How Much Sun Does Your Garden Need
How much sun does your garden really need?
Vegetables prefer a full day of sun, but if you live in a shady suburb you don't have to give up the idea of growing vegetables. Here are some minimum sunlight requirements:
Fruiting vegetables - eight hours of sun. This includes tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and vine crops such as cucumbers, melons...... >Read More
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Caring for Winter Birds
Prevent birds from crashing into your windows
If you have a problem with birds crashing into your windows, try placing sun ornaments and other objects in the window to let them know they can't fly through. Avoid hanging plants in front of the window - this is just inviting trouble. If a bird has a mishap, place him in a... >Read More
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Cousins' Camp - A Time of Bonding
If your grandchildren live some distance from you and, or, perhaps don’t know each other very well as cousins, try organizing a Cousins' Camp.
Plan and prepare ahead
Determine camp length - one week or less?
Send invitations to the grandchildren.
Look into area attractions and ticket prices.
Collect and prepare craft items, if necessary.
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Quilting: Basics for Beginners
A young girl sits on the floor beneath a large quilting frame.
She listens to the voices of the women sitting at the frame - a diverse group of friends including her grandmother and her great aunt - as they talk and laugh and share their lives along with thread, needles and fabric.
From her vantage point below the quilt, she... >Read More
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Retirement Hobbies
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. ~ George Santayana (1863 - 1952
Inspiring retirement hobby ideas from our readers!
Flower pressing
By Sandra
Make greeting cards and pictures. It keeps you in touch with nature and it's creative and relaxing. I made quite a bit on the side too and have even written an ebook telling exactly how...... >Read More
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Who's Assembling Dinner?
Times have certainly changed. Home cooking used to involve thawing meat, peeling and slicing vegetables and planning on the time it takes for everything to cook. These days - so many recent television commercials would have us believe - home cooking is as easy as pouring a bag of frozen “Pot Roast with Vegetables” into a frying pan to reheat....... >Read More
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Tips on Elder Care
Pray for understanding, guidance, help, wisdom and mercy.
Try to understand about the fears, quirks and frustrations that beset the elderly. My mother had a strong faith in her Lord.
Uplifters for elderly parents: hearing Bible read, singing praise songs and praying with them. \
Organizations can help:
Cancer Societies, Life Abilities,...... >Read More
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Yearly Beauty
New Perennials for the garden (and some old favorites…)
While each new year... >more
A Berry Nice Time of Year
Fall is that time of year when we begin to gather the... >more
What Do You Fear?
