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The Birds!

The Birds!

By Alanna Bradley

Ah! Spring. Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and the birds are flying into windows.

Say wha’? Seriously, this is a real problem as I recently learned. Consider this a PSA on spring bird safety my friends.

After replacing the windows in our home over the winter, we ended up on a sunny spring weekend being plagued by the sounds of multiple thuds on the window followed by care for injured birds and tasteful burials of the few that didn’t make it.

Googling how to solve this problem left me slightly perplexed at how to solve it and also mildly terrified that I may die in the very near future (there are legends tied to birds dying at your home and someone within the home passing away). I may or may not have seen the doctor for my annual check-up a few months early after the incident. Fittingly, it’s also the 50th anniversary year of the movie the birds, but I assure you none of my bird friends ever attacked... Read More

Friends of East Sacramento Clunie Celebration

Friends of East Sacramento Clunie Celebration
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...first nursery impulse shopping trip of the year

...first nursery impulse shopping trip of the year

Are you like me? Weather warms up, and you feel the urge to GO BUY PLANTS?!? After a lovely day with the Sacramento Master Gardeners and their "Edible Landscape" workshop, I can't help myself. I have a thought, "I'll just run by Talini's!" It amazes me how a little 4" pot can bring such pleasure!... Read More

Free DIY Furniture Plans to Build a Market Playset

Free DIY Furniture Plans to Build a Market Playset

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Free DIY Furniture Plans to Build a Market Playset! I could not be more excited to share this plan with you kids! *Squeal* I have been eyeing a similar beaut on Pinterest for a while now and I think I need to have one for my very own playspace. Haven't you guys loved playing store for as long as you can remember? I have for sure... Xx...Rayan

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Those Blooming Bulbs

Those Blooming Bulbs

James Parker

Like all fresh produce, there is a season for bulb flowers.

In the late fall, depending where you live in the US, daffodil, tulip, iris, freesia and other bulbs start showing up for sale at nurseries, grocery and home improvement stores... Read More

Weekly Challenge: Making your "Fitness Appointments"

Weekly Challenge: Making your "Fitness Appointments"

 

Tree Pruning Clinic

Tree Pruning Clinic

Learn how to help your trees develop good structure and form.  A variety of pruning tools will be presented and discussed. There will be a walkabout on library grounds to look at tree structure and pruning. The tree pruning clinic is presented by the Sacramento Tree Foundation in partnership with Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). The clinics are free, but please register at www.sactree.com/events.

Saturday, January 5, 2013, 11:00 to 12:30

Elk Grove Library, 8900 Elk Grove Blvd, Elk Grove, Ca 95624