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|| KIDS PAGES -- NOVEMBER ACTIVITY CALENDAR! November Kids Activity Calendar Dull November Brings the Blast, Then the Leaves are Whirling Fast. November 1 Pop Some Popcorn Have you ever wondered what makes popcorn pop? It's the moisture trapped inside each kernel that expands when it's heated. Under that kind of pressure, the kernels explode! Youâve probably seen some of the crazy colored popcorn that's for sale. What do you think of the red kind? Or the black kind? No matter what the kernel color, popcorn always pops white. How far will a heated kernel jump? Experiment with an electric skillet set on a clean sheet. (Have your parents help you). Put a few kernels in the heated skillet with the top left off. When it's good and ready, the kernels will fly into the air. Pop a whole batch this way. It's snowing popcorn! You can even grow your own popcorn. Next year set aside a part of your garden plot for some corn -- the popping kind! November 2 Make Pomanders Long ago, pomanders were used to mask unpleasant odors. Pomanders (from the French pomme for "apple", and from ambergris, a waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale, long used as a fixative in perfumery) are now largely decorative items. They do smell nice, however, and add an old-fashioned touch to closets and dresser drawers. You can make your own pomanders. All you need are some oranges (or lemons and limes for smaller pomanders), and some whole cloves. If you want to hang your pomanders, leave some room for ribbons. Mark crossing paths with narrow masking tape. Stick the cloves into the fruit, about a clove's head distance from one another; theyâll end up closer as the fruit dries and shrinks. Roll the pomanders in equal parts of ground cinnamon and orris root (a fixative found wherever potpourri supplies are sold), and wrap each in tissue paper. Let them cure for 4 to 6 weeks, before tying ribbons around them. Pomanders make lovely gifts, and not just for your grandmothers! November 3 Grow a Mystery Crop If you dig up a bit of woodland soil (or take a spade to part of your garden) and put it into a pot and water it, what do you think will grow? Itâs a mystery! The seeds that would normally lay dormant until the following spring can often be coaxed into life in the warmth of your home. Itâs fun to try to identify what is sprouting, although for best results you should put the plants under your plant lights. The dwindling natural sunlight only confirms the plantsâ suspicions that it really is November ! Make a Wish Upon a Seed Everyone knows that if you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake in one try, the wish youâve made will come true. But did you know that you can wish upon dandelion seeds? If you blow all the seeds from a single stem in one breath, your wish will be granted! Superstitions surrounding plants and animals go back thousands of years. Which superstitions do you know of? Did you know that you can tell if a person likes butter by holding a buttercup under his chin? If thereâs a golden glow there, he does! Have you heard that you can tell if someone loves you by plucking the petals from a daisy? Say ãhe loves me, he loves me not. . . ã as you pick them off one by one. Does he (or she) love you? Nature is also one big toy store. From walnut boats to launch on a winding stream to honeysuckle flowers to sip, children everywhere make playthings from plants. Have you ever made a pea shooter from a hollowed out piece of elderberry stem? (The pith pushes out quite easily with a coat hanger wife). Or signaled to your friends with a grass whistle? Hold a blade of grass between your two thumbs (held side by side). Blow through the hole made by the curve of your thumbs. What a noise! What are some tricks you know? November 4 Watch for White-Tailed Deer White-tailed deer are quite common in much of the United States. They generally keep hidden in wooded areas during the day, but can be seen grazing in open fields, or munching on fallen apples in old orchards, early in the morning or at dusk. Only the underside of this deerâs tail is white. Tails are raised up as a signal of alarm. Any other deer nearby (which are usually few, as deer travel in very small groups -- say, a doe and her twin fawns) will see the flash of white and be on the alert. Have you ever heard the expression ãto hightail itä? Do you think this saying might refer to the way deer lift their tails as they run from danger? At this time of year, deer look for mates. During the rutting season, as itâs called, the stags are very jumpy and irritable. If two stags meet, they usually end up fighting. Fawns are born in late spring. They are cleverly camouflaged with spots, and for the first few weeks they are virtually odorless. How do you think this helps the fawns? November 5 Collect Birdsâ Nests Once the leaves have fallen from the trees, you can see where many birds have cleverly positioned their nests. Most birds construct new nests every spring, so you are free to take down any you find. Just be careful high up in trees! It is best to wear leather gloves when handling abandoned birdsâ nests. They will guard against the bites of any insects which may be living in the nest. You may also discover that a larger animal, such as a mouse, has moved in! (In that case, leave