 to 1/2 full with foam packing peanuts.  (Do a spot check first–some foam packing peanuts melt in water.)  The containers are lighter and also leave room for drainage.  Lay a few coffee filters or a  piece of landscape fabric between the soil [...]

Work Party Rules

Read about this recently and it sounds really cool.  In the middle of endless yardwork, this sounds like a dream come true.  Here’s the gist of what this group of friends do to help each other and themselves. 
A core group of 10 people from 6 households meet one Saturday a month from September to June, holding [...]