Today is National Weed Your Garden Day. When I was young, my parents had an extensive garden, and we were always plucking weeds that had sprouted up between the rows. It was not my favorite chore. (Today as close as I get to having a garden is a pot with a tomato plant.) We know…
I lingered over the tomato plants during a recent trip to a well-known home improvement store. I love fresh tomatoes, but I don’t have a green thumb. If I don’t kill the plant myself then I suspect my harvest will be picked off by local squirrels and groundhogs. Soon it will be time for me…
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy—it’s another giveaway! Today’s National Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway prize is five nature-themed books. The collection includes a wordless picture book that reminds readers of the importance of bees in our ecosystem, a stunning picture book that introduces seventeen fantastic flowers, two books about trees that beg to be compared…