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EveryDay Strong: How connection can help your child be successful

Every human has a need to connect with other humans.Connection is an unseen, reciprocated acknowledgment that another person understands you and loves you for you. It’s just as much of a need as eating or sleeping and is one of the most important prerequisites for building resilience in ...

Garden Help Desk: Peas are a great early-season crop for the garden

Garden peas are one of my favorite spring crops. Frozen peas from the grocery store simply can’t compare to green peas fresh from the garden. Not only are garden peas delicious but fresh-shelled peas also freeze well. There are three basic types of fresh peas: shelling peas, snow peas ...

Garden Help Desk: A journal is one of a gardener’s most useful tools

What can a garden journal do for you? We’ve talked about garden journals before as well as what a journal can do for a gardener. Your journal is the place where you keep a yearly record of your garden - what and when you planted, how each variety did, how the weather worked for or against ...

Garden Help Desk: Complete these tasks to prepare for the growing season

Spring will be here before we know it. Here are a few tasks to consider doing in February to prepare your garden for its busiest season. Prune dormant apples, pears and ornamental trees. Hold off on pruning peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots until March. Shrubs that flower on old wood, ...