the nest there). Place the nest in a plastic bag with a couple of mothballs, and leave it for a few days. The insects will crawl out and die. Do you know what kinds of birds lived in the bests? Even if you didnât see the birds when they were living in the nests, you may be able to find out. Check in one of the bird identification guides that includes pictures and descriptions of typical birdsâ nests. November 6 Listen for Crows Crows are not considered migratory birds as such, but they do move around in response to the weather. When it grows cold and stormy, they head for low lying areas, even venturing south a ways. Small groups of them can be seen during most of the year, but in late fall you might get a chance to see large flocks assembling in stubbly fields. Crows cry out with the familiar ãcaw-caw,ä a piercing sound if there ever was one! Some people confuse crows and ravens, which is easy to do as the two birds are closely related. Ravens are larger, for one, and they call out with a deeper ãwonk-wonk.ä Ravens are also wary of people, so are more common in wilderness areas. Crows (and ravens and bluejays, another relative) are considered to be rather smart birds. Seeing how scarecrows rarely work at scaring crows, there is probably some truth in this! Eagles and owls use the same nests year after year. November 7 Search for Witch-Hazel Flowers In woodland areas, now airy and open, you might find one of the tree flowers that blooms for the first time this late in the year. The witch-hazel grows to be a large shrub or small tree, and is in flower during the month of November and beyond. The bright yellow thread-like flowers are as vibrant as the leaves which recently fell from its branches. Also maturing in autumn are the witch-hazel seed capsules. Pick some to bring home. When they dry out a bit, the seeds are ejected from the capsules with great force. They have been known to travel as far as thirty feet! An extract from the bark, twigs, and leaves is used as an astringent in lotions and gargles. Water diviners (people who claim to be able to locate underground sources of water by holding a stick along the ground, letting it twitch and point to water) often choose the forked branches of the witch-hazel for this purpose. Do you suppose that is where the ãwitchä in witch-hazel comes from? November 8 Examine a Wasps' Nest The nests of most wasps are abandoned each fall, so itâs safe to take down any that you have found. Still itâs best to have your parents look the nest over before you approach it. .. you never can tell if some wasps have stuck around a little longer than anticipated! Different wasps construct different types of nests, but some of the most beautiful are those made by the paper-making wasps. These nests are made from tiny bits of wood - - taken from trees, fence posts, and houses - - which the queen, and later the workers, chew and mix with their special saliva. The pulp, very similar to the pulp used in making paper, is formed into six-sided configurations (like honeycomb). The construction of nests begins in early spring, and ends in the autumn when all the wasps, save the queens, die. Look for the nests hanging in protected spots, even under the eaves of your house. Some wasps make their homes in trees. The bald-faced hornet builds an impressively large structure that is entwined around several branches. Now that the leaves have fallen from the trees, you can see where these are located. These nests, too, are safe to collect (after your parents look them over, beforehand), and be careful climbing the tree! November 9 Scrape some Resin from a Pine Tree The resin oozing from pine trees can be scraped off and boiled in some water, to release the pine scent that even city dwellers are familiar with. Pine essence is used in many household products, from disinfectants to room fresheners. (Maybe everybody has a secret desire to live deep in the woods!) Do you like the smell? Pine resin is sap. (all plants contain sap, from the sap of the sugar maple which yields maple syrup, to the ãmilkä of the milkweed). Itâs very sticky! Nail polish remover will help get it off your hands and clothes. Do you have a cold? Sometimes taking deep breaths of the pine essence will unblock a stuffy nose. Ahhhh! November 10 Dig a Hole for a Live Christmas Tree If you have the room to plant a live Christmas tree outdoors once the holidays are over, ask your parents if they would consider buying a live tree rather than a cut one this year. Many nurseries sell live conifers, balled and burlapped and ready to go into the ground after theyâve spent just a few days inside your home. This is a good time to dig a hole for the tree before the ground is too hard. Dig a good-sized hole, and fill it with some peat. Cover it so that no one will stumble into it by mistake. You can even pick up your tree now, provided you keep it in a sheltered place outdoor until about a week before Christmas. A drastic change in temperature can be fatal to any plant, and these trees are no exception. From the outdoors, move the tree to an unheated garage for a day or so, before bringing it inside your home for 3 to 4 days at the very most. (Reverse the steps after Christmas). Itâs always a bit of a gamble whether the tree will take and survive the winter after being subjected to such temperature extremes. With