treasurebug's Profile

I like dandelions and will never pull them up. Not just because I like them, but because they are among one of the first flowers that bees get to feed off of after a long starving winter. Imagine spraying a pesticide on the dandelions and other certain particular "weeds" that are helpful towards bees, like clover. Those chemicals are probably brought back to the hive and kill off the bees. It is no wonder why all of the bees are dying! No bees = NO FOOD!

I am Gen Y and seem to be an exception among my own peers --- I am 22, married and live in my own home. I have the room to garden, but money is always the biggest factor. Everyone went off to college, got their degrees, cannot even find jobs, let alone own their own place, especially a house, and get into gardening. In this economy it just isn't happening for most people. Not to mention the debt racked up from college....sad times we live in! Having moved from the Midwest to the East Coast, I've learned everything is dramatically more expensive here as well. The neighbors are the ones who inspired my husband and I to do something about our award winning WORST property on the block. They are master gardeners. She splits her plants and gives them to me....I'm not the black thumb I thought I would be, and now our property looks as different as night and day. I prefer to buy transplants rather than grow from seed too. I always go to the garden centers whenever I get the chance. We now grow our own food too. Tomatoes, eggplants, bellpeppers, lettuce, strawberries, herbs.... I absolutely love it!!! There is much joy in gardening and I am counting my blessings in life to be able to do the things I love.

http://www.amazon.com/Mavala-Stop-Biting-Sucking-0-3-Fluid/dp/B0000YUXI0

Clear polish to put over the nail that will discourage nail biting AND thumb sucking. I don't see how this would be shaming. I can definitely see how hot sauce, on the other hand, would most certainly be over the top and, IMO, cruel!