Keep Your Lawn Green Without Wasting Money with These Watering Tips

You don't have to waste a lot of money or water in your quest for that perfect green patch of grass that'll make your neighbors envious. The Simple Dollar offers several maintenance tips that not only keep costs low but also help you mow less often.

Among them: Don't water the lawn. It sounds counter-intuitive, but as Trent writes, the lawn will only die without water when there's a drought-like situation (and in that case, you're better off saving your water). This is part of a two-prong strategy. The second part is to only cut your grass before it's going to rain, so the taller grass can provide shade and protection for the ground, conserving water.

I generally don’t cut the grass unless the forecast has a chance of rain that’s higher than 60% within the next 48 hours. This simple rule kept our grass green for a very long time during the drought summer of 2012. Although it did eventually turn yellow in places, it stayed green far longer than many lawns on our block (excepting the ones with a sprinkler system).

Finally, if you're required to water your lawn due to your homeowner's agreement, use an empty tuna can to measure how much to water the lawn. With your tuna can on the ground and your sprinkler on, you'll know when it's time to move the sprinkler to another area when the can is overflowing.

Check out the post below for many other frugal lawn care tips.

Nine Ways to Save Money on Caring for Your Lawn | The Simple Dollar

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How to Get Reduced Prices and Save Money When Shopping on Amazon

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Save money with a sandpaper insert in your wallet

Do you find that you're spending money without thinking when paying with your card? If you're looking for a way to help change your spending habits this simple and easy to make project might help.

Cool your spending down and put some thought into your transactions with this simple sand paper insert, that helps create a little pause for thought.

Use a card too frequently without thinking and you potentially damage the card, meaning you have to go through the hassle of obtaining a new one.

Why not try it for a few weeks and see how much you save? If you do, we'd love to hear how you get on.

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How to Deal with Six of the Most Awkward Money Moments

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Do Your Hobbies Make or Cost You Money?

Everyone has something that they invest their spare time and money on. Some of these hobbies retain their value more than others, though.

By their very nature, hobbies don't need to make money. They're for entertainment and relaxation, so a return on your investment isn't required. It couldn't hurt, though. Take the Simple Dollar's example of comic collecting:

At first glance, a person might think this is a wasteful hobby. Thousands of dollars a year on comic books?

Here’s the catch: his collection is retaining at least all of the value he’s putting into it.

Just like many of us, he’s spending a lot of money each year on something that entertains him. He gets a great deal of personal enjoyment from it.

The big difference is at the end of the day, he can sell off the items he has been purchasing and not only recoup his money, but likely make a nice return on all of it.

Of course, that's not always a guarantee. Comics will lose most of their value the moment you buy them, but if you're willing to put in the effort to find a buyer when you're ready to give them up, you can probably make some decent money. On the other hand, collecting things like DVDs or Blu-Rays will probably be a pure money pit.

What about you? Do you pick hobbies that can bring returns on your investment? Or do you prefer to skip worrying about finances when you're having fun?

Hobbies That Retain or Create Value | The Simple Dollar

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Trick Yourself Into Saving Money with a Hard-to-Reach Bank Account

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As a stay-at-home dad, what could I do to earn a little side money?

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How to Save Money When You Build Your Own PC

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CustoMac May Buyer's Guide Saves Money on Hackintosh-Compatible Builds

We love hackintoshes—the OS X-compatible computers you build yourself—but finding a compatible build requires some effort. Hackintosh master tonymacx86 offers up the latest working builds so you know the machine you'll build will work.

Tonymacx86's CustoMac buyers guide gets regular updates nowadays, but if you've been thinking about a hackintosh you'll get a good deal on parts this May. Why? Tonymacx86 explains:

It is currently a transitional period between Intel's 3rd generation "Ivy Bridge" and 4th generation "Haswell" Core i CPUs and their corresponding new chipset. Because of this, retailers are beginning to clear old inventory to make way for the new stuff. For those interested in super deals, it is now a very good time to build systems based on our well-established recommendations.

Per the usual, the CustoMac buyer's guide offers super cheap builds for only a few hundred dollars and extremely powerful builds that can rival a Mac Pro. When you've chosen all your parts, be sure to check out our always up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh so you can get it up and running.

Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide May 2013 | tonymacx86

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