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mothering | May–June 2010 | digital bonus
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GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR GETAWAY
1 Turn lawn into garden—without digging.
Six to eight weeks in advance of planting, lay down thick layers of very wet newspaper. The newspaper must be kept wet in order to decompose the soil. If planting immedi- ately, add a three-inch layer of soil on top of the newspaper. Drive an awl through the newspaper to plant the seeds. As the beans grow, the paper will keep weeds out, while simultaneously turning the grass into rich soil.
2 Grow disease-free beans. Plant chives
around the beans to deter pests.
3 Make fried fl ower blossoms. This is a
fun way to get kids to eat their “vegetables.” You’ll need edible fl owers: pumpkin, zucchini, nasturtiums, tiger lilies, or pansies. Dip fl owers in a mixture of milk and egg, and then in fl our mixed with a bit of salt. Fry until crisp.
4 Keep deer and raccoons out of your
garden. Tie bars of Irish Spring soap to gar- den stakes. To keep the rain from washing away the soap, leave soap in the box. The smell deters animals.
5 Make seed-sprout necklaces. These little
pockets provide just enough moisture, and a child’s heart just enough warmth, to sprout a seed. 1) Insert seed into a jeweler’s plastic bag. 2) Moisten a cotton ball with water and insert in bag. 3) Close bag and make a hole in it big enough to push twine through. 4) Run twine through hole, adjust length, and knot twine so that seed packet lies right above your child’s heart. 5) When roots and sprouts are visible, the seed is ready to transplant.
—Susan J. Owens
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Nasturtium and squash blossoms dredged in fl our for frying.
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