Stone Soup DC

Plant Some Trees

Posted in Freebies, Home by jboyko on the August 20, 2006

Do you have a yard crying out for some shade? Someone on another list I read pointed out a good deal if you are looking for some trees to plant. If you join the Arbor Day Foundation for a $10 membership fee, they will send you 10 free trees (including free shipping) that are guaranteed to grow, or the Foundation will replace them free of charge. The trees come small, six to twelve inches, so time and patience are necessary, but there are a variety of choices based on hardiness zone. If you don’t have room for all ten trees, pass some on to your neighbors.

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Community

Posted in Activities, Books, Clothing, Day Trips, Discounts, Entertainment, Freebies, Furniture, Groceries, Home, Kids, Libraries, Movies, Music, Newspapers, Outlets, Parks, Products, Resource, Restaurants, Sales, Stores, Thrift Stores by jboyko on the August 2, 2006

Morning everyone. I am proud to report that Stone Soup DC now gets around 150-200 hits a day. Very cool.

I am glad people are finding the information useful, at least I hope you are. I believe one of the best resources anywhere and anytime, is community. We can make this resource so much more powerful if we pull together our information and ideas. Anything from what’s on sale this week, to a great store you’ve found, to free/cheap community events, to how to make something yourself that you would have previously purchased. That’s what we all want to hear. I am sure each one of you has ideas to add. Please consider joining the Yahoo discussion group, posting a comment on the blog, or even sending me an email at stonesoupdc@gmail.com. I want to hear from you!

Have you all heard the story of Stone Soup? I’ve added some stones. Anyone out there have some cabbage or carrots or an onion?

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FLOR carpet tile sale

Posted in Home, Products, Sales by jboyko on the July 27, 2006

I’ve been looking at getting some of the FLOR carpet tiles for our play area at home. My son’s preschool has them in their circle time area and they seem to clean up well and have withstood lots of little feet. They aren’t as soft as a nice rug, but they are highly configurable and seem tough. Anyway, FLOR sent an ad this week announcing 15% off everything. They did have a sale acouple of months ago where everything was 25%, so another better deal may come along, but if you are in the market now, code “15%sumsale” will save you 15%. Happy shopping!

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