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www.communitytrees.org Choose at least a 5-6′ tree grown to nursery standards. Select a site with enough room for roots and branches to reach full size. Avoid overhead and underground utilities. Prepare a planting area as deep as the root ball and 3-5 times its diameter by loosening the soil. Dig …
http://styles101.homestead.com/hrecipes.html Herbal Ingredient List: Burdock: root helps prevent dandruff Catmint: leaves encourage hair growth and soothes scalp irritations Chamomile: flowers soften and lighten hair Flannel Mullein: lightens hair Goosegrass: tonic and cleansing, helps prevent dandruff Henna: red hair dye and conditioner Horsetail: non-fertile stems and branches strengthens the hair Lavender: …
Various Basic Supplies: Baking soda Bon Ami cleanserer Borax Cornstarch Lemon juice Liquid dish soap Vegetable oil Salt White vinegar All-Purpose Cleaner: Mix one teaspoon of liquid soap or borax with a gallon of hot water. Lemon juice or vinegar added to the mix will cut grease and leave a …
Greg Nielsen East Side Arts Council Within a social environment as complex as that created by American culture, visual arts can serve as a powerful language to help unify an increasingly diverse population. From the early days of colonization to the current information age, this young nation’s saga has been …
Jon Spayde Excerpted from: Utne Reader Every Tuesday night is Bad Art Night at our house. My wife, Laurie, and I haul up the old metal folding table, set it up alongside our dining room table, and pull four or five chairs around. She gets the art supplies out of …
Rob O’Brien Object Magazine Art galleries have a way of not wanting to fit the criteria determined for something to be considered "green." There’s very little recycling happening in these creative spaces (unless you count harvesting scrap metal for sculpture). Social consciousness? This, too, seems to be a rarity in …
Jim Ouray Puppeteer It is springtime. You are sitting on a hillside with thousands of smiling people singing “You Are My Sunshine,” as two dozen puppeteers dressed in white slowly turn a giant Tree-of-Life puppet on the shore of Powderhorn Lake. Where are you? At the May Day Parade and …
Rob O’Brien Object Magazine The Twin Cities is overflowing with theater. Okay, St. Paul is lagging far behind with only a few companies. But Minneapolis’ theater cupboard is fully stocked. Selecting a green list of theaters isn’t much of a chore because there are hundreds from which to choose. Theaters …
Excepts by Daniel Smith and Informed by The EPA Artist/Author –Excerpted from Artists’ Materials and EPA.gov In recent years, many people have become more informed about the potential hazards of art and craft materials to themselves and to the environment. Many artists, particularly those who have had allergic reactions or …
Jules Nyquist Loft Literary Center Write on Radio at KFAI What is the difference between a poet and a spoken word artist? Between a reading and a performance? With written word, the inner spirit of a poem is there on the page, and the poet connects individually with the reader. …