a little luck, your live tree will continue to bring enjoyment outdoors for many years to come. The most popular trees grown and harvested for Christmas include the Scotch pine, Douglas fir and balsam fir. You can plant these, as well as several other conifers, if you choose to have a live Christmas tree this year. Spruce trees arenât available everywhere as cut trees (the needles are painfully sharp!), but they are perfect for home yards. The blue spruce is an especially beautiful tree. White pines are bushy when they are young (perfect for hanging garlands on), but remember they grow to be enormous trees! You have to have plenty of room for them. Hemlocks are slow-growing trees that bear tiny cones. Your local garden center can help you make a wise choice. November 11 Examine Designs in Nature From the way seeds are arranged on a sunflower, to the spiraling tendrils of a grape vine, nature has come up with some ingenious and beautiful designs. Look around you, and youâll see all sorts of interesting shapes and patterns. What can you find that is six-sided? The hexagon (as this shape is called) is the most economical shape. Do you see how many cells can fit in just a small piece of honeycomb? Snow crystals are also hexagonal. Spirals are common in nature, from the spectacular nautilus shell to the fiddleheads of ferns. Circles (and variations such as spheres) are also wide-spread. Mushroom caps, flowers with petals that radiate from a central disk, and drops of water are circular. Look for other shapes and patterns, too. Take tree bark and leaves, for instance. There are such variations! And donât forget color! Color in nature ranges from raven black to the iridescent shades in a peacockâs feather. Can you imagine what the world would bed like if everything was just black and white? November 12 Look at Nature's Influence on Art How do you think nature has influenced artists over the years? Look at some art to find out! An art museum is a good place to begin. There youâll find drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures that were created over the centuries. From landscapes to still lifes, from botanical illustrations to impressionistic pieces, nature is well-represented in art. Nature has even influenced architecture. As you walk down the main street in your town or city, gaze up at some of the buildings and look for decorative motifs taken from nature. Some of the earliest structures we know of in Egypt were decorated with representations of flowering plants. This trend continued for centuries. Modern buildings are not very ornate, but there may be examples of flowery (no pun intended!) architecture where you live. If you canât make it to an art museum or gallery, check your library for books on art. What are some of your favorite paintings? What do you like to draw? November 13 Find Art Supplies Derived from Nature You saw how paints could be made from the earth, but did you know that many paints that you buy are made from natural sources? Not to mention many other art supplies! Artists depend on nature for supplying them with paper (made from cotton and wood fibers) and canvas (usually cotton or linen). Many pigments used in paints and inks are of mineral or organic origin. Pigments are bound with different mediums, from linseed oil (in the case of oil paints) to gums and glues (gums are derived from plants; glues from animal hides). Thereâs graphite and charcoal - - two natural substances used in drawing. Sculptors work in everything from wood to clay to marble and metal. Even photographers owe a debt to the natural world. Photographic film is made of several natural ingredients, including silver, gelatin, and cellulose. Where would artists be without nature? What natural substances do you use in any of your artistic hobbies? November 14 Start a Nature Notebook Have you ever noticed how much more you really see when you walk rather than drive a long a familiar street? You can also ãseeä more in nature when you take the time to draw what you find. You may not consider yourself much of an artist. But did you know that most skills come with practice? You can practice by recording what you find in a nature notebook! It doesnât have to be anything fancy. All you need are some blank sheets of paper and some pencils. Try drawing little things (like a single flower) and bigger things (such as a field covered with snow). Youâll soon get the hang of it! Do you see yourself noticing more now that youâre drawing some of what you see? November 15 Make a Folded Paper Plants and Animals The Japanese art of paper folding known as Origami, has a long and venerable history. The techniques were brought to Japan from China during the sixth century. Paper was a rare and precious commodity, so objects were folded only for ceremonial purposes. Today, children and adults all over the world enjoy paper folding. Thereâs no end to the plants and animals you can fold from paper. Use specially packaged Origami paper, or cut your own squares from thin paper. If youâd like a diagram on how to make a funny frog that really jumps, send a self-addressed-stamped #10 (business size) envelope to: Folding Frog/CBA, Box 32, Clam Lake, WI 54517. November 16 Listen to Music Composed on Themes from Nature The natural world has inspired musicians too. Even classical composers have written pieces