Monthly Archives: March 2018

Sow There!: Lunch lessons learned, gardening and the classroom 3-22-18

When you’re packing a lunch to help teach about seeds, you tend to eat rather well. – Photo by Heather Hacking By HEATHER HACKING | Columnist PUBLISHED: March 22, 2018 at 8:02 pm | UPDATED: June 18, 2018 at 11:37 am Get ready to get … Continue reading

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3-13-14 Drought, freeze and neglect can’t make this garden stop

Work, and a lot of it, has really cut into my gardening life. A reporting assignments took me to within a few blocks of my house Wednesday, and I was tempted to play hookey and pull a few weeds. Those … Continue reading

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Sow There!: Rosemary and memory, room for study 3-9-18

A pile of chocolate helps when studying as cocoa causes blood vessel dilation that increases brain function.Photo by Heather Hacking By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record POSTED: 03/09/18 Folks have shared a few amazing things about rosemary, so here’s my pitch for the … Continue reading

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Sow There!: Planting put on hold by the big, bad freeze 3-2-18

Squirrels did not grab them all. Acorns abound at my mother’s squirrel-less yard, and will soon become teaching tools for kindergartners. Photo by Heather Hacking By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record POSTED: 03/02/18 The daily plant protection patrol continues. I’m lucky because I have … Continue reading

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