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		<title>The Wednesday List: Five Reasons to be a &#8220;home canner&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/06/the-wednesday-list-five-reasons-to-be-a-home-canner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m up past my bedtime canning green beans, and that’s gotten me thinking about why I do it. Here are my top five reasons: 
1. It makes winter suppers easy. Some January afternoon when it’s freezing cold outside, I won’t have to run to the store; I’ll just pull a few cans out of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wednesday List: Four insects that are good for your garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plenty of insects are simply pests, eating their way through your tomatoes or stinging your face and arms while you try to pull weeds. But here are four creepy-crawlies who can help your garden grow. 
 
1. Bees. A few days ago I saw a bumblebee buzzing around our squash plants, and I was glad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safety first</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[parenting ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[playing outside]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If yours is a family who loves to spend time outdoors, chances are you’ll be in the water from time to time. Our boys’ favorite days are the ones spent by a creek, lake, river, or pool. There are rocks to skip, fish to catch, diving boards to jump off of. 
But as much fun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Day</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/memorial-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died,” said General George S. Patton. “Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” 

Today, I am thankful for the lives of those who made our freedoms possible. 
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		<title>Garden for better grades</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/garden-for-better-grades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 22:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gardening with kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Gardening Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parents and teachers who garden with kids often allude to the benefits that gardening offers for kids, as I did in yesterday’s post. But fortunately, the evidence is not just anecdotal. While research on the benefits of gardening for children is limited, the field is growing, according to the National Gardening Association (NGA). And results [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slowing down</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/slowing-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, while working on a magazine article about canning vegetables, I interviewed a woman named Deborah Lewis from Muncie, Indiana, who’s been growing vegetables and canning them for years. When I asked her what she likes most about canning, she said: “I love how canning requires you to slow down; you just can’t be in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting over gardener&#8217;s guilt</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/getting-over-gardeners-guilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 20:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Fridays during the WordCount Blogathon, I’m republishing popular posts from the past. This one originally appeared in August 2009. 
Gardening is a lot like parenting; they both involve guilt. It happens every summer: I leave a couple of tomatoes or cucumbers on the windowsill above my kitchen sink to ripen, and before I know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardens Doing Good #3: Project Orange Thumb</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[vegetable gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiskars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third installment in my occasional series, “Gardens Doing Good,” which shares the stories of organizations and people who are using gardens to make a difference in others’ lives. (Read the first two installments here and here.) 
Community gardens are popping up in cities and towns across the country. But many communities lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wednesday List: Ten ways to spend a spring day outside</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/the-wednesday-list-ten-ways-to-spend-a-spring-day-outside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 21:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[parenting ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Go on a picnic. 
2. Stage a relay race. 
3. Find a creek and catch crawfish or minnows. 
4. Hunt for snakes or frogs in your garden. 
5. Climb a tree. 
6. Read a book under a tree. 
7. Pick vegetables in the garden. 
8. Take a hike. 
9. Pick wildflowers and share them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official: Farmers are sexy</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/its-official-farmers-are-sexy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/its-official-farmers-are-sexy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 22:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[farmers markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex O'Loughlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Lopez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Back-up Plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so maybe we already knew this. But now Hollywood has noticed too: Farmers are the new sex symbols. Case in point: Alex O’Loughlin (pictured below) in The Back-up Plan (also starring Jennifer Lopez and now playing in theaters everywhere). 
For years, Hollywood’s sexy leading men have been lawyers, cops, firemen, advertising men. Not farmers. [...]]]></description>
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