that illustrate aspects of nature. Hereâs a sampling of some well-known pieces. You may have some of these recordings at home. Or look for them at your local library. When you listen to this music, can you picture what the titles suggest? The Carnival of the Animals Camille Saint-Saens Flight of the Bumblebee Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Four Season Antonio Vivaldi La Mer (The Sea) Claude Debussy On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Frederick Delius The Planets Gustav Holst The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky November 17 Make a Musical Rattle The first musical instruments were percussion instruments - - things to bang on, scrape together, and shake. They were made with materials found in nature. How would you like to make your own musical rattle? Gourds make terrific maracas, or rattles. Use the hard-skinned kind known as calabash gourds. First you have to take the skin off the gourd. Do this by wrapping the gourd in an old towel soaked in a solution of liquid household cleanser and water. (Wear rubber gloves to protect your hands). When the skin has softened (after several hours), scrape it off and leave the gourd to dry for 3 or 4 days. Carefully cut a hole in one end of the gourd (start the hole with a nail; round it out with a hacksaw). Remove the pulp and seeds from inside the gourd with a spoon. Try to get as much out as possible. Let the gourd dry for a few more days. Then fill it with a handful of dried beans and plug the hole with a handle (cut a piece off an old broom handle, or find a stick the right size). Secure the handle with some glue and let dry. Give it a shake! November 18 Make a World Animal Map There are more kinds of plants and animals in tropical regions - - but relatively few of each species. In cold regions, there are few species but many of each kind. The United States has a wide variety of animals (and plants, too) because it has so many different habitats. But just think of all the other animals that can be found throughout the world. There are all sort of wild and crazy creatures! To get to know some of these animals and where they can be found, make a world wildlife map. Youâll need a large map of the world (look for one wherever school and office supplies are sold, or make your own by drawing the rough outlines of the continents on a large sheet of paper ), tacks, string, and a 3ä x 5ä index cards (or cut-up pieces of tagboard). Start collecting picture of animals. Cut them from magazines, sketch your own. Glue them onto the index cards. Put your map on a wall that has plenty of room for the map plus pictures tacked all around it. (Get your parentsâ okay before you start making holes in the walls!) Stretch pieces of string between tacks that hold up the pictures, and those that are stuck into the map to show where the animals can be found. Do you see how the animals are specially adapted for living under different conditions? There are some pretty unusual creatures, arenât there? November 19 See How the Continents Have Drifted Apart Do you notice how many animals that live thousands of miles from one another - - often oceans apart - - look very much alike? Many have evolved along similar lines in response to similar conditions (desert animals, for instance, are much alike everywhere), but there may be another reason. Scientists think that all the continents were once united in on huge land mass. (Geologists actually think there were separate land masses that came together about 200 million years ago.) This supercontinent is referred to as Pangaea (thatâs Greek for ãall landsä). Pangaea gradually broke up into many pieces, which drifted farther and farther apart. In fact, the continents are still adrift! Every year they move a couple of inches, which may not seem like much, but when you multiply it times hundreds of thousands of years, itâs not hard to see how the continents got so far. You can see how the continents all fit together by tracing their shapes and cutting out the basic outlines from construction paper. Move them close together. Do you see how they fit together like puzzle pieces? What do you think will happen in another 100 million years? November 20 Find Out Where Some Food Plants Originated If you could buy only fruits and vegetables that were native to the United States, the produce section of your supermarket wouldnât be very big at all. Did you know that most all the plants we eat have their original elsewhere? Take apples, for instance, the most popular fruit in this country. The first apples were found growing in Southwest Asia, and from there they spread to China, Babylon, and parts of Europe before they ever made their way across the Atlantic! (We can thank the English for bringing apples with them.) The only native foods we eat include some berries (such as strawberries and raspberries) that are descendants of native species, and the Jerusalem artichoke (not an artichoke at all, but a sunflower with edible tubers.) Every other plant got its start somewhere else. Use an encyclopedia to help you find where some of your favorite foods were first found growing. Are you surprised by your discoveries? November 21 Collect Wildlife Postage Stamps Stamp collecting is a great hobby. All the countries of the world issue beautiful stamps (yours for the price of a stamp!) that