Stay at Home Mum – Survive and Thrive on One Wage

    Gardening
  • Starting a Vegetable Patch

    Starting a Vegetable Patch Ok now I am no expert, I do not have a particularly green thumb either, but the one thing I will tell you is it's not that hard to start a small garden at home. Number one rule for starting out is plant stuff you know you will eat. If your not going to eat it you will be less impressed at the final outcome. Now I hear you say but my yard is just not...

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  • Lowering Your Food Budget with a Garde...

    Lowering Your Food Budget with a Garden No matter how you slice it, food is expensive. With the rising cost of  transportation, food  prices are escalating just to arrive at the shops. Starting a garden is one way to lower your total food bill each month. By eliminating one element of the cost of food, the shipping costs, you can eat better for less. The way to do this is to grow a garden. Instead of shipped tomatoes that are...

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  • Keep Cut Flowers for Longer

    Keep Cut Flowers for Longer Someone special in your life has given you a beautiful bunch of flowers, or you have just cut some flowers out of your garden - but now you're thinking, what do I do with them? If you are like most people, you'll chuck them in a vase of water and forget them, only to find that they are dead within a couple of days! Here are some great tips to extend the vase life of cut flowers...

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