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I’ve been gardening for the past 7 years and I absolutely love it. I currently have 6 flower beds, 2 vegetable gardens and 3 berry patches. Over the years, I’ve learned quite a lot on natural dwellers and today, I’m sharing some tips with all …
We live in the northeast and 15 minutes from a major river that runs through our state. On top of that, our city is located down in the valley with mountains surrounding it on all sides. Every year, we’re bombarded with millions of pesky mosquitoes! …
How many of you shop at The Family Dollar Store? I loved that store, but sadly…the one that was local to me just went out of business. Anyway, last month when they announced that they were closing their doors, they put everything in the store on sale.
When I walked through the doors I was surprised to see 10% off to 50% off everything, including items that were already on clearance. I love decorating the outside of my home & garden areas, so I went to see what they had.
To my surprise, I found a beautiful mosaic solar-powered table-top light in a pretty turquoise color. This color works well with my coastal and beach decorating scheme. After all of the markdowns, I got this pretty solar light for $2.60. Wow, what a deal. If they would of had more in that color, I would of picked them up. Instead, I landed one into my shopping cart.
I then spotted one of those mosaic solar-powered gazing balls in white & silver that I just had to have! After all of the discounts, I was able to snag one up for only $3.80. It was the last one that they had, or I would of definitely picked up a few more. I love sprinkling these type’s of lights throughout my flower beds and garden. They look nice during the daytime and beautiful at night once the light comes on!
Although not really garden or yard art…I found a beautiful floral memorial wreath at Family Dollar Store that was marked down to $5.00 and then I got an additional discount which made the net cost of only $3.50. They had them in three different colors and I selected the purple & pink one to place on my mother-in-law’s grave. She loved gardening and flowers…so I knew it would be perfect to add to her grave.
I’m hoping that another Family Dollar Store will come to town sometime in the near future. If not, I’ll still visit them when we’re traveling to look for some deals. The deals that I snagged this time around were EXCEPTIONAL since they were going out of business and I got additional markdowns on the already discounted prices!!!
Have you found any bargains or deals lately? Any fun frugal finds? If so, tell me about them!
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One of the easiest plants that you can grow in an outside or inside garden is a succulent (they’re from the cactus family). One variety of succulents that I like to grow are often called Chicks and Hens, Cats and Kittens, Rooster and Hens, etc. …
I love outdoor gardening and I admit, I enjoy growing indoor houseplants too! While I don’t consider myself to having a “green thumb”, I have learned several tricks over the years to keep my indoor plants healthy and happy. Here’s some of the tips and …
I love to spend time outdoors and one of the things I enjoy when I’m outside is gardening! I enjoy working on my flower beds, veggie garden and anything that has to do with adding beauty to our landscaping and yard. We’ve owned our home for 6 years now and have been working on various landscaping projects every year.
My personal preference is a coastal and beach style, and I’m always adding new things when I find them. For example, I recently went shopping at our local The Christmas Tree & More store and found some great bargains on outdoor decor. I’m a frugal shopper, and I won’t pay full price, so it’s got to be on sale & a great deal before I buy it!
On this particular shopping trip I found faux stained glass hanging solar lanterns with beautiful lighthouse designs on them and just had to have them! These beauties were on sale for $9.99 each and I picked up three of them. I like that they’re made out of metal and have glass panels. They’re not cheesy-plastic!
Last Fall my beloved mother-in-law passed away from cancer and she collected garden gnomes. I’ve been wanting one in a beach theme for my little memorial garden and was having a hard time finding one in that particular theme. Until now. I was able to pick up this beach-theme’d garden gnome for $6.99. I think he’s adorable!
Finally, I found this Mermaid solar statue that is about 14″ tall and the “faux pearl” in her seashell light’s up at night…thanks to it being solar powered. I admit, I did pay more for her than what I would of liked, but still…at $14.99 I bought her!
What makes this “frugal hunt” even better is that I had printed out a $10.00 off $50.00 purchase from online and redeemed my coupon at the store. So, in addition to those stated prices above…I got $10.00 off my total purchase. Yippee!
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The Christmas Tree Store is a department store and they’re located in several different states. I’ve got one that is about 10 minutes from my home and I try to get there about 6 times a year to look for goodies. I was pleasantly surprised to find a slew of beach & coastal items in their store for summer, so I just had to snag a few pieces to add to my garden and yard.
Have you ever shopped at The Christmas Tree store? If so, what are some of your favorite things to buy?
We’re finally into the month of May and we’re starting the gardening season here in the northeast. Every week from May through September (hopefully) we’ll be featuring at least one gardening post every week! Some of our features will be gardening articles, growing tips, garden-product …
Back in late April I went to the flea market and found this beautiful vintage metal watering can and just had to have it. What really surprised me is that the seller only wanted $3.00 for it and trust me, that was a BARGAIN PRICE, …