honor various aspects of national pride. Many stamps celebrate nature in one way or another. Start a stamp collection that concentrates on the plant and animal life of different nations. You can learn a lot about native flora and fauna (thatâs another way of saying plants and animals) from stamps. China is very proud of its pandas, and they are featured in some of their stamps. Australian stamps have a tiny kangaroo in the corner. Other countries, including the United States, help to focus attention on plants and animals deserving of recognition, including endangered species. Do you think these stamps help make more people aware of the natural world? What are some of your favorite wildlife stamps? Where do they come from? November 22 Learn Which Animals Help People Worldwide A wide variety of animals has been domesticated throughout the world. Many may seem unusual to us, but if you think about it, they are all logical choices. Did you know that elephants do the work of heavy machinery in many parts of Southeast Asia? (These animals are not actually domesticated - - they are caught in the wild and tamed.) And why not? They donât break down, they donât pollute, and they have a lot more character than machines! In south America, llamas are herded. They are not only invaluable as beasts of burden (they are well adapted to the thin mountain air high in the Andes), but their wool is fabulously warm! What other animals can you think of that are domesticated throughout the world? Some animals have very specialized jobs. In China, cormorants are used to catch fish. And in France, pigs are used to find truffles, highly prized fungi that grow underground. November 23 Play a Nature Game from Another Culture The games that children play in one part of the world often are very similar to those played elsewhere. Sometimes only the names have changed! Many games include regional customs, and a lot refer to plants and animals of national importance. In Taiwan, children play a game called ãGrowing Rice.ä In Ghana, they play ãThe Boa Constrictor.ä The games of North American Indians typically celebrate the natural world. Both the Dakotas and Cheyenne play games about bears; the Inuit people of the Arctic have a game they call ãMusk Oxen.ä The Pueblo Indians of the Southwest play ãThe Coyote and the Sheep.ä Have you ever played any of these games? Thereâs one from Denmark youâll like. Itâs called ãThe Fish Game.ä Here are the rules for ãThe Fish Gameä: ãThe Fish Gameä is for 6 to 30 players, and can be played either indoors or out. divide the players into couples. One couple is chosen to be it - - they are the Whales. All the other couples seat themselves on chairs (or pillows or folded paper bags). Each couple secretly chooses the name of a fish. The Whales walk about, calling out names of fish. If a coupleâs name is called, they must get up and march behind the Whales. The Whales continue calling out as many names as they like; then they say, ãThe ocean is calm!ä All the children must rise and march behind the Whales. Without any warning, the Whales call out, ãThe ocean is stormy!ä and all the players run as couples to get seated. The two children left without a place to sit become the Whales for the next round. November 24 Invent Your Own Animals How about inventing some creatures of your own? You wonât find these in your backyard, or anywhere else! On some 3ä x 5ä plain index cards, draw or paste down pictures of all sorts of animals. Center the animals as best you can on each card. Cut each one in half right down the middle. Now comes the fun part! Take the front half one animal and pair it with the back half of another. What zany creatures can you come up with? What about a jackalope (half jack rabbit, half antelope?) Or a kangalo? Ever seen an octocoon? Make up some stories to go with your kooky creatures. Where would the animals you invent live? What would they eat? Would any of them make good pets? There are some real animals that are a cross between different species. Mules are part horse and part donkey. In Asia, yaks and cows are bred together to make ãyakows!ä These are strong animals that give more milk than plain yaks do. November 25 Make Thanksgiving Decorations The first Thanksgiving in the New World is said to have taken place in 1622. The Pilgrims had a lot to be thankful for! Borrowing from centuries-old harvest celebrations, they ate, drank, and were merry. In the United States, on the fourth Thursday of November each year, we recreate that harvest feast. (In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October. The harvest in Canada is earlier on account of the shorter growing season). Much time and preparation goes into the Thanksgiving meal, but itâs fun to decorate the table and house with special touches, too. Look to nature for some good ideas, and for materials. Bundle some corn stalk sheaves together, and tie some Indian corn in bunches for some traditional decorations that honor the harvest. Give your vine wreath a new look. Decorate it with seed heads, cones with tiny gourds. Make a display of natureâs wild bounty - - assemble birdsâ nests, feathers, shells and dried plants for an unusual centerpiece. For fun, make up some silly turkeys that will tickle your funny bone. Wishbone, that is! Turkeymajigs! Here then are two very silly ãTurkeymajigsä you