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Discovery: Taking Flight
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Discovery: Droplets
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When Your Child Stomps Your Onion Patch
The other afternoon I was shoveling mulch, and the Man-child was playing with the hose and his green bucket. I had specifically asked him not to play with the water because it was cold outside. He ignored me and got water all over his pants’ leg, at which point he began screaming for a towel. I told him “not right now” (I was in the middle of something) and explained that was exactly why I had asked him not to…
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10 Weeks of Vegetable Gardening: Week 7
Each Friday I am posting a weekly guide for prepping your home vegetable garden. In Raleigh, the last killing frost date is April 11 (on average, give or take a week), so my first weekend for planting (summer crops) outdoors is April 9 We impulsively go to Lowes on the weekends. We just can’t hold ourselves back. Even Scooby requests it, always hoping for a turn on the riding mowers. This week I found myself stopping at Walmart, Burkes Brothers,…
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Discovery: Tulips
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Upcycling: Hot Box to Garden Bench
Last week I broke the old hot box. Not being one to waste wood (the wood was already on its third use), I put the Man-child to work. old hot box The Man-child has a slight obsession with real tools. By real, they have batteries and absolutely may not be used around the Baby. He held the screws as I disassembled the hot box, sat on the boards when I needed some assistance in holding them in place, helped finish…
