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Apple Bobbing
Asked by R.A. from Houston
on May 1, 2009
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I found out my sil is going to have apple bobbing at her daughters birthday party this weekend. I told her I don't want my kids to participate because of the swine fl...
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- Maybe you can suggest that each child have their own bowl of water with one or two apples in it. A.
- Not at all! Better safe than sorry. Any parent should understand the concern so don't worry about your SIL's reaction. IMO, your SIL seems more concerned about the par...
- No, absolutely not! Apple bobbing may seem like fun but nowadays, you don't want to risk catching anything. Not only can cold or flu viruses spread that way but the co...
Apple Orchard/Cider Mill
Asked by R.H. from Detroit
on September 8, 2008
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Hello everyone.
I'm looking for a good U-Pick Apple Orchard/Cider Mill in the Howell area. I'm willing to to drive 30 minutes or so, but I don't want to drive hour...
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- R., The best Orchard and Cider Mill with a very nice variety of U-Pick fruits is Spicers, at Clyde Rd. just east of US 23 in Hartland. I was just there last weeken...
- Spicers on Clyde road off of Us 23 is a terrific orchard and pretty close to Howell. :-)
- I'd try Spicer's or the one in South Lyon (can't remember the name of it but it is a GREAT one...name starts with "E") It's right off 96, about a mile or so. Very co...
Apple Festival/orchard in the Area?
Asked by M.B. from Dallas
on August 30, 2007
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One of the *few* things I miss about living in New England is all the apple festivals & orchards that were available in the fall. Do you know of any in the Dallas (or ...
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- Don't know of any apple festivals but Celina has a fun pumpkin festival in October. They have hay rides, a petting zoo, pick your own pumpkins and other fun things for...
- M., The only place I know of is in Lincoln Arkansas. I have never been only heard it was fun. I do not know how it compares to New England. Here is the link: http...
- There's a nice Peach Festival in Weatherford. It's called the "Parker County Peach Festival" and is 23 years old. Medina has a fabulous apple festival. But I haven...
Cats off the Christmas Tree
Asked by A.W. from Chicago
on December 4, 2007
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I have four cats and a fake Christmas tree. Every year the darn cats use the tree as their personal jungle gym. They climb it, they sleep in it, they knock it over (I ...
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- Squirt gun, after 48 hrs of you busting them, they'll be done.
- I have heard of using dryer sheets because the soapy feel is something they don't like.
- Try putting a motion sensor Xmas decoration near the tree. Something that is loud or moves! This will not only scare off the cats it will also give you a heads up th...
How Do I Keep the Cats Out of the Christmas Tree?
Asked by B.C. from Joplin
on December 18, 2008
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I only plan on having the Christmas tree up until the day of Christmas, and then it can happily be packed back up ( I Know I am a grinch!) We are short on space or tru...
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- Good question. I thought I was the only one with this problem; however, we put the cats in the laundry room when we aren't home, or unable to supervise them (e.g. slee...
- We did several things for our cat when he was still around. We had a squirt bottle with a water and vinegar. Cats hate vinegar. We'd squirt him whenever he did some...
- I have no pets and no experience with this, but someone I knew who owned cats said he put balloons around the base of the tree so they couldn't get to it. Merry Catmus!
Christmas Tree Farm Where You Cut down Your Own Tree?
Asked by K.J. from Dallas
on November 19, 2007
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I had someone tell me about a farm where you go and cut down your own tree. They have a hayride that you out on to get to the trees and apple cideer and hot choclate. ...
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- http://www.pickyourown.org/TXdallas.htm http://www.wallsfamilyfarm.com/ http://www.ivanhoechristmastreefarm.com/ Sounds fun!
- I don't know where one is around here, but I wanted to say that you'll have a GREAT time! My family did this when I was about 8 years old; I've got some wonderful memo...
- A good friend of mine just told me about this place - It's called Elves Christmas Tree Farm. She RAVED about it. I am not sure of the exact location but she said it wa...
Lice and Tea Tree Oil
Asked by K.R. from Charlotte
on October 26, 2008
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Help! We have lice again! This has been happening for four years now. I can't find the old advice from this website for treating with Tea Tree Oil. Does anyone kno...
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- If you have been treating the lice with chemicals for 4 years they have probably become imune to the stuff. Plus, those chemicals will build up over time in your child...
- You need to was all of your hair in lice med, vacuum all of your carpets, mattresses, wash all the toys with fur hair that can be washed, the ones that cnat put in a g...
- This is what worked for us - 1/4 c olive oil, 20 drops tea tree oil, 10 drops lavender, 10 drops rosemary. Apply to hair, wrap head in plastic and then wrap a towel a...
Apple Orchards Around the St. Paul Area and Suburbs?
Asked by C.L. from Minneapolis
on September 24, 2007
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We want to pick apples this coming weekend. Last year we went to the orchard in Stillwater, that a was really nice one but this year we want to try another. I heard ...
Anyone Visited the Arbor Tree Farm in Nebraska City?
Asked by D.M. from Kansas City
on February 28, 2009
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We are going to be heading to Lincoln NE in a couple of weeks for my daughters TaeKwonDo tournament and I was trying to find some other things to do while we were in t...
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- I have been there before. I enjoyed it but I didn't have kids to entertain. They have a website http://www.liedlodge.org/index.cfm that you can check out the differ...
- I haven't been to the Lodge, but my sister said there isn't a lot to do for children, not a full day's worth anyway. I also wanted to mention Lincoln has a great Chil...
- The Lied Lodge is Awesome!! We had a ladies retreat there from church.They have a olympic size pool and hottub and a gift shop in the hotel and a retaurant.In the wint...
Advice on Rude Neighbor
Asked by T.C. from Detroit
on November 5, 2008
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Hi ladies, I need some advice on what to do with my neighbor. Here is the problem, I have a large tree in my backyard and its pretty old so everytime we have strong wi...
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- It sounds like a few are correct in saying you should talk to this neighbor. I too, have a neighbor that is rude in behavior, to the point even my son questions it....
- Hi T., As hard as it might be, I would take the high road and thank him for giving you back your branches to dispose of and continue to pick up the apples that fall ...
- I read all the posts saying that he should feel free to trim the branches, but as I also have 3 huge trees in my front yard I know that during windy days branches just...
