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25 Foods You Can Re-Grow From Kitchen Scraps! Food is expensive. If you do the grocery shopping for your household, you know that this is one of the highest costs related to your home and family. While it may be unlikely that you can completely eliminate your grocery bill, you can grow certain foods yourself. And, you can grow them from scraps that you would normally throw away.
How to Build a DIY Garden with Pallets for $30.

It could grow about 12 heads of lettuce and 12 bunches of spinach or a variety of other vegetables. With food quality being such a major concern right now, why not grow your own and become more self sustainable?
How to Build a Mini Greenhouse - A quick and fun project for kids!
10 Everyday Household Items That Make Perfect Seedling Starters
Kick off the gardening season with these clever DIY seedling starter ideas using items you have around the home.
Check out our Pinterest page for lots of great ideas and tips for your garden.
How to Build a DYI Garden with Pallets for $30.
It could grow about 12 heads of lettuce and 12 bunches of spinach or a variety of other vegetables. With food quality being such a major concern right now, why not grow your own and become more self sustainable?
Composting Leaves in the Garden - Learn the Benefits of Leaf Compost
Composting leaves is a terrific way to recycle and create a nutrient rich garden soil amendment at the same time. The benefits of leaf compost are numerous. The compost increases the porosity of the soil, raises the fertility, diminishes the strain on landfills and creates a living “blanket” over your plants. Learning how to compost leaves just requires a little knowledge of the balance of nitrogen and carbon. The correct balance will ensure fast composting of leaves for spring time black gold.
Read this article by Bonnie Grant and more at Gardening Know How: Composting Leaves In Garden: Learn The Benefits of Leaf Compost https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/ingredients/composting-leaves.htm
Did you know that 623 gallons of water can be harvested from 1 inch of rain on a 1,000-square-foot roof? As far as rain barrels are concerned, a typical 1/2-inch rainfall will fill a 50- to 55-gallon barrel. Read about do's and dont's for making your rain barrel here.
YOUR VICTORY GARDEN WILL LOVE YOUR COMPOST

Related Links
- DEC Food Scrap Webpage
- Food Scrap Ban Guidance for All
- Tools for Preventing Food Waste
- Donating Food
- Vermont Food Bank
- Food Bank/Pantry Locator
- Vermont Farmers Food Center
- Feeding Animals
- Who’s Hauling Food Scraps?
- Rutland County Waste Haulers
- Helpful Organics Collection Tips for Haulers
- Managing Food Scraps for Businesses
- Businesses – Tips for Providing Sustainable Containers
- Managing Food Scraps at Condos
- Landlord FAQs
- Department of Health Rental Housing Code
- Resident FAQs
- A Beginner’s Guide to Composting at Home
- Your Guide to Organics
- The Dirt on Compost!
- Keeping Bears Out of Compost
- Leaf and Yard Waste Guide