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Friday, November 11, 2011

Happy Veteran's Day!

Glamour ran an article called "31 Days of Giving."  The article gives readers 31 ways to give back to people.  You can read the online version at Donating to Charity: 31 Days of Giving by Glamour.com.  The article inspired me to compile a list of ways to help our troops and their families in the spirit of Veteran's Day.

  • Send a teddy bear to the child of a deployed marine.  For $25, jonathancollins.org gives a plush toy with a voice message recorded by the parent, which will play when the paw is pressed.
  • Show your support for our troops. A donation to woundedwarriorproject.org can aid a soldier’s physical—and emotional—recovery after deployment.
  • Support the troops with warm socks, deodorant, Cheez-Its: Find their wish lists at anysoldier.com.
  • Staying home for the holidays? Donate frequent-flier miles to injured soldiers’ families at heromiles.org
  • Buy a counseling session for a soldier returning home after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan with your $17 donation to www.giveanhour.org.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Pumpkin Update

Photo: Jack-o-Lantern from the Garden

I planted pumpkin seeds in July, but as you can see our pumpkin was not quite ready for carving.  My daughter and I decided to carve the pumpkin anyways.  We were inspired by the jack-o-lantern in the Bubble Guppies episode about Halloween.  We both bonded over the experience, and were happy with the final product.  Next year, I will try planting the seeds in June, and will use a lot more organic fertilizer.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Free Christmas Cactus by Mai


Photo: Christmas Cactus, Free Plant of the Month by freeplantsbymail.org

Free Plants By Mail (freeplantsbymail.org) was started by local growers as a way to use the surplus plants from nurseries and also as a way to support The Nature Conservancy.  Free Plants By Mail offers a new free plant each month.  This month they are offering Christmas Cactus.  Although the plant itself is free, you do have to pay a small shipping and handling fee of $6.95.
This organization also has over 100 plants available for sale on their site.  100% of the proceeds from the sale will go to The Nature Conservancy.
Click here to view Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).