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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids are now custom textile designers, specializing in crayon.  Thankfully, this foray into textile art was actually planned (unlike the pencil on the wall of our stairway.) There are lots of fabric paints out there, but I decided to go the low-tech route because crayons are always around, and they don’t require much supervision [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=8047&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day: Little Spring Flower</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Modifying a Floatie to Teach Swimming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my favorite floatie that my kids have used, it’s called a Puddle Jumper.  We tried a lifejacket, and a swim suit with built in flotation devices when my son was really little, but those floaties didn’t help them directionally keep their face above water, so felt more dangerous than helpful.  The Puddle Jumper [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=8023&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Paint with Oils</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March I had the incredible opportunity to go to a two day painting workshop led by Bee Sieburg (check out her paintings here!), a family friend.  If you have ever considered painting—even for a millisecond—you need to go to a workshop with Bee.  She is amazing.  She is a delight to be with, with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=8043&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo: Bee on a Redbud</title>
		<link>http://growingourgreenbeans.com/2013/05/18/photo-bee-on-a-redbud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Trees Are In</title>
		<link>http://growingourgreenbeans.com/2013/05/16/the-trees-are-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our yard is now officially smaller, with a mix of native trees and shrubs.  Right now it looks like a moonscape of tubes, with hugely long grass everywhere (our lawnmower broke so the whole yard’s a jungle.)  Here’s the list of trees: sugar maple, paw paw, hickory, beech, black gum, sourwood, white oak, red oak, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=7999&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Craft Idea: Making Crayon Stained Glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kids and I made “stained glass” to sparkle in our windows.  We grated some crayons onto waxed paper, then I put another layer of waxed paper on top, and a dish towel on top of that and ironed.  The crayon melted, leaving a pretty little craft behind. The only problem with this craft is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=7980&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Juvenile Black Snake is NOT Black</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this little snake (it was pencil thin) on our basement floor several weeks ago and immediately went for my snake book.  We’ve only ever had black rat snakes at our house, non-poisonous, and not aggressive.  I have come to terms with our snake population by reminding myself that where there are black snakes [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=7966&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boxwood Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of August last year, we transplanted some boxwoods from a friend who needed them gone for some work on her house to start. August is NOT a good time to transplant shrubs in Virginia, but look at them this Spring: lush and green.   Amazing! Next step: prune them.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=7861&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Keep Glue from Getting Hard in the Bottle</title>
		<link>http://growingourgreenbeans.com/2013/05/08/how-to-keep-glue-from-getting-hard-in-the-bottle/</link>
		<comments>http://growingourgreenbeans.com/2013/05/08/how-to-keep-glue-from-getting-hard-in-the-bottle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an ingenious tip in Family Handyman about how to make your glue keep longer: squeeze all the air out of it before putting the cap back on.  So simple, and so obvious… except the idea had never occurred to me!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingourgreenbeans.com&#038;blog=32368205&#038;post=7814&#038;subd=growingourgreenbeans&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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