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Tips for Winter Composting - How to keep your compost pile active during the winter months.

Tips for Winter Composting

November 2, 2018 by Christine T 3 Comments

Use these tips for winter composting to keep your compost pile going all winter long. Composting is an excellent way to not only use up your food and lawn waste, but also create bountiful gardens. Because traditional composting is a heated process where bacteria break down organic material, it can be a challenge for thoseRead More

3 Ways to Start Composting

3 Ways to Start Composting

July 28, 2017 by Alea Milham 2 Comments

Creating compost and using it in our gardens is one of the best things you can do for the environment and for your garden. Here are 3 ways to start composting. Compost is nature’s recycling bin by taking all the vegetative and brown waste and turning it into soil that is rich in nutrients. CompostRead More

7 Food Scraps That Are Perfect for Your Garden- Don't throw these 7 food scraps away! They are a great way to give your garden a nutrient-filled boost.

7 Food Scraps That Are Perfect for Your Garden

April 5, 2016 by Katie Femia 1 Comment

When you are done making a salad or hard boiling some eggs, your first instinct may be to toss those food scraps in the garbage. But wait, don’t do that just yet! If you have a garden, you will want to keep some of your food scraps as they make excellent nutrients for your soilRead More

Easy Tips for Starting a Compost Pile

Easy Tips for Starting a Compost Pile

June 26, 2015 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

When you are trying to have a great organic garden, these easy tips for starting a compost pile are sure to come in handy. Not only will you be able to know exactly what is fertilizing your garden, you’ll be able to reduce the waste your family is putting in the garbage each day. SoRead More

7 frugal diy compost bin projects

7 Frugal DIY Compost Bin Projects

February 15, 2015 by Christine T Leave a Comment

Spring is almost upon us and one great early gardening and sustainable thing you can start right now is a compost bin. Sure you can buy one, but often times, they can be outside your budget and there are so many ways to create one at home for free or nearly free. A compost binRead More

How to Get Started With Composting

March 22, 2014 by Alea Milham 2 Comments

Sadie is sharing tips for how to get started with composting. Composting allows you to turn your food waste into free compost that is nutrient-rich and can be used for many things! Most likely, you’re going to use it for gardening, so that is what this post will focus on. I personally love to useRead More

Make a fast and easy compost bin using bales of straw

How to Make a Compost Bin with Bales of Straw

September 13, 2012 by Alea Milham 3 Comments

  Have you wanted to start composting, but were overwhelmed by the process of creating a compost bin or the expense of buying one? Well I discovered a quick, easy, and fairly inexpensive way to make a compost bin! You can make a DIY compost bin using straw bales. Added benefit, your building supplies are allRead More

Fast, Inexpensive Do-It-Youself Composter

March 30, 2009 by Alea Milham Leave a Comment

Make your own composter in under 30 minutes and under 30 dollars with this Home ECOnomics video. The composters that are demonstrated are easy to make and an improvement over my open pit composting. I happen to have the materials to make both of the composters in this video, so it will not cost meRead 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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