Sentences with phrase «plant a family garden»

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As the woman shrieks and rails («You there with your fancy man in the garden in the bright light of day... canoodling with him you in nothing but your floral swimming costume and showing your very thighs»), Mantel's mother, in a turn that anticipates Mantel's later descriptions of Anne Boleyn, rises from where she is basking, blinks, and dawdles indifferently indoors, leaving her daughter — small, foursquare, hands planted on her hips — to defend the family honor.

Having planted «a Hispanic garden in a foreign land,» away from her native Cuba, she values what she calls the flowers of faith — family commitment, and strength to struggle in her mother's «bouquet» which help her combat rootlessness.

I've been swayed by my family and neighbors and will still be planting a few garden varieties.

Grow More Food Festival, which offers many entertainment options for Guyanese residents, encourages all sizes of businesses within the agriculture industry to grow more food, and engages families to plant kitchen gardens and other small - scale gardens to help offset the effects of higher food prices.

At some point towards the beginning of last fall, I informed my family of my big plans for the following summer: «I'm going to plant a vegetable garden.»

With four zucchini plants in the garden, I have enough to make dinner for my family (and then some).

A couple weeks ago, my family paid a visit to the local nursery to pick up some herbs to plant in a container garden on our deck.

With a Family Garden, you can grow up to 84 plants at once — and put more wholesome produce on the dinner table.

Enjoy a family - friendly celebration of spring and the garden's natural wonders with fun, hands - on activities and nature play, including frogs, carnivorous plants, bird games and crafts,...

I'm planting a small garden not only for the food it will provide to me and my family and to reduce our carbon footprint, but for the experience it will provide us all.

And she can help out with family chores, including setting the table for dinner or planting seeds for a vegetable garden.

In Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Alfred A. Knopf, $ 16.99), readers learn that there are plenty of critters who also benefit from the garden Alice and her family plant each sGarden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Alfred A. Knopf, $ 16.99), readers learn that there are plenty of critters who also benefit from the garden Alice and her family plant each sgarden Alice and her family plant each spring.

Our family came over the next few days to make sure we were well fed, our house was cleaned, and our garden was even planted for us!

Eric, along with friends and family and supported by members of the Arlington Height's Park District's Parks and Planning staff, installed 1,000 plants to create the first butterfly garden.

We took weekly trips to the farmers market in Longmont and we made planting gardens a family event.

Whether we plant a big garden full of flowers or put little pots of petunias on our stairs, seeing and smelling those flowers will nurture everyone in the family every time we walk by them.

This is a great video http://site.tinyrevolutionary.com/blog/2009/04/26/planting-an-organic-garden-in-your-backyard/ that showed my family and I how to plant an organic garden!

And he can help out more with family chores, including vacuuming his bedroom, taking out the trash, making salad for dinner, or planting a vegetable garden.

Well, being green is more than just buying more crap we don't need, it's also getting our hands dirty planting a garden, annoying your family by turning out the lights when they're still in the room, and having some fun with the babies in our lives!

«While some of your work may be national in scope,» said the first lady in her opening remarks, «ultimately your most powerful impact is local... For example, The New York Botanical Garden started the Bronx Green - Up revitalization program, and they helped plant hundreds of school and community gardens in struggling neighborhoods so that families could grow their own fresh produce.»

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) last week unveiled an online cornucopia for plant taxonomists: 2500 crisp digital photos of specimens from four vascular plant families.

Originally the home, gardens and commercial nursery of the late Theodore Klein and his family, Yew Dell now offers the public exceptional display gardens, an ambitious slate of education programs and community events, ongoing garden plant research, hiking trails and event rental opportunities.

You may have grand plans of vacationing at the beach, camping camping at a national park, organizing a family reunion, or finally getting that garden planted.

Learn your plant families and keep related plants together in the same «neighborhood» of the garden.

One, it's not too late to significantly decrease the effect of the drought on your family: plant late - summer and fall gardens.

Seasonal garden - fresh veggies are a great way to brighten up the dish and increase your family's enjoyment of nourishing plants.

So very proud that our family could plant and harvest a garden together.

Simultaneously, we moved from the inside of the building to the outside — with the planting of gardens maintained by students, staff and families at each grade level, as well as a «little free library» — a small wooden chest in our front lawn where students can pick up a book they'd like to read as long as they drop off a book they'd like to share.

The Richardson family live an ordinary planned and privileged life in Shaker Heights, Ohio where the lawns are mowed, the gardens beautifully planted and neighbors are people you can count on.

He knows he can never share this with Silvana, but he also knows he must try, so he buys a small house at 22 Britannia Road in Ipswich, plants an English garden and hopes they can somehow morph into a typical English family once reunited.

Whether he was planting peas in the family garden plot or listening to his father preach, young Malcolm was observant and reflective.

I take care of the kids, raised cattle, plant and take care of 5 acres of vegetable gardens and fruit orchards to help feed my family, keep house, do the finances, help with the regular yard work and generally keep my family healthy and happy.

Your visions of hosting fancy family barbecues and planting elaborate container gardens can come with a big cost: building a backyard deck.

Plants in the garden - favorite Solanaceae family (tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes, and eggplant) contain various amounts of neurotoxic alkaloids such as scopalomine and atropine.

Include the entire family and pray together, recall favorite memories or plant a tree or flower garden in your pet's memory.

While we love plants in our outdoor gardens and use greenery to liven up our indoor environment, certain flora can be deadly to our four - legged family members.

We planted a garden, we fed our possums, we caught up with friends and family, and we worked on our travel blogs.

The Garden offers many ways to enjoy its scenery with specialized tours, demonstrations, concerts, family activities, seasonal exhibits, and an outdoor café and plant shop.

Bring the whole family back in February to plant your own snowdrops with the garden team.

The Rojas Bonilla family carefully planted native plants and trees to ensure that their gardens would provide the perfect home for all the different frog species in the area.

Originally the home and private garden collection of the Larabee family who planted an extensive plant collection of exotic and Mediterranean plants before deeding the property to the County of San Diego initially as a refuge to the local quail population on the site.

Take your family out for a walk around the botanical gardens, which house a vast array of colourful and exotic plants.

Garden tour: While Alcatraz prisoners paced in their jail cells, the prison guards and their families formed a gardening association, imported topsoil from nearby Angel Island and exotic plants from around the world, and set out to make the island grow.

With gentle breezes, tropical shaded gardens with tropical fruits and plants, Top View Villa represents the ideal retreat for two couple or families with children, who want to vacation together but still, have privacy and the space needed in which to relax, unwind and have fun.

The AKFA has donated more than a quarter million dollars to the Venice community since the grants program began; planting gardens, building robots, sparking creativity and supporting families in need.

Providing a unique and family friendly spin on the modern online first person shooter, Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is the brainchild of Popcap entertainment and their successful attempt to provide a safe environment in which kids can play online.

Following in the footsteps of her grandmother Susanna Bixby Bryant — a rancher and founder of the first botanical garden dedicated exclusively to California native plants, Sue has been an ardent defender of indigenous and organic family farmers, and their heirloom seed crops, for much of her life.

The Gardens is a dynamic, 24 - acre urban oasis in the heart of the city, offering unforgettable opportunities to flourish with unique garden experiences for the whole family — as well as world - class education and plant conservation research programs.

Seth grew up gardening and running the family business in Sarasota, but after years of work and education up north, he enjoys getting to know the southern plant palette again.

In the four lot parcel, seven community groups serving children with special needs, immigrant children and their families, people in drug treatment programs, as well as individual family gardeners come together — spanning various demographics, united by a common love of gardening — to grow food, congregate and avail themselves of much need respite in planted space.