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Easy Folding Tomato Cages
Are you tired of wimpy wire tomato cages that fall over just when you get big, plump tomatoes resting on them and then a summer thunderstorm blows through? Do you have problems storing those awkward-sitting wire cages, with all that rusty wire sticking out? Here’s a design for tall, sturdy wooden tomato cages that fold just like a stepladder for neat and easy storage....continued
How to Make a Kite from Recycled MaterialsIt’s time for some simple, yet exhilarating, fun. Let’s make and fly a kite! Kite design ranges from small and simple to large and complex. If you’d like to start with some basic designs using recycled materials, you can easily make Mother’s Recycled Kite from a paper grocery bag. You also can make a recycled kite from newspaper.
Even if you
don’t use recycled materials, kites can be made of inexpensive materials,
such as The Penny Kite, which is made from a single sheet of paper, or A
Feather-light Bird Kite, made of a foam ball and several feathers.
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Living the Good Life with GreenClean
Have you ever wished you could simply twitch your nose like Samantha on Bewitched and your home would be clean and tidy, with everything in its place and some added touches to compliment your family? Or better yet, while you were at work your fairy godmother would come and wave her magic wand and have everything sparkling, fresh and clean but without the smell of products containing chemicals? I do not have any magic tricks up my sleeve but I do have a new solution to share with you. It is GreenClean, an eco-friendly residential cleaning company founded by husband and wife team, Jennifer and John Trickey. Jennifer, who has a background in pharmaceutical marketing and sales, had always been interested in the environment to the extent that she has lovingly been nicknamed ”Recycle MOM" by her kids. After leaving a career at ...continued
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Polytech High School senior Noah Link, age 17, of Dover was presented a $100 check from the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) for his winning entry in the special computer generated category for grades 10-12 in the Association’s national poster contest. Paula Kohout, administrative manager of the Kent Conservation District (KCD) made the presentation on behalf of NACD on May 11 during Noah’s visual communications class at Polytech. “We appreciate you taking the time to enter the contest,” Ms. Kohout told Noah. “Your poster is the second one from Delaware to win at the national level in the past two years. You made us proud.” The contest, sponsored by NACD, provides an opportunity for ...continued |
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Polytech
student wins National Conservation Poster Contest