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Posted on March 13, 2010 - by admin

How to Grow a Garden

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Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 76 March 13, 2010

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Hope your Saturday is going well. Don’t forget to ‘Spring forward’ this weekend by setting your clocks up an hour tonight (Sat).

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We Continue our series on Will Gardening Save you Money or Not

Today we’ll talk about how to grow your garden.

The first thing you’ll want to do is to plan your garden. You can find an excellent article on designing your garden.

http://www.backyardgardener.com/veg/indexkitchen.html

Here is a handy chart on when to plant things.

http://www.2bseeds.com/plantingschedule.shtml

And some information on frost dates

http://usagardener.com/breaking_ground/frost_dates_usa.php

For some specifics on how to grow certain types of plants you can check out the urls below for specifics - (we’ll provide the second list of crops on Tuesday).

Artichoke
Asparagus
Bean
Beet
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Chicory
Collard
Kale

Check back on Tuesday and we’ll finish the list.

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Posted on February 14, 2010 - by admin

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Posted on February 13, 2010 - by admin

Saving Money on Snow Removal - Tips on Snow Removal

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Saving Money on Snow Removal - Tips on Snow Removal
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 72 Feb.13, 2010
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We talked yesterday about saving money on Valentine’s day - if you haven’t had a chance to check that out, do it.
http://www.gasmileageguide.com/gas-savings-blog/save-money-on-valentines-day-last-minute-ideas/saving-money
Links you can use -
The Olympics get started today - you can check [...]

Posted on February 12, 2010 - by admin

Save Money on Valentine’s Day - Last Minute Ideas

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First you need to realize that saving money on Valentine’s Day, doesn’t mean that you have to be cheap. And the great thing is if you have been procrastinating these ideas will usually take you less than an hour or so to do.
1. Create a mix mp3 or CD [...]

Posted on February 9, 2010 - by admin

Toyota’s Recall Woes Continue

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We spoke some on Saturday about the Toyota recall with regards to brake pedal problems. There had been rumors about an additional problem with their Prius models. This happened yesterday and overnight as they recalled about 400k 2010 Prius hybrids. The problem appears to be related to the braking system. There [...]

Posted on February 6, 2010 - by admin

Toyota Recall Details

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Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 71 Feb.6, 2010
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There has been a whole lot of talk recently about the recalls on Toyota’s. Today we have gathered information that should help you.
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What was the problem (quote from the Toyota Site)
The issue involves a friction device in the pedal designed [...]

Posted on February 3, 2010 - by admin

The Latte Factor Challenge

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The Latte Factor is a really neat site. The premise is one that we’ve been talking about many times on the blog. How little changes can make a huge difference. The premise is that if you skip a latte a day, then by the end of the year you would have [...]

Posted on January 30, 2010 - by admin

Finding something to sled in the snow

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Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 70 January 30, 2010

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We got about six inches of snow today. It’s not very good to make snowballs with, but it is very nice to sleigh ride on. Today’s update is a little
short, because we’ll be out playing in the snow.
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If you [...]

Posted on January 26, 2010 - by admin

Be Careful When you Sell your Cash for Gold

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There has been a lot of news coverage lately on people that are using the cash for gold services (you know the ones that are advertised all over on television). They are sometimes giving you a ridiculously low price for your gold. Sometimes you are getting pennies on the dollar for your hard earned trinkets. [...]

Posted on January 23, 2010 - by admin

Saving money on Birthday Parties

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Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 69 January 23, 2010
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Today is our anniversary.. Lisa has put up with me for 19 years and I can’t believe it. It is pretty funny but I still feel like I’m on my honeymoon. My daughters birthday is coming up and today we talk about [...]

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Finding something to sled in the snow

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 70 January 30, 2010

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We got about six inches of snow today. It’s not very good to make snowballs with, but it is very nice to sleigh ride on. Today’s update is a little
short, because we’ll be out playing in the snow.
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If you [...]

Having Fun

Fun with Pumpkins

With Halloween just around the corner, a fun (cheap) activity to do this weekend would be to carve pumpkins.
Hopefully this will help you get started.
1. Carving Pumpkins - some great detail on the art of carving and taking care of pumpkins can be found here.
http://www.pumpkincarving101.com/pumpkin_carving_stencils.html
2. Stencils for pumpkins - don’t pay for them, there are [...]

Keeping your Job Saving Money

Resources to help you keep the job you have

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 55 October 3, 2009
Online Resources for keeping your Job.
Fall Savings for you.
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First our apologies for no newsletter last weekend. We had internet problems as someone decided to run into a pole that happened to be the fiber optic cable. So no internet for Friday Night and all [...]

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Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 52 August 30, 2009
Summer Savings for you.
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The Cash for Clunkers program is officially over. There is a new program that may help you save money on appliances. Maybe we could call this “Cash for Cooks”.
Starting this fall you can get $200 in rebates for buying Energy Start [...]

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How to improve your Credit Scores

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 67 January 9, 2010

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We hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and a festive New Year. Today we’ll be continuing our series on Credit Reports.
We’ve covered how to get your free credit report as well as How to read your credit report. Today [...]

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Starting the Conversation - Building your network

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 54 September 19, 2009
Summer Savings for you.
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Had some hiccups in our hosting system this past week - apparently too much traffic with one of our sites.
Hopefully we have corrected that.
Links you can Use
If you enjoy tailgating to a sporting even then you’ll enjoy this site.
http://www.tailgating.com/
Keeping the Job [...]

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How to Grow a Garden

Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 76 March 13, 2010

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Hope your Saturday is going well. Don’t forget to ‘Spring forward’ this weekend by setting your clocks up an hour tonight (Sat).
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We Continue our series on Will Gardening Save you Money or Not
Today we’ll talk about how to grow your garden.
The first [...]

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Basketball Tournament Time

NCAA Basketball tournament time is again here - we posted an article last year that is still relevant this year.

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You can find that article here - http://www.gasmileageguide.com/gas-savings-blog/basketball-tournament-time-fun-with-your-family/having-fun-with-your-family
The NCAA starts next week but many of the conference tournaments have already started.
Enjoy your day.

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Starting the New Year off right - A couple of ideas

Today’s Friday fun is going to be a little different.
I’m not very much on New Year’s resolutions, but the New Year is a great time to make some changes, even if they are small changes. Small changes can make a big difference.
To Do Ist
One of my goals for this year is to get better organized. [...]

Things to do for less cash

Fun with your family - 7 Fun things you can do Christmas week that won’t cost you a dime.

1. Go Caroling - even if you can’t sing, it can be a whole lot of fun.
2. Since most kids have some days off during the next couple of weeks, why not volunteer your time helping a local charity. It will make you feel good, teach your kids about charity, and help others at the [...]

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