Gardens Alive: Possible Coupon Savings with Catalog Sign-Up

Frugalista Cafe shared with me that she received a $25 off $25 order coupon on the latest edition of Gardens Alive magazine. While I can't promise that you'll get the same kind of coupon, I figured it was worth a try, right? You can sign-up for the catalog HERE.

Thanks for sharing, Frugalista Cafe!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some FREE gardening items! And if not, I'll have fun browsing through it. :) I am so excited that I have a veteran gardener helping me get mine started this year. For those of you that haven't checked out her site yet, you should stop by Money Saving Maine-iac. She's a real gem! I love her "Yucky Stuff is the Lucky Stuff" series.

How To Preserve Fresh Herbs

I was flipping through my Taste of Home Healthy Cooking Magazine and I saw that they had a video on how to preserve fresh herbs. I just watched it HERE and it was actually very informative! They give you lots of different ways --from days to months storage--and also info on making pesto to freeze. It actually kind of inspired me to grow some. I had no idea you could do this.

I just thought I'd pass it along in case some of you are growing herbs in your garden and don't know what to do with them. I was growing cilantro. But my little guy Nathan thought it was weeds and pulled it all out. :) Kids--sometimes they can be too helpful! (I thought it was so funny. I guess I'll have to buy another one or get it fresh when it comes time to make salsa!)

Organic Gardening: Free 1 Yr Subscription w/ Purchases

Coupon Cravings has all the details HERE on how you can get a 1 Year Subscription to Organic Gardening with 2 UPCs from some specific purchases.

I just got my first issue in the mail this week. I can't wait to check it out. I had stumbled onto a free subscription online earlier. What's great is, my FIL loves gardening magazines, too. So I just pass them on to him before they get recycled. I'm hoping by the time I am ready for a BIG garden, that I'll have all the know-how by then.

Gardener's Supply Company: Grow What You Eat - Count Your Garden In!

I posted about a cool gardening planner tool here. Well, that same company, Gardener's Supply Company, has a Grow What You Eat "Count My Garden" tally going, trying to get 1 million people to pledge that they'll grow 10lbs of their own veggies this year. It's kind of cool and I know a lot of you are going to be doing this. So I thought you'd take a minute and "count your garden" for them here.

They also have these other cool features to enjoy:

~Several How-to articles on gardening here.

~A FREE Gardening Vegetable Hotline at 1-888-833-1412 where you can ask experts your questions.

Side Note:
There's also a link to keep track of the First Family's vegetable garden here.

Garden Planner Tool

Gardener's Supply Company has a cool FREE garden planning tool here. There's also useful info on various plants, etc.

If you do order from them, use code MNA7085B to get FREE Shipping. And don't forget...go through Ebates to get 4% cash back. Never heard of Ebates? Sign-up here and get $5 just for registering.

Bulbs Direct: Buy 80 Bulbs, Get 80 Bulbs Free

Bulbs Direct currently has an offer of buy 80 bulbs, get 80 bulbs free. So 160 bulbs for $9.99. They also offer free priority shipping. You can check it out here.

Thanks, slickdeals.

A Few Gardening Freebies

Click here to get some FREE Lettuce Seeds. (Thanks, Budget Help$)

Click here to get some FREE Sunflower Seeds. (Thanks, The Freebie Blogger)

Don't forget you can also get $20 in FREE plants here.

Gardening on a Budget Plus $20 in FREE Plants

Erin, at $800 Annual Budget, has a great posting today here on how to garden on a budget. Not only does she give some great advice but she also has a link where you can get $20 in FREE plants from Spring Hill Nursery.

Gardening is a great way to cut down on grocery bill costs PLUS is a fabulous way to have fun outdoors with the kiddos!