DIY with Plentiful Designs

Honest encouragement through the DIY experience. Join Kelly at Plentiful Designs as she implements art teaching strategies to engage higher level learning.

Category: Gardening & Landscaping

  • New Ideas on How to Teach a Unit on Bees

    New Ideas on How to Teach a Unit on Bees

    Encountering Bees As A Person and A Parent: For a long time, I was, dare I say, afraid of bees. It didn’t matter what kind they were either. If they buzzed like a bee, flew like a bee, stung like a bee… it was a bee. I generalized this species in the smallest place in… Read more

  • Gardening Hack: Chop and Drop

    Gardening Hack: Chop and Drop

    Just mentioning here that there are links to examples of what I’m referring to in my post that are not I am not affiliated with. It would be great, however, they’re just at a glance examples. ️ When cleaning up plant waste, have the patience to cut it down into mulch sized pieces, before leaving… Read more

  • Did You Know Mosquitoes Are Ankle Biters?

    Did You Know Mosquitoes Are Ankle Biters?

    That’s an actual thing. Not just a me thing. They specifically are attracted to places where strong odors are present. Stinky shoe? Don’t mind if I do! Seriously though, the carbon dioxide you exhale puts lift in their wings. It’s their caffeine in their coffee so to speak; it wakes them up and lets them… Read more