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Whether or not you are an eager vegetable gardener, a beginning herb gardener or merely like to have a pretty yard, these frugal tips may assist you in saving a little money!

1. Rancid coffee and coffee grounds make great organic fertilizer. They supply many trace minerals and low, mild levels of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous. A Few individuals even run their own home based business providing this precise service.

2. Remember a good soaking of water less frequently is way better than a light sprinkling each day -- for vegetables and for your lawn.

3. If your neighbour has a plant you especially like, ask for a cutting, instead of going to the nursery and purchasing one. Perhaps you could trade a cutting from one of your own plants.

4. To easily water a tomato plant, bury a bottomless coffee can next to the plant and tip the water into the can. This allows the water to go straight to the roots.

5. Plant marigolds in your vegetable garden. They'll attract insects that eat aphids and other pests.

6. My hubby acquired some used carpet at a garage sale, cut it into wide strips and laid it down between the rows in our garden. Now we will be able to pick peas with getting our shoes muddy.

7. Use grass clippings as mulch around your vegetable plants to keep moisture in and weeds out. Just don't use the clippings right after you have fertilized your grass or treated for weed control.

8. If you've got access to them, pine needles make excellent mulch.

9. A natural, frugal garden pest spray: mix one large spoon of liquid dishwashing soap and 1 cup of cooking oil. Use three tablespoons of this mixture to 1 quart of water and spray on plants.

10. In the herb garden, to keep plants like mint from taking over too large an area, put it in a clay pot and simply plant the whole pot! "He who plants a garden, plants happiness."