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Snow peas growing in garden

How to Grow Snow Peas

July 12, 2018 by Katie Femia Leave a Comment

These tips on how to grow snow peas will help you care for snow pea plants from seed to harvest. If you live in a cooler climate and think you can’t successfully grow vegetables, think again. Snow peas aren’t just called snow peas to sound cute, but because they can actually survive quite chilly temperaturesRead More

Growing sugar snap peas in the garden

How to Grow Sugar Snap Peas

July 5, 2018 by Katie Femia Leave a Comment

Here are some tips on how to grow sugar snap peas, including planting sugar snap pea seeds and seedlings, how to care for sugar snap pea plants, and how to harvest sugar snap peas. Can you remember picking sugar snap peas with your grandmother? It seems as though at one time, sugar snap peas whereRead More

plant with healthy roots

How to Prevent and Treat Root Rot in Plants

June 28, 2018 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

Keep your garden thriving with these tips on how to prevent and treat root rot. One day your plant can be perfectly healthy and thriving, and the next day you may notice it looks withered and weak. Root rot is quite common in plants, and once it hits it can take your plant down quickly. TheRead More

Baking pumpkins growing in the garden

How to Grow Baking Pumpkins

June 21, 2018 by Katie Femia 1 Comment

This guide on how to grow baking pumpkins includes how to plant, care for, and harvest baking pumpkins. When we talk about baking pumpkins, we are talking about the small, often softball size pumpkins also called pie pumpkins or sugar pumpkins. These baking pumpkins are given the name due to the fact that they areRead More

Growing Jack-o'-lantern pumpkins

How to Grow Jack-o’-lantern Pumpkins

June 14, 2018 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

These tips on how to grow Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins include how to start Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins, how to transplant Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins, and how to care for Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins. Carving your own Jack-o’-lantern is fun, but did you know that growing your own jack o lantern pumpkins can be a great time, too? Growing your own Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins isn’t just rewarding,Read More

DIY lemon and rosemary gardener's hand scrub recipe.

DIY Lemon and Rosemary Gardener’s Hand Scrub

June 12, 2018 by Jody 30 Comments

This DIY Lemon and Rosemary Gardener’s Hand Scrub recipe is perfect for getting all of the dirt from gardening off your hands! When I get outdoors and garden, I want to garden. By that I mean really digging my hands into that amazing smelling dark soil. No gloves, just me, my spade, and some dirt.Read More

Harvesting potatoes

How to Grow Potatoes

June 6, 2018 by Katie Femia Leave a Comment

This guide on how to grow potatoes includes how to plant potatoes,  how to grow potatoes in contaEditiners, and when to harvest potatoes. Potatoes make such a satisfying meal, and growing your own potatoes can make those meals budget friendly, too. Lots of gardeners are starting to grow their own potatoes, since the investment isRead More

Turnips growing in a garden

How to Grow Turnips

May 31, 2018 by Katie Femia Leave a Comment

These tips on how to grow turnips will help you care for you turnips from seed to harvest. Turnips are making a comeback as gardeners realize how easy and inexpensive they are to grow, and just how tasty they can be! Turnips are ideal for cooler growing conditions, so if you live in an areaRead More

Lettuce growing in a garden

How to Grow Lettuce

May 24, 2018 by Katie Femia 2 Comments

Lettuce is a great vegetable to grow in the garden because it will keep producing throughout the season. These tips on how to grow lettuce will help to plant, care for, and harvest lettuce. There are so many reasons to grow lettuce. First of all, it comes in dozens of different varieties. Second, it canRead More

10 Most Popular Vegetables to Grow in a Garden

May 3, 2018 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

 Here are the most popular vegetables to grow in a garden. Check out why they are so popular and find gardening tips for each vegetable. Plucking fresh tomatoes from the garden and cutting lettuce leaves for tonight’s salad are just a couple simple pleasures that come growing vegetables in a backyard garden. Having a vegetableRead More

Container Gardening 101- Are you new to container gardening? Here are some helpful tips, tricks, and ideas to make your container garden a success!

