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things to make a camping trip more fun?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

I have 3 daughters ages 10,8,and 7. my fiance and I will be taking them on our first camping trip next month. we leave friday and come home late saturday afternoon. here is what is planned

-stop on our drive once we reach forest area to pick pine cones to be used on our christmas tree and for other christmas decorations

-camping overnight in the tent

-stuff being brought along to make smores

-early am breakfast at the apple orchard on saturday.

-apple/pumpking picking and hay ride at the orchard

-drive home saturday afternoon

this is a short trip as we are also planning on flying to california to meet other family about 3 days after we return to go to sea world and the beach.

what other things should I bring along/do on our trip to help it be more fun?

thanks…

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Top 5 Seed Catalogs for 2011 to Grow Vegetables & Herbs in your Home Garden

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin| 23 Comments

John from www.growingyourgreens.com shares with you all the seed catalogs he received in the mail this year. He will briefly share his opinions on each of the seed catalogs, and then give his “top 5 seed catalogs” for 2011. The time is now to order your seed catalogs and order your seeds from Spring 2011!
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Vegetable Starts for 49 Cents This Weekend Only at Home Depot

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin| 25 Comments

John from www.growingyourgreens.com shares with you how you can purchase vegetable starts for your garden for up to 55% off the normal retail price at your local Home Depot and Possibly Lowes Stores. In this episode, you will learn about this special Spring Black Friday Sale and how can grow a vegetable garden guaranteed even if you have a brown thumb. You will also discover some of John’s favorite varieties he will be growing this year and also how to select the best vegetable starts.

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Indoor Home Aquaponics Setup Part 3

Posted on April 14, 2012 by admin| 5 Comments

Indoor Home Aquaponics Setup Part 3

I connected up with Phil Wolf of Wolf Pack Aquaponics and got a few Bluegill from his tanks at We Grow Dreams, and a few worms. Fish took a while to settle in and finally started eating again. This video closes out my series, as the system is now complete. More smaller videos later if there are any interesting developments. In particular, I will continue with the automation and monitoring work.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Is this contemporary story idea too much like Harry Potter?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin| 13 Comments

A girl named Artemis Krisdale lives in a foster home in Austria (not Australia!), and has been adopted many times before but no one will take her because she always makes weird things happen. She’s always had a magical ability, but she’s never really noticed it… but the children at school have, resulting in her becoming the most hated child in school for her natural abilities. One day, her matron tells her she has an appointment to go and meet with Mr and Mrs Sweeting. She goes and meets them and immediately loves them… even when they tell her they’re adopting her not only for her excellent personality, but because she is magical.
She goes to their poor little house/farm in northern Ireland, and discovers that the Sweetings actually already have several children of their own… 8, in fact, along with several other wizard preteens who need looking after from time to time. After explaining that she’ll go to a town just for wizards called Frog Hollow, which is located to the far west coast of Ireland, where she’ll have lessons with a variety of teachers in their own homes/workplaces so she learns magic, she discovers that she’ll need to pay for her own apartment/dorm in the dormitories at Frog Hollow. Mr and Mrs Sweeting then explain that her parents died long ago… that’s why they dropped you off at the orphanage before they died. They left her their entire financial estate.
Artemis decides to go on a walk around the area, and discovers two boys and a girl picking apples in the orchard using broomsticks (they ride on them). The girl comes up and introduces herself to be Annika Sweeting, and that is her brother, Ailis Sweeting, and brother’s friend, Septimus Whoot.

That’s all I have so far. Do you like it? Any story ideas? Any plot ideas? Any help at all would be marvelous!

PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE ON A STORY LINE! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!! Thanks

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I am looking for an Online plant nursery that can deliver before Christmas? Anyone know a good site?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

I am getting my mother a new plant for her yard for Christmas, the only things that or local nurserys and Lowes or Home Depot has right now are non flowering trees, nothing pretty, My mother is the best when it comes to plants. I want to get her something different as in a flowering shrub, please do not send me links to places that deliver boquets, I am looking for the live growing things. Thanks a ton!

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i have so many problems i no but no clue how to sort them?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin| 9 Comments

ok so im only 19 but have enogh problems for every1 i know. so firstly i was rapped by a family member wen i was 11 i had help for this but recently i was rapped again going home frm work they didnt catch this man i am now getting flash backs from what happened with my brother aswell it is tearing my life apart my X bf was really helping me thru this bwithout him it sems twice as hard. i am suffering with an eating disorder called bulimio recently iv been passing out i have no self confidence at all and did this to myself to win some1 bk when all ive done now is made my self ill and him feel big bout his self.a lot of wot i thort was close mates have turned against em because i went to my X fianess grave t place some flowers on his birthday rather than going on the piss with them they say i need to move onand grow up.i told them he was my best friend and ill always miss him hes always got a place in my heart they say i dnt deserve my x bk becos i still go t the cemertry

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Any ideas on storing home grown cilantro?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

I have dehydrated some, hang dried some and none of it retains it’s flavor like dill and other pungent herbs.

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We have a 35-40′ tree that looks like sumac, but drops messy, brownish tennis-sized balls! Eastern MA. Ideas?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

This tree is growing next to a parking lot by our home and overhangs our backyard enough to be a nuisance. It had flowers earlier in the fall. It has lost all of its leaves. The balls break open and have brownish stuff inside. The squirrles like it, but we don’t! If it is cut down, will it just grow back? There don’t appear to be any others like it in the area. It has been growing for about the last ten years. Hope someone can advise us on what to do with this monster! Thanks!

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a question for gardeners?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

so i just became a home owner and am excited about this big yard.i think it would be fun to get some things growing. previous owners did a little. there are tulips(which i would like to transplant), sweet peas(not sure if i want to keep those), theres a rose plant but i’m not sure if it’s in too good a shape. and little purple wildflowers(kinda looks like an upside down bunch of grapes on a green stem).some great trees and bushes.
this is what i’m thinking of planting this year:
*veggies: pumpkin, tomato, cucumber
*flowers:flax, poppy,columbine(dragonfly hybrid)
*herbs:mint, lavender,basil
any tips/suggestions?

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