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and for the little ones:

* Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri

*The above list for toddlers was recommended by the Richland Librarians, Richland, SC

Into the Garden I Go….

In times past I have enjoyed many granny gardens– my own grandmothers both gardened, one being what I would call a “master gardener”. Gran Rempel came from a long line of ‘horticulturalists‘, many of whom trained at the University of Guelph, where I see you can now gain an on-line and distance certificate in various landscaping, horticulture and golf/turf subjects. Very interesting!

I always look in EBay for items that I find elsewhere but know I can get less expensively from EBay– example being, good quality gardening gloves, bulk, or a gardening apron (with a place for seeds, tools, gloves, kneepads), and maybe an industrial pressure sprayer that some old gardener no longer needs.

Granny Gardens

I am the Belated Gardener.
I have good intentions, but
planting by the Moon– isn’t
that some horrid pagan ritual?

And so, I usually have some
scraggly little garden
and most of my seeds– if
they do indeed, germinate–
turn into leggy vines with
tiny veggies,
hardly worth the bother.

But this year will be different.

I can feel it in my bones.

And I’m going to get hold of
this wonderful ebook that
will apparently take my
hand (well, metaphorically)
and help me be the sort of
organic gardener I, and all
of my neighbors,
are waiting for me to become.
Click Here!

Getting Baby To Sleep

We’ve all been there as grandparents, I’m sure…. our little grandchild– delightful, cherubic, sweet-smelling– won’t go to sleep. Either we’re trying to assist our tired adult child, the parent, get the squalling baby to release all that tension into lovely restful sleep, or we’re trying to do it ourselves as temporary babysitters or long-term caregivers….

We draw on all the stuff we did in the past as parents… checking for pins and other possible sources of external discomfort– looking for signs of colic and earache– adjusting clothing to meet with either too-hot or too-cool conditions– rocking– singing– ferberizing– etc.

Eventually we may get the wee one to sleep, but it might be with him/her in our arms or lying in the same bed with them… any stirring starts the whole process over again.

Here is an e-offer that costs about as much as a couple of lattes and seems to guarantee successfully getting your baby to sleep after applying what you learn from a 35-minute audio. Sounds worth a try to me– what do you think? Pass the word on to the young adults who are trying to do it all– Click Here!