Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving I’m confident that more people would become lifelong gardeners if they knew how easily they could put up their harvest to enjoy and share it with friends and family throughout the year. A lot of would-be gardeners see their neighbors inundated with zucchini and cucumbers and conclude that all […]
Freeze Protection Plant Covers
Freeze Protection Plant Covers When new gardeners ask me for advice, I always tell them to focus on the basics and minimize all the variables they can. Don’t try to do everything your first year. Start with just a couple of raised beds, buy your compost instead of making it, and pick up some plant […]
Quictent Portable Mini Greenhouse
Quictent Portable Mini Cloche Greenhouse Landfills are full of small portable greenhouses that try to emulate a more permanent structure without the ability to secure it as such. The problem is that they catch exponentially more wind than units that are lower to the ground. I see these tall but inexpensive units for sale at […]
Easter Peeps Mafia
Spring break is three days away. When you’re done with the game, you can have a class debate about whether Peeps actually taste good. For me, it depends on the flavor. Traditional? No thanks. Dr. Pepper Peeps? In the parlance of my students, they are “straight fire.” I hope you enjoy the game I created. […]
Intro to the 2022 World Cup
Here is a very basic introduction slide about this year’s World Cup in Qatar that you can use to get them hyped up to watch some matches over the coming Thanksgiving break. Some topics that you could discuss depending on the level and maturity of your students are: Students love making predictions about real world […]