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When my father was a child, he shared a home not only with his parents, but also seven brothers and sisters. Living in Grand Island, New York, in a small suburban house, his large family often struggled to make ends meet. Throughout my own childhood, I was the audience for countless stories from my father’s youth. Stories that, with their “When I was your age” slant, were often invoked to show me how lucky I was. There was the time when my father worked as a farmhand, picking peas in the freezing cold rain. Or the time when all he received for Christmas was a coloring book from the local pharmacy. Still, although space and money were tight, my father and his family always managed to make do with a bit of hard work and imagination. For all the stories that involved struggle and hardship, there were more filled with creativity, kinship and warmth. There was, for example, the time that my father and his seven siblings built forts in the woods behind his house. There was al...

  something about upside down plants really strikes me as beautiful and intriguing. but i am low on funds, so i decided to try making my own with leftover containers from the various food items that make their way through my kitchen. surprisingly, there are a lot of container options for these nifty planters! the best are tins cans with plastic lids (items that usually come in these include coffee, instant cocoa mix, fiber drink mix, basically anything powdered or loose…yum!) or good old plastic bottles- the very symbol of consumer vs. environment. i researched tirelessly on the internet for some tips of upside down planters and saw many methods, but in the end i decided to combine some things and experiment with a few other ideas to come up with my own way which has worked out quite nicely. these are cheap, easy to make, and have had good results so far. i feel for you urban gardeners out there with no outdoor space, and i hope these can bring some green into y...

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