Parents are busy people. If they are working, they are usually not at home 48 when/ after their children return from school. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent to write 49 an after-school note for their children. They sometimes put the note on the kitchen table, the refrigerator, 50...
Azaleas are flowering bushes that grow in well-draining and acidic soil. Where you plant them next to ninebarks depends on the size of both bushes. I recommend growing a small azalea variety so that it will not overshadow the ninebark, especially since the azaleas have showier flowers. Bot...
You may think that these preferences are influenced by the way people are taught to behave when they are growing up. However, this is not the case. A new study carried out at Cambridge University shows that newborn girls look longer at a face, and newborn boys look longer at a mechanica...
rose bushes are armed with sharp thorns. Botanists call these thorns “prickles”. Like other prickly plants, sharp pokes can be an effective defense system against animals that might be drawn to the flowers’bright colorsand strong fragrance. ...
Growing these non-native vegetables at home saves me money and it also reduces my personal reliance on commercial agricultural. Zucchini & cucumber plants might not be natives but the bees visit the flowers as they bloom all Summer. Although asparagus is not native to the US, ladybugs have no...
In theory, one could design a machine learning program to catch potential issues early on, but again, that's not as accessible or cost effective as a trained eye. Enhancing the growing process Thereareelements of the indoor growing process that have been enhanced by some level of automation....
Every year my wife and I do our best to buy local candy for Easter, even though are kids are now in their 20s. We - or The Easter Bunny - has been getting them the solid chocolate bunny from Nora's since they were old enough to eat chocolate. ...
Second person might not be the right fit for every story. (And there are always readers who don't love second person for fiction writing!) But it's worth the time to play with the voice and urgency that second person narratives require, if for no other reason than to expand your writin...
Not so unusual these days. What did surprise me was that he’d started to eat my chocolate! Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid trouble—and really I was rather uneasy about him—I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocol...
My wonderful sidekick sitting on a stump in Rattlesnake Lake, with Rattlesnake Ledge behind her. It turns out that the answer is a tale of dueling glaciers, growing cities, and engineers and geologists who made a big mistake in their design process. A big overview – where are we?