5 Money Saving Tips for Beginning Gardeners (Frugal Gardening)

Today I share my top 5 tips to help beginning gardeners save money.

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Highlights:
0:19 weigh the pros & cons before investing in raised beds
3:36 have your soil tested before spending a lot of money on fertilizers and amendments
5:07 grow edible perennials
6:04 make compost only from free inputs
7:22 cover the ground with free organic mulch

Oscar the cat cameos:
6:08 6:26 7:15

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OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost and mulch. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.