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Spring Fling Giveaway: Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots
Today’s giveaway is a beautifully illustrated book by Sharon Lovejoy titled “Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children.” From her biography: For the first seven years of her life, Sharon Lovejoy was introduced to the wonders of nature by her Quaker grandmother Abigal Lovejoy, a botanist and an educator. As an adult, Sharon’s passion for the natural world guided her to become an award winning nature, gardening, and children’s book author and water color illustrator. This book brings…
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I thought Tornadoes were for Kansas?
Saturday a huge tornado swept through Downtown Raleigh and South East Raleigh. While our friends were hiding in closets and basements, we stupidly were standing at our windows amazed by the blowing trees and looking for cues that it was time to hide. Our neighborhood was missed by about five blocks. Power went out almost immediately and came back on in the middle of the night the next evening. Scooby had only one thing on his mind: light. Can we…
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Discovery: Lavender
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Grammar Lessons from a 3 Year Old
Scooby: Mom, turn on Thomas. Me: I will not. Scooby: You will are.
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An Introduction & Recommended Gardening Reading
I was raised to garden. My Mother was a gardener, my Grandmother, my Great Grandmother before her. I have fond memories of sitting on the porch swing at my Great Grandmother’s smelling the scent of Muscadine grapes wafting from her backyard vines. I am proud to carry on the tradition to my own daughter who at three has her own little bed filled with oregano, thyme and parsley that she picked out and planted herself. I have a particular affection…
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Spring Fling giveaways are next week!
Love Sown is throwing a party for you and itself, but mainly for you – to thank you for following this new blog and giving it so much love. Starting Monday, a new giveaway will posted each day to help get you in the mood for spring and all the yummy things the garden will bring, as if you weren’t already. Look for these wonderful giveaways next week: A $20 gift certificate to Renee’s Garden KidCo’s BabySteps Deluxe Food Mill…