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Craft Show Profits - Away from Craft Shows!
As you gain experience selling your crafts at craft shows,
you'll be planning your schedule a year in advance. Although a
business plan isn't essential, a marketing plan is a good idea
to have as you plan your shows. You'll want to keep your
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Engagement Rings – From Grass to Glitz
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it hasn't always been so. The practice of giving a ring for the promise before the "I do" dates back to prehistoric times, since cavemen and cavewomen walked the earth. The engagement ring predates the...
Help! Prices Keep Going Up!
Gasoline is going up in price constantly, as are groceries, taxes and other things we have no control over. We are all under pressure to make do with less--be it money or time. Here are a few suggestions for saving time and money around the house: ...
Sleepover Party Crafts
Sleepovers are always so much fun because you get to see all of your friends at once. You get to stay up late and play games. But sometimes sleepover parties are a time for kids to cause mischief – and they do so because they are simply given a...
The truth about your tiara
A tiara (from Persian tara borrowed by latin as "tiara") is a form of a crown. Often referred as a diadem.
Traditionally, the word tiara refers to a high crown often with a
shape of a cylinder narrowed at its top, made of fabric or leather and...
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Butterfly Garden Basics
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Butterfly Garden Basics
by Deborah Shelton
Cultivating a special home in your yard for butterflies
will introduce your children to a world of beauty and
wonder. It's a project that you and your family will enjoy
in the planting stages, and long after. There are five
basic things to remember when planning a butterfly garden:
1. Butterflies love sunlight! Whether you choose to plant a
traditional garden or a container garden, make sure that
the plants are in direct sunlight for much of the day.
2. Butterflies like to "puddle." Your garden needs a sort
of watering hole for the butterflies to drink from. This
can be done by simply filling a terra cotta pot or small
plastic bucket with small rocks or pebbles about two inches
from the brim. Add water to fill the remaining space. Place
the puddle in the center of your
garden.
3. Butterflies like lots of color! Group clusters of the
same plant together to make them easier for butterflies to
see. A group of colorful flowers attracts them easier than
single flowers.
4. Butterflies love to eat nectar. Use several of these
nectar-producing plants to attract them: milkweed, azalea,
goldenrod, black-eyed susan, zinnia, aster, phlox, Japanese
honeysuckle, ironweed. A few nectar-producing shrubs are:
butterfly bush, various fruit trees, privet, lilac and
redbud.
5. Butterflies need a place to lay their eggs. Witness the
entire lifecycle of your new garden friend! Provide host
plants where female butterflies can lay their eggs. Some
host plants include: snapdragon, violets, milkweed,
daisies, parsley, dill, Queen Anne's Lace, aster and
clovers.
About the Author
About the Author:
Deborah Shelton is the author of The Five Minute Parent:
Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones. Visit
The Five Minute Parent for fun rainy-day activities, family
links, and a free email newsletter filled with craft ideas,
guest articles, contests and so much more!
http://www.fiveminuteparent.com
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