Container Gardening 101

April 20, 2018 by Jody 2 Comments

Maybe your yard does not offer enough room to plant everything you would like, or perhaps you are using containers to dress up your porch, patio, or deck. Either way, container gardening is a fun and an easy way to grow beautiful flowers and edible plants to enjoy. The beauty of container gardening is thatRead More

How to Use Succession Planting to Grow More Food

How to Use Succession Planting to Grow More Food

April 13, 2018 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

Gardening should be easy – toss some seeds out, water them, and in a month or so, harvest the fruits of your labor. In theory, it is that easy. More often than not, there are better gardening methods that you can implement to get the most out of your backyard garden. Instead of harvesting yourRead More

Container Gardening in Small Spaces

April 5, 2018 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

Do you want to garden, but only have a small yard or only a patio or balcony? Here are tips for container gardening in small spaces. Creating an edible or flower garden using containers can bring a lot of beautiful and beneficial flowers to a small space. Container gardening for small spaces can be achievedRead More

tomatoes growing in containers

Vegetable Container Gardening

March 23, 2018 by Alea Milham 8 Comments

These tips on vegetable container gardening include container sizes and planting recommendations for common vegetables. Almost all vegetables can be grown in containers and vegetable container gardening can yield a ton of veggies to boot! One of the best parts of vegetable container gardening is that if a plant isn’t doing so hot in aRead More

cucumbers and nasturtiums

How to Use Companion Plants in Your Garden

March 13, 2018 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

Here’s how to use companion plants in the garden and a list of good companion planting combinations. Just like with people, plants have their best friends – you know, those other plants that they like to grow old next to. When you grow certain plant combinations together they have surprising powers to help each otherRead More

10 Household Items You Can Use as Seed Starters

10 Household Items You Can Use as Seed Starters

February 16, 2018 by Katie Femia Leave a Comment

If you plan on starting seeds indoors this year, you will need some seed starters to get the job done. Seed starters help give your seeds a strong start, giving them a safe place to grow until they can be transplanted outdoors. You could buy seed starters, but so many other common household items canRead More

Spring vegetables growing in raised garden beds

7 Tips for Successful Spring Gardening

February 9, 2018 by Jody 2 Comments

Get your vegetable garden off to a good start with these tips for a successful spring garden. Have you been disappointed with your garden in the past? There are a number of factors that can hurt your spring garden. Use the tips below to ensure you start you get your garden off to a goodRead More

5 Tips for growing succulents

5 Tips for Growing Succulents

October 17, 2017 by Alea Milham 9 Comments

Succulents are a wonderful plant to grow both indoors and out. They are easy to maintain, have a fun modern look, and can be a great way to invite some nature into your space. If you have wanted to grow succulents but weren’t sure how, take a look below at 5 tips for growing succulentsRead More

5 Homemade Bug Spray Recipes- Don't let bugs destroy your garden! These DIY sprays will eliminate pests for a fraction of the cost of store-bought products.

5 Homemade Bug Spray Recipes

August 25, 2017 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

If you are trying to control insects in your yard and garden, try one of these homemade bug spray recipes. Insects can quickly take over a garden and getting rid of them can run a hefty bill while dousing your harvest in chemicals. You can make many insect repellents for your garden at home for a fraction of theRead More

Best vegetables for Fall gardening - Which vegetables you can grow from seed in your fall garden and which vegetables should be started from transplants.

Best Vegetables for Fall Gardening

August 11, 2017 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

Here is a list of the best vegetables to grow in our gardens this fall. Summer is a great time to plant a lot of vegetables, but winter gardening has some stand out winners. Fall gardening can start in September in many areas, and in October in the South and Southwest. What’s unique about this growingRead More

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Welcome. I'm Alea!

On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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