Chocolate Covered Strawberries

After washing and drying strawberries, I skewered them with wooden coffee stirring sticks. Then I dipped the strawberries, and bananas, in melted chocolate and let them "dry" on a cooling rack (place the dipped fruit in the middle of the rack and work your way to the edges).

I left the sticks in them to make it easier to pick up and eat.

Toy Sandbox Planter

When my son was two we got him a sandbox table. He loved it for years, but sadly he's outgrown playing with sand in a box.

This year, we drill a few holes on the bottom, filled it with dirt and made a strawberry planter box. The best thing is that I haven't seen any signs of slugs nor snails...yet.

DVD-R Spindle

Question: what would you do with the stick that comes with the DVD-R Container?

Answer: plant seeds.

Use tape to mark 1 1/2 inches (the planting depth according to the seed package) on the end of the stick.

Insert the stick into the soil and carefully pulled it out (the dirt will fall into the hole if you aren't careful). Drop the seed in and cover it with soil. Repeat.

It's Like Pulling Weeds

Spring is here and so are dandelions. I use my husbands OLD flat head screw driver to dig out weeds in our lawn.

I push the weed to one side. Insert the screwdriver into the dirt approximately an inch below the base of the weed. Push the screwdriver toward the grass while pulling gently on the weed stem.

My mom always tells me if I don't pull up all of the root the weed will grow back, but I believe that the weed is going to come back no matter what I do.