can make with materials you probably already have at home. Look through your cone collection for some squat pinecones. Turn these into turkeys by twisting yellow pipe cleaners through the cones and bending them into legs and feet. Glue tiny circles of felt for eyes, and snip pieces of red felt for wattles. Or make a turkey from a pear, two zucchini, a carrot, two whole cloves, and a handful of toothpicks. Slice the top off one zucchini for the head. Slice the rest into 1/4ä pieces. Cut a 2ä piece from the narrow end of the carrot. Slice the rest into 1/4ä pieces. Stick the cloves into the head for eyes; then attach the head to the neck with half a toothpick. (Itâs easiest to push the toothpicks into the carrot and zucchini slices first. Then attach the slices to the pear). Use the carrot and zucchini slices as feathers. Stick three toothpicks into the body - - two for legs (with carrot slices for feet), and one in back to steady the turkey. Make cut vegetable turkeys on the morning of Thanksgiving Day, so theyâll look their freshest. November 26 Honor the Turkey on Thanksgiving Day What would Thanksgiving be like without turkey? Million of Americans sit down to a table laden with food. And the star of the day? The turkey! (Not everyone eats Turkey, of course, but most do!) Thereâs still some question whether turkey was actually on the menu that first Thanksgiving in 1622. It probably was, since wild turkeys were plentiful (and much loved by the Indians) and already known to the Pilgrims. Even though they are New World natives, wild turkeys had been introduced in Europe at least a full century earlier. (The Spanish knew a good thing when they saw it, and took some back with them). Wild turkeys were once hunted almost to extinction, but their numbers have grown in recent years. They have a gamier taste than their commercially-raised cousins. Have you ever tasted wild turkey? Youâve probably heard that Benjamin Franklin thought that the turkey would be a better choice as a symbol for this country than the eagle. He thought the eagle was ãa bird of poor moral characterä and the turkey much more respectable. What do you think? Would we be eating eagle on Thanksgiving Day instead? November 27 Read a Story or Poem About Thanking Nature The Pilgrims knew it, and we should remember it. We owe so much to nature for making our lives so rich. Start a new tradition! Include a story or poem in your thanksgiving. Childâs Grace Frances Frost (poem) Hard Scrabble Harvest Dahlov Ipcar (story) Thanksgiving Ivy O. Eastwick (poem) November 28 Look for the Natural Origins of Everyday Objects We certainly do owe a lot to nature if you stop and think that almost everything we eat, wear, live in, and play with has natural origins. Take any object in your house. Your bed, for instance. Its frame is probably made of wood or metal; its mattress is probably stuffed with natural fibers of some sort (in conjunction with man-made fibers, many of which have natural origins themselves). Your pillow may be stuffed with feathers, and your sheets are probably woven from cotton. You can do this with anything in your house (or school or your momâs or dadâs workplace). Are you surprised to discover how many objects have natural origins? Do some things seem more ãnaturalä than others? November 29 Play Animal, Vegetable, Mineral Have you ever played this guessing game? You may know it by another name, Twenty Questions, because thatâs how many questions you get to ask before you give up. Hereâs how the game, for two or more players, goes: One person secretly chooses a common object (letâs say ãmilkä) and announces to all what category the object falls under. The choices are animal, vegetable and mineral, of course (Milk is ãanimal). The guessing players try to discover what the secret object is by asking questions that can be answered with either ãyesä or ãno.ä Someone might ask, ãIs the object an animal product?ä The answer would be ãyes.ä Someone else might add, ãIs this something people eat?ä ãYesä again. With this information, someone else might ask, ãDo we have this product in our house?ä And so on. By process of elimination, the guessing players must learn the identity of the object before they run out of their twenty questions. To make things a little easier, you can keep guessing until the answer is found (not stopping at twenty questions). Or you can narrow the field by insisting that only objects visible in a given area to be chosen. To make the game. . .well, allâs fair! November 30 Send for Gardening Catalogues If you discovered the joys of gardening this year, you are probably already looking forward to next yearâs garden! What do you think youâd like to plant this coming spring? Thereâs so much to choose from, itâs hard to know where to begin. To give yourself plenty of planning time, why not send for seed and nursery catalogues this year? Most of them are free! And they are full of helpful hints, inspiration and gorgeous photographs of flowers and vegetables you can grow yourself. Youâll find the names and addresses of some of the better known seed purveyors at a newsstand or library, when you look for a current issue of one of the gardening or country living magazines. Lots of seed and plant sellers advertise in these publications, and you can copy down their addresses and send for their catalogues. |