 Add too much salt to your soup? Drop a few apple wedges in your pot and cook for 10 minutes or so. Remove the wedges with the extra salt.
Modern American football grew out of a match between McGill University of Montreal and Harvard University in 1874. Consider planting hardy asters, flowering cabbage and flowering kale instead of mums. Kale and cabbage, as the hardiest fall plants, may be left in the flower bed during the winter. Although they won’t survive, they will make your snowy winter scene more interesting. Save plants such as coleus, wax begonias, impatiens or fuschia for indoor growing over winter. Dig plants and pot them, or take cuttings from growing tips, root them in vermiculite or a soil mix. Play-doh was originally a pliable putty like wallpaper cleaner concocted by Kutol Products, a family-owned, Cincinnati-based soap company in the 1930s. On September 4, 1781 Los Angeles was founded by the Spanish Governor of California, Felipe de Neve, near the site of the Native American village of Yang-na. The original name was El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles (The Town of the Queen of the Angels). Water indoor plants less frequently and discontinue fertilizer as soon as plants slow down or stop growing for the winter season. If you suffer from allergies, try eating papaya and pineapple which are rich in bromelain, a natural antihistamine. Don’t let leaves sit on the lawn more than three to four days. Fallen leaves will deprive your grass of crucial sunlight during the fall months. In 1879, the Terre Haute grocery store known as Hulman and Company started producing a baking powder that would substitute for yeast. It was originally marketed as Crystal and Dauntless. By 1923 the name was refined to Clabber Girl Baking Powder. This is how we got ready to view the eclipse in 1960! Remember: DON'T LOOK UP!  Soak shrubs periodically during dry spells with enough water to moisten the soil to a depth of 8-10 inches. Time to order spring flowering bulbs for fall planting. America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, a pickle peddler from Italy who decided to explore the New World in 1499. A cartographer suggested the new land be called “America” after reading Vespucci’s accounts. Nutmeg, garlic, saffron, cumin, cloves, marjoram, basil and thyme are antimicrobial spices that stall or limit the growth of harmful bacteria. Paraskevidekatriaphobia—a fear of Friday the 13th. Salad gets its name from sal, the Latin word for salt, which was the primary seasoning used by the ancient Romans to dress and flavor raw vegetables. America’s first roller coaster was built in 1827 to carry coal from a mine to boats below. Use a bungee cord to hang high birdfeeders so you can pull the feeder down to eye level when it’s time to add food. The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. Drink ice cold water to keep hydrated. You burn more calories as your body heats up the water. What’s in season: Blackberries—through mid-August Blueberries—through mid-September Peaches—through mid-September Plums—through mid-August Raspberries—through mid-September   A corncob is covered with as many as 1,000 female flowers.
Rotate tomato plants to a new location each year. Personality profile according to your favorite snack: Potato chips—You’re ambitious and competitive. Tortilla chips—You’re a perfectionist and you plan ahead so you tend to take charge and micromanage every project. Pretzels—You’re lively, upbeat and interested in the latest fashions and trends. You’re always ready for spontaneous fun. Cheese curls—You’re highly principled, trustworthy, conscientious and spiritual. Aloe is one of the few nonnarcotic plants to cause a war. When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 B.C. he heard of a plant with amazing wound-healing powers on an island off Somalia. Intent on healing his soldiers’ wounds—and denying this healer to his enemies—Alexander sent an army to seize the island and the plant, which turned out to be aloe. To keep mosquitos away eat lots of garlic. Mosquitos are repelled by garlic scent which comes from skin pores. Kokedama—an old Japanese planting technique that uses moss as a vessel to hold the roots of a plant, which can be suspended in air or placed on a table. The fax machine was patented in the United States in 1863 before the telephone. It was called the “pantelegraph”. There are 2,100 species of snakes worldwide, 115 in North America and 31 species in Indiana. Most snakes have 6 rows of teeth: 2 on top, 2 on bottom and 2 on the roof of the mouth.  Section 4 of the Flag Code states: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all, should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute."
 Prune spring-flowering shrubs after blooms fade.
Keep grass mowed to 2.5 inches tall. Replace pansies and other spring annuals with summer annuals and perennials. To attract butterflies: Sprinkle flowers with a mixture of sugar and water Arrange flat stones for resting Provide shallow water for drinking Choose bright colors for flowers especially purple, red and yellow. Plant lavender, asters and butterfly bushes. Asparagus is a member of the lily family and has both male and female plants. Fun Indiana roadtrip—Willowfield Lavender Farm in Mooresville, Indiana. Check out their website at www.willowfieldlavender.com. Squirrels and dogs have sweaty feet. Their sweat glands are between the footpads and paws between toes and when they get hot or excited they leave wet tracks. They also use foot sweat to mark their territorial trees. Garlic lowers blood pressure but may increase risk of bleeding. More than three thousand years ago, children in Egypt played with large hoops of dried grapevines propelling them along the ground with a stick or swung around at the waist. The “Hula Hoop” was introduced in 1958. The term “flea market” can be traced back to the insect-ridden merchandise of early European markets. In the 1880s, Parisians named their famous flea market Marche aux Puces, “market of fleas”. |
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