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Dirt Cheap: The Best Frugal Gardening Ideas on the Internet<\/a><\/h3>\n

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With the price of healthful groceries going no place but up, lots of thrifty folks are starting a garden to save money on their bills this year. But what about the money to start a garden? It can be a very expensive undertaking, especially if you\u2019ve never gardened before in your particular location.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been researching ways to start my own garden as inexpensively as possible and thought, \u201cHEY!!! I know some other folks who would absolutely love frugal gardening ideas!\u201d So\u2026here they are.<\/p>\n

Step One: What Kind of Garden Are You Going to Grow?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, the very first thing to decide is what type of garden will work best for your situation. This will depend a lot on your soil, your climate, your skill set, and what you have easy and inexpensive access to. Following are some\u00a0articles and books that will help you make your decision.<\/p>\n

Pallet Gardens: Simple, Easy, Free<\/a><\/p>\n

Straw Bale Gardens Complete<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Build a Recycled Greenhouse<\/a><\/p>\n

Create an Instant Garden with Sheet Mulching<\/a><\/p>\n

Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

DIY Metal Raised Beds<\/a><\/p>\n

DIY Super Easy Raised Garden Bed for Under $30
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How to Build a Raised Garden Bed for $12<\/a><\/p>\n

For those who aren\u2019t build-y:\u00a0Big Bag Fabric Raised Beds<\/a>\u00a0(I have used these with great success for veggies with shallow roots and as a bonus, you can use them on concrete if you\u2019re gardening on a patio.)<\/p>\n

Using Pallets to Make Free Raised Garden Beds<\/a><\/p>\n

Square Foot Gardening: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space<\/a><\/p>\n

15 Fruits and Veggies You Can Grow in a Bucket Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

PVC Drip Irrigation System for Your Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Save BIG on Lumber Supplies for Your Square Foot Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dirt Cheap: The Best Frugal Gardening Ideas on the Internet With the price of healthful groceries going no place but up, lots of thrifty folks are starting a garden to save money on their bills this year. But what about the money to start a garden? It can be a very expensive undertaking, especially if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6156,1565,1912,13481,346,1339,5837],"class_list":["post-19954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-daisy-luther","tag-diy","tag-food-production","tag-frugal-gardening","tag-gardening","tag-internet","tag-organic-prepper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19955,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19954\/revisions\/19955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}