A Cultivated Nest

Content Survey Results & Top 6 September Posts

Hope you are all having a good weekend! It was chilly to start today but warmed up and is just gorgeous now. I'm on my way outside to work in the garden but wanted to pop in to give you the results of the survey. I also will share my top 6 most viewed posts for September. There were 978 votes. Thank you to all who took the time to take the survey! I really appreciate your feedback. Survey ... Read More about Content Survey Results & Top 6 September Posts

DIY Saturday: Rooting Rose Cuttings

Did you know you could propagate roses? I found this technique for rooting cuttings that seems so easy I want to give it a try. What a frugal way to have a beautiful garden! Growing roses from cuttings. Try to take your cuttings in the mornings and from what I've read, florist roses are not good candidates for this process (but who knows, you might get lucky). You can root roses over the ... Read More about DIY Saturday: Rooting Rose Cuttings

My Top 10 Favorite Frugal Living Websites

I'm pretty sure that most of us need to find ways to pinch those pennies for one reason or another. We either need ideas we've never tried before, we need to know that someone else is in the same boat, or we just need some motivation to keep it going. Maybe you're just new to frugal living and don't know where to start. (Here's how to make a very simple budget) Whatever your reason is, I'm ... Read More about My Top 10 Favorite Frugal Living Websites

Upcycle & Repurpose: Ideas for Clothespins

Clothespins are such useful little things! You can hang your clothes to dry with them or they can hold a bag of potato chips closed. Here are some creative ways to repurpose and upcycle ordinary clothespins! If you don't already have some, clothespins can be found at the dollar store, the big box stores, grocery stores, and just about anywhere! Upcycle & Repurpose: Ideas for ... Read More about Upcycle & Repurpose: Ideas for Clothespins

The Holiday Shelf – Frugal Fall Decorating

In August I decided to devote one shelf in my living room bookcases to be a sort of rotating gallery to showcase some of my vintage/thrift store finds. You can see what I did with it in August here. Well through the end of the year I'm dubbing it "The Holiday Shelf" and I'll do some seasonal decorating on it! I had fun pulling together some easy to do frugal fall decorating ideas like my ... Read More about The Holiday Shelf – Frugal Fall Decorating

The Last Summer Harvest

It's time to put in the fall vegetable garden (which I'll show you next week). So I pulled out most of the summer veggies. I still have sweet potatoes in the ground but that's how I'm going to store them and I have peanuts to harvest. I also left one red bell pepper plant because it has lots of buds so I'm hoping to squeeze out a few more peppers since they're so expensive in the grocery ... Read More about The Last Summer Harvest