Lowe´s Garden Club - Free Membership

Go to www.Lowes.com/SignMeUp for membership in Lowe´s Garden Club. Included in their seasonal newsletters are useful tips, fun project ideas, how-to articles, and exclusive contests.

Inbox Dollars

InboxDollars will PAY you to: Sign Up ($5.00 INSTANTLY!), Read E-Mails ($0.01 - $0.10 per email), Refer Others ($5.00 per person!), Complete Offers (up to $40.00 per offer!). You can also earn money to complete surveys! It´s totally free -- sign up today! (US only). Go to http://tinyurl.com/2e3q7 for more information and to sign up to start earning now!

Financial Aid

Check out http://tinyurl.com/36or to learn how to consolidate your student loans today. You can get a fixed interest rate as low as 2.25%, you can reduce your monthly payments up to 54% and/or you can combine your student loans into one easy payment. There is no obligation to try this program!

Routine Matters

At the www.routine-matters.com website, you can find tons of information on how to become more organized. Being organized is important because it lowers stress and makes you healthier, and also gives you more time to do other things.

Article - Hot Home Biz: Mystery Shopping

Go to http://www.ivillage.com/work/wfh/features/articles/0,10109,187811_413334,00.html for an article titled ´Hot Home Biz: Mystery Shopping´ by Ellen Parlapiano and Pat Cobe. This article is three pages long, so be sure to click the links at the bottom of the first page so that you can read the other two pages.

Before You Begin

Before you begin signing up at survey websites, you should really think about the different types of surveys there are, as well as the different ways that you´ll get "compensated" for them. There are some survey sites that have very long and involved questions, some with really short surveys and then all of the in-betweens. As far as "compensation" goes, some of them give you money, some of them give you points, some of them let you select free stuff upon completion, others give you the survey results only and then there are some that don´t pay you at all. You need to prioritize these wants/needs before you start signing with tons of survey companies.

Grow Your Own Herbs and Spices

Grow your own herbs and spices in windowsill flower pots to save money, and trips to the grocery store.

Survey Networks

Win a Dell Computer or 1k Cash for completing the survey at http://tinyurl.com/3cvrb.

Shipping Books

If you are mailing a book to someone (as a gift, for instance) and you aren't pressed for time, you can request that it be sent via "book rate mail." This shipping method is one of the cheapest available, typically $2.00 or less for a standard-sized hard cover book. The down side is that you never know how long it will take to be delivered, although a reasonable time frame is 1-2 weeks.

The Gardener´s Gazette

Get a free copy of The Gardener´s Gazette. http://www.cretech.com/GarGazette/free-sub.html

Global Survey Group

Make your opinions count and be rewarded for it. Complete short surveys and be eligible to win cars, cash, products, coupons and more! Get more chances to win with each survey completed! (US only). Go to http://tinyurl.com/27qyg to learn more and to join in!

goZing Surveys

Spend a few minutes completing online surveys for goZing.com and we'll pay you CASH or give you Cash Sweepstakes opportunties! Watch never-before-seen Movie Trailers and/or survey new products. Sign up now, it's fast, free and easy. (US and Canada only). Go to http://tinyurl.com/2jqs9 to sign up and start earning cash!!!

Children´s Book-of-the-Month Club

Turn your kids on to books. Choose 5 children's books for $2 plus a FREE gift from Children's Book-of-the-Month Club®. Go to http://tinyurl.com/2u3po to get more information on this club and to find out how you can get FREE elephant bookends for joining.

Fast Web - Free Scholarship Search

Need money for college? Use FastWeb´s free scholarship search to find information on more than 600,000 scholarships! More than 25 million students have used FastWeb´s free service to find additional aid for school and is recommended by more than 4,000 colleges and 14,000 high schools. (US Only) Go to http://tinyurl.com/2nr7h for more information.

Trans-Plants from Local Parks and Public Gardens

Some local parks departments and public gardens have plant giveaways.

Poetry.com

The International Library of Poetry will award 250 prizes totaling $58,000.00 to amateur poets in the coming months. (Available: US, CA, AU, NZ, UK). Go to http://tinyurl.com/2nd3b to see how you can enter this free poetry contest and get a chance to see your poetry in print!

National Center for Professional Mystery Shoppers

The National Center for Professional Mystery Shoppers and Merchandisers´ website is http://justshop.org/ which is full of useful information.

Service Intelligence (Secret ShopNET)

Go to the Service Intelligence (Secret ShopNET) website at http://www.secretshopnet.com/ for an application to become a secret shopper.

I Love Cats

If you´re a cat lover, you may want to check out http://www.i-love-cats.com/for great articles, tips and other information pertaining to cats.

FREE Sample Balance Diet Dog or Cat Food

Go to http://www.balancediet.com to get a free sample of Balance Diet Dog or Cat Food.