Money Saving Tips

Garden tools and seeds depicting growing food

Ideas for Growing Food When You Can’t Get Seeds

Last updated: March 24, 2020  by Rootwell Products Inc.
Garden tools and seeds depicting growing food

Tips on growing food when you don’t have seeds.

Have you gone to the grocery store only to find empty shelves? Discouraged when you tried to order toilet page or canned soup from Amazon only to find items completely sold out?

Preppers – those who prepare for disasters by stockpiling food and other supplies – have become the norm. Americans are buying toilet paper and dry goods until there are none left on the shelves or in the stores. 

It’s a reaction to the coronavirus pandemic that we won’t soon forget. These are strange times we live in these days. Many more Americans are acting like preppers than not. 

Read More›
in Gardening Tips / Beginner Gardener / Money Saving Tips
Fruit and vegetables depicting food waste

How to Use Vegetable Scraps and Reduce Food Waste in Your Own Home

Last updated: March 17, 2020  by Rootwell Products Inc.
Fruit and vegetables depicting food waste

Food waste is a big topic of conversation in the world today. Our food supply system is vast and complex, and it contributes to ecological problems, wasted produce and places in our country where there is little access to fresh produce for people without their own transportation.

Did you know that studies factor in the food that goes uneaten in your fridge?

Read More›
in Gardening Tips / Money Saving Tips
Tree growing in compacted soil due to water runoff

How to Solve Water Runoff Problems

Last updated: September 3, 2019  by Rootwell Products Inc.

Water Runoff: What it is and how to prevent it

Tree growing in compacted soil due to water runoff

Do you deal with dry, baked soil in your garden or landscaping? Do you regularly water your plants, trees, and lawn and feel like they are still doing poorly and dying? Is your water bill sky high in the summer?

Gardeners, farmers, and even homeowners can struggle with dry, compacted soil and plants that wilt.

Read More›
in Drought / Gardening Tips / Money Saving Tips / Tree Care
Sprinkler system, mulchHow to save money watering your lawn and trees

5 Ways to Save Money Watering Your Lawn and Trees

Last updated: September 3, 2019  by Rootwell Products Inc.
Sprinkler system, mulch and grass depicting how to save money watering your lawn and trees

Are you looking to save money watering your lawn and trees?

These days everyone wants to cut back on their spending. Water use for most homeowners increases dramatically during the summer months.

While we all love the way lush green lawns and landscaping look, the money it costs to get there can make your head spin.

Let’s talk about five ways to care for your lawn and trees while not completely emptying your wallet.

Read More›
in Money Saving Tips / Drought / Lawn Care / Tree Care
Backyard Play ideas

11 Cheap Ideas to Revolutionize Backyard Play

Last updated: March 20, 2018  by Rootwell Products Inc.
Backyard play ideas - little girl on tire swing

It’s no secret that more and more of our kids are spending less time outdoors and more time in front of a screen on any given day. The sad news is, so are adults, and we should know better.

People are busy, there is more homework, and parents are afraid to let their kids roam around the neighborhood by themselves.

Why not kill two birds with one stone and create a dream space for the kids. Maybe when you are done, you will want to be out there more, too, and invite the neighbors over while you’re at it!

Read More›
in News / Money Saving Tips
Secrets to 7 Winter Squashes

Secrets to 7 Winter Squashes You May Not Know

Last updated: October 25, 2016  by Rootwell Products Inc.

Winter squashes

We have a fall tradition in our family to hunt for the most colorful, strangest, and ugliest gourds and squash that we can find. The shapes, sizes, and colors that each one comes in fascinates, humors, and connects us.

We will visit grocery stores and farms and on each trip we bring them home, add our homegrown pumpkins, and butternut squashes to the mix and create a beautiful fall décor display filled with shades of green, yellows, and oranges.

Read More›
in Beginner Gardener / Money Saving Tips
Can your own food

3 Reasons You Should Can Your Food

Last updated: October 25, 2016  by Rootwell Products Inc.

3 Reasons You Should Can You Food

Have you ever wondered why people can their own food?

Are there health benefits to canning your own food?

There are not many activities that can save money, create memories and keep your family healthy quite like canning. Canning and preserving food isn’t just for Ma Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie anymore. These days it seems that more and more people are looking to can their food.

Read More›
in Money Saving Tips