Chocolate on the keyboard: Gardening, Traveling, and Yard Sales

Jun 3, 2009

Here's some online resources for your Summer times - for Gardeners, Travelers with Kids, and Yard Sale Holders - Happy Linking around the net

Graphic credit: c. Carol Halm pcCrafter.com "My Backyard"

Gardening Glossary

The GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms currently contains 4400 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture and is regularly updated. gardening tips

http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/

Gardening Tips

http://www.gardeningtips.org/

http://gardening.about.com/

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/gardentips.html

Free printables for gardening planners and/or journals

From Northern Gardening.com

http://www.northerngardening.com/gardenjournal.htm

From Garden and Crafts.com

http://www.gardensandcrafts.com/gardenjournals.html

From Homestead Garden.com

http://www.homesteadgarden.com/journal.shtml

From Northern Gardening.com

http://www.northerngardening.com/gardenjournal.pdf

From Lowes.com

Planner

http://foodforeveryone.org/garden_genius/90/

From the Orlando Sentinal (may require free registration on website)

– Garden Journal printable pages

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/home/orl-db-plantprofiles-pdf-createyourgarden_journal,0,1876896.htmlstory

Printable PDF document
from: Jogena's eBook Directory
http://www.jogena.com/ebookdir/home.htm
For the Birds
A fun ebook with detailed information on attracting and enjoying birdlife in your own backyard. It covers feeders, food, environment, how to squirrel-proof, FAQ's, and lots more.
http://www.jogena.com/resources/birds.pdf

Printable monthly backgrounds from Hewlett Packard From Hewlett Packard (a.k.a. HP)

http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/downloads/pdfs_garden_journal.pdf

Visit the HP Activity center for finding all kinds of wonderful printables and project ideas

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/activityCenterHome?lc=en&cc=us

Garden Journal Mini Memory Book Learn how to create a colorful garden journal memory book. From "Scrapbooking"
episode SCB-228 http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/sc_techniques/article/0,2025,DIY_14232_2274963,00.html

If you’re in to Digital Scrapbooking or Paper scrapbooking or card making and need some quotes or sayings for your Garden photos take a look at these links

Quotes for Gardeners **note find more "quotes & sayings" resouce links

Garden Humor
http://home.golden.net/~dhobson/

Free printable seed packets and labels http://www.craftygardener.ca/packets.html

Flower Possibilities http://www.flowerpossibilities.com/recipe.html

Reference guide http://www.flowerpossibilities.com/ref_guide.html

Water Conservation Tips

http://www.conserveh2o.org/outdoors

http://www.conserveh2o.org/outdoors/outdoorconservation

Printable: http://www.conserveh2o.org/resources/rwpc_resources/Outdoor.pdf

More printables

http://www.conserveh2o.org/outdoors/outdoorresources#brochures

Landscapes

http://www.conserveh2o.org/outdoors/landscapes

Traveling by Car with Kids

Printable Car Games for traveling

http://www.momsminivan.com/printables.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/cartravelbook/

Travelin' Kids, the book of travel games, will have the tikes coloring pictures, spotting landmarks, and tons more while you navigate the open roads.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acProject?dlc=en&extcat=toysstickerspuzzles&lc=en&cc=us&extsubcat=games&extproject=travelinkids&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN or

http://tinyurl.com/qtxnm8

Find downloadable games on this page from Best Western

http://www.bestwestern.com/tripplanner/funontheroad.asp

From Disney – Travel Printables

http://familyfun.go.com/family-travel/places/feature/doca0303travelprintable/

Map out your day, check off your "must-haves" & don't forget the treats!
Travel Planner
Car Trip Checklist
Backseat Snacks

Free travel guides

http://www.lisasfreebies.com/travelguides.html

Getting rid of your Clutter?

YARD / GARAGE SALES

Need to get rid of your Clutter this Summer

From HP find this:

Free Garage Sale Kit – Printable

Time for a garage sale? We'll help you sell your goodies with style. Our handy kit makes it simple to create attention-getting garage sale signs and tags with attractive, easy-to-use designs. So get the family together, clean the clutter out of those closets, and get ready for the crowds to come calling.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acProject?dlc=en&extcat=partykitsdecorations&lc=en&cc=us&extsubcat=specialcollections&extproject=garagesalekit&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

or http://tinyurl.com/o6elml

More helpful printables

http://www.rummagewisconsin.com/site_resource/downloads.htm

Use this service to create your own garage sale flyers.

http://www.garagesalehunter.com/FLYERS/FLYERS.ASP

garage sale checklist

http://www.mommysavers.com/Articles/garage_sale_checklist.htm

garage sale tips

http://www.mommysavers.com/Articles/having_a_garage_sale.htm

garage sale pricing tips

http://www.garagesalesource.com/articles/garage_sale_pricing/