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Cheap and Easy Gardening Tips

Posted on 05/2/2013 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Home & Family | Money & SavingsCheck out this week’s episode of my weekly AARP web show on YouTube for some money-saving gardening tips and a chance to win a $50 gift card. Be sure to subscribe to the show (it’s FREE and easy – just click on the ”subscribe” icon and follow the prompts), that way you’ll be eligible for a shot at the prizes if you leave me your tips.   Also of Interest Spring Into Gardening Season: 5 Frugal Ways to Get Your Plants and Garden Ready 9 …

How To Teach Kids Nutrition? Plant Something

Posted on 09/20/2012 by | General News | Comments

Food | Volunteering“What do you do to get the kids to like stuff like kale? Or radishes?” I asked. Ms. Denise immediately begins shaking her head in protest, with a huge grin on her face. “If they take the seed and plant it. If they grow it. If they see it every day while they’re out on the playground. If they walk by and smell it. They will love eating it,” she said. We were standing in an edible schoolyard on a …

Aeroponic Gardens for Good!

Posted on 09/7/2012 by | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHappy Friday! Jenn here to tell you about one of our latest community projects that has just come to fruition (literally, haha) – the Aeoroponic roof garden for good! On Wednesday, July 18, The Salvation Army Crossgenerations Corps Community Center celebrated the Grand Opening of their new Aeroponic Tower Garden.  Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil. AARP and The Salvation Army partnered on the effort to promote healthy food options to local seniors in the Blue Island …

H.S. Stevens: He Planted a Lot of Seeds

Posted on 06/25/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyLike many retirees, Hiram Stuart “H.S.” Stevens Jr. didn’t quite know how to quit working. Fortunately, he found a second career even more fulfilling than his first. The onetime sewing-machine store manager blossomed as a gardening columnist for the Dallas Morning News from 1985 to 2006. Stevens, who passed away June 14 at age 89, did more than advise readers how to spread mulch or when to water their gardens. He enriched his writing about cultivating flowers and vegetables with vivid …

Cheap Space-Saving Tips for Your Garden

Posted on 05/29/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Food | Home & Family | Money & SavingsGardening is a great way to enjoy the outdoors, get some exercise, and – depending on what you grow – maybe even save on your grocery bill. But what if your green thumb is bigger than the space you have available to plant the garden of your dreams this summer? Consider these options for getting a maximum harvest from a minimum amount of space. Container Gardens: Whether it’s fancy store-bought flowerpots or simply repurposing cans and other containers you might otherwise …

Bake Bread on the Cheap Using a Flowerpot

Posted on 04/19/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Food | Money & Savings | Your LifeSpringtime is gardening time, and here’s a clever garden-themed repurposing tip:  Bake cute, individual servings of fresh bread in clay flowerpots, like those pictured here. In the interest of full disclosure, this is really a faux repurposing project, since it’s advisable to start with new, unused clay flowerpots rather than risk reusing ones that have already contained plants and might be contaminated with garden chemicals or bacteria. Mind you, when my Mom first made bread like this for us 20 …

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