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Green Living & Recycling

How to Celebrate Pollinator Week in Maine

Monarch butterfly

Pollinator Week happens every year, and in 2025 it is June 16 through June 22. Maine is a great place to celebrate pollinators and learn the vital role pollinators play in the ecosystem, pollinating many plants that produce fruits, vegetables and nuts. Pollinator Week aims to raise awareness and … [Read more...] about How to Celebrate Pollinator Week in Maine

Posted by Leah Ingram on May 8, 2025 | Updated May 11, 2025 Filed Under: Family & Kids · Green Living & Recycling · Outdoors

Recycle Your Christmas Tree: Where and How

Christmas Tree Recycling

If you like to have a live Christmas tree in your home and you're not planning on planting it in your garden, then it's a good idea to recycle it after the holidays are over. Some municipalities have curbside collection of trees. Then, they will recycle them. In other places, it's up to you to … [Read more...] about Recycle Your Christmas Tree: Where and How

Posted by Leah Ingram on December 28, 2024 | Updated February 21, 2025 Filed Under: Green Living & Recycling

What to Do with Pumpkins After Halloween

Giant pumpkins sitting in a trash dumpster waiting for garbage pickup after Halloween. Concept for changing seasons, food waste.

We never stopped to think about what to do with pumpkins after Halloween until one year we stumbled on something brilliant. At that time we had a yard waste compost at our home. After carving our Halloween pumpkins with our daughters, we tossed the pumpkin guts in that compost. Throughout fall we … [Read more...] about What to Do with Pumpkins After Halloween

Posted by Leah Ingram on November 3, 2024 | Updated February 25, 2025 Filed Under: Free & Cheap · Green Living & Recycling

Frinklepod Farm: A fantastic find in Arundel!

Frinklepod Farm Sign

This year, Maine's Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry began Maine Open Farm Day. It's like Maine Maple Weekend, but for farms. In all honesty, we missed the early announcement, so this event kind of snuck up on us this year. As a result, we only made it to one local farm. However, … [Read more...] about Frinklepod Farm: A fantastic find in Arundel!

Posted by William Behre on July 29, 2024 | Updated February 26, 2025 Filed Under: Fairs & Festivals · Family & Kids · Food & Drink · Fun Stuff · Green Living & Recycling Tagged With: dog friendly

Southern Maine Community Gardens

Organic community garden

We just got back from visiting friends in Providence, Rhode Island. They had a hard time believing that we had just got leaves on the trees in Southern Maine, let alone that we hadn't even planted our vegetable garden yet. However, with winter-like weather expanding into May, it isn't always easy or … [Read more...] about Southern Maine Community Gardens

Posted by Leah Ingram on May 26, 2024 | Updated February 25, 2025 Filed Under: Green Living & Recycling

Mainers Can Still Get Energy Tax Credits

heat pump head inside

When the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022, I knew that it offered all Americans the ability to make energy-efficient improvements to their homes and receive tax credits for it. However, it wasn't until I got a postcard in the mail from Efficiency Maine that I remembered those tax credits are … [Read more...] about Mainers Can Still Get Energy Tax Credits

Posted by Leah Ingram on February 21, 2024 | Updated February 24, 2025 Filed Under: Green Living & Recycling

How to Compost in the Winter

compost bin in winter low res

If you like to recycle your food scraps, you may think that you can't compost in the winter. Perhaps you assumed that working a compost pile is something you can only do during warm weather. Well, think again. This guide explains how it is, in fact, possible to continue composting all year long, … [Read more...] about How to Compost in the Winter

Posted by Leah Ingram on February 19, 2024 | Updated February 25, 2025 Filed Under: Green Living & Recycling

Home Composting for Beginners

Ready made compost soil in wheelbarrow for next use

When I wrote my book Suddenly Frugal: How to Live Happier and Healthier for Less, I included a section on composting for beginners. How does composting jibe with frugality? Well, it can be a money saver for you. How composting saves money For example, at the time I wrote the book, we lived … [Read more...] about Home Composting for Beginners

Posted by Leah Ingram on January 13, 2024 | Updated February 25, 2025 Filed Under: Frugal Living · Green Living & Recycling

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