Calling all Gardeners Sunday deal only! See the Light while you're there

Don't miss out on Home Depot's buy one get one free Bonnie 3"-5" Peat Pot Vegetables and Herbs. They also have the same BOGO deal on seed packets. I know when you look outside and see all the snow it is hard to think garden but now is the perfect time to start tending these guys indoors so you can actually see the fruits of your labors before the snow starts flying again.  While you're at Home Depot check out the Earth Day deals on energy efficient light bulbs.

Saving vegetable ends for soup stock

Every time I peel a carrot (mostly I buy the big 5 lb bag of whole organic carrots they are so much cheaper than the mini peeled carrots) or an onion or chop off the tops of celery I put the peels and tops in a bag in the freezer.  When the bag fills up I add some parsley, bay leaf, salt and pepper and boil it up into stock.  If I roast a chicken I'll save the bones and throw them in the pot too.  Then I jar it and store it in the fridge until I'm ready to make soup or need a splash of stock for a recipe.  How much do you pay for a box of organic stock?  And this you make with bits that would otherwise end up in the trash.  You can't get much cheaper than that.