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Project
#2 -- Sunflowers
Can't afford to add another
room to the house? This long-time favorite creates a play space
for and with your kids for lots less than any contractor can offer.
As a bonus, it's outside.
You'll need giant sunflower
seeds. They're often called "Russian." Also get some seeds
for morning glory vines.
Pick an open area that
gets at least six hours of sun a day and make a square shape (about
6 feet on each side) out of bags of compost from a nursery or home
store. Every eight inches or so, in goes a sunflower seed. Chase
that seed with a morning glory seed. Don't forget to leave a space
for a door. Cover, water, and wait.
Once the flowers really
get going, the morning glories will wind around the sunflower stalks.
When the "walls" are taller than the tenants, use some
old twine or string and go crazy. Make a "roof" of string,
and then encourage the morning glories to tiptoe across it. In a
week or so, all they'll see from inside is blue sky and blue flowers.
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