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Preparing Next Year's Garden

October 21, 2008

This is the time of year my mother always popped all the deadheads off her flowers and dried them for their seeds. I imagine most of your flowers have probably gone to seed by now, but if you're anything like me, you haven't exactly, um, DEALT with it yet. Deadheading is fun because your kids get to do something you tell them never to do: destroy flowers. But you're doing it for the common good!  Read more...

Things Little Gardeners Can Do that Don't Make It All Worse

June 04, 2008

Now that it's hot, hot, hot in Kansas City, I've had to address the yard. Lo, this year I was certain I would landscape the pants off my yard. Oh, yes, it would be lovely. I even drew a map of where all the different, carefully researched native plants would go. Then I got sort of busy. My daughter and I started 140 peat pots of flower seeds (buy the pots made of peat, not the plastic  Read more...

More of Our Favorite Activities and Things to Do in kansas city

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Creatures & Critters:
Our Urban Jungle

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Do, Re, Mi! Places to Hear, Sing & Play a Tune

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Artistic Endeavors:
Our Favorite Art Venues

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Room to Run:
Run, Jump & Wiggle Outdoors

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Rainy & Quiet Days:
Cozy & Crazy Indoor Fun

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A Sense of History:
Our City's Stories

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Tot's Science Fair:
Science & Nature Sites

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Splash, Spray, Play! Local Spots to Get Wet

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The Most Fun in Life Is Free!

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The Best of... Our Top Can't-Live-Without Spots

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