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Book Box- Farm and Planting

Farm Animal Books (62) A Cowboy Can by Beth Clure & Helen Rumsey (easy reader "can") Animals on the Farm by Vicki Coghill (easy reader) Baby Animals on the Farm by Liza Alexander ( Sesame street characters) Baby Calf by Catherine McCafferty Baby Piggy's Shapes by Emily Paul  (Muppet Babies Book) Beep, Beep by Barbara Gregorich (start to read level 1) BINGO ill. by Hans Wilhelm (sing and read) Chicken Licken -Scott, Foresman talking storybook box (Chicken Little story) Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin (silly repetitive story) Cuddly Piglet ill. Penny Johnson (board book) Don't Be Late by Akimi Gibson (rhyming) Daffy Takes a Dip by Jean Davis Callaghan (A duck afraid to swim) Down on the Farm by Vicki Coghill (easy reader) A Duck so Small by A.H. Benjamin (an ugly duckling type story, duck tries to act like other birds         until he finds being small was good) Farm Animals (one word board book) Farm An...

DIY See Through Planter

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      We are planting sweet peas, my favorite vegetable.  They acctually like the cooler weather, so we are kind of late for Texas weather.       When I saw these in a teacher magazine, I knew I wanted it, but the price tag just turned me away every year.  I tried the plastic baggy from the window, but found they don't grow very big.  And as I learned you  do not put tape on the windows, or you'll be scrapping the windows to get the sticky stuff off.  If you could find another way to attach them to the window, maybe 3M hooks would work, they are great to see the roots of the plant.  But, I want to produce vegetables. I have lots of 2 litter bottles. Take the wrapper off.  Cut the top off the bottle.  Make sure it is clean.  Left over sugar will effect the growth of your plants.  (Interesting science experiment for later) Put dirt in the empty bottle.  Add seeds ...