Family fun for the weekend
Day on the farm
• Charmingfare Farm (774 High St. in Candia; visitthefarm.com) kicks off its two-weekend Pumpkin Festival this weekend. The event runs Saturday, Oct. 2, and Sunday, Oct. 3, and then the following weekend (Columbus Day weekend, when some area schools have a Continue reading “Kiddie Pool 21/09/30”
A few flowers that attract butterflies
Monarchs are on the move! It is time for their long trip to Mexico to spend the winter. And like marathon runners, they need to bulk up on calories before the event. You may have let a patch of milkweed grow on the edges Continue reading “What monarchs want”
Family fun for the weekend
Another fair weekend
• The Granite State Fair, which kicked off last weekend, continues Thursday, Sept. 23, through Sunday, Sept. 26, at 72 Lafayette St. in Rochester. The fair and midway open at 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday; the fair opens at 10 Continue reading “Kiddie Pool 21/09/23”
How to build hedges and fences
While vacationing recently on the Maine coast I admired many nice gardens. Many of them had hedges or fences, more than I am used to seeing in rural New Hampshire.
When settlers first arrived in New England they dug out stones left by the Continue reading “Put up a wall”
Family fun for the weekend
GraniteCon!
• As you may have read on page 24 of last week’s Hippo (find the e-edition at hippopress.com) or on page 9 of this week’s issue, this weekend is the Granite State Comicon 2021. The Con will run Saturday, Sept. 18, and Sunday, Sept. Continue reading “Kiddie Pool 21/09/16”
Manchester community invited to first CelebratED festival
Manchester’s schools are starting off their year by inviting everyone in the community to come see all the positive things they’re doing at the first annual CelebratED MHT!, happening Saturday, Sept. 18, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Veterans Park.
The festival Continue reading “School spirit”
How to make your own compost
Most gardeners do some composting. Some compost anything that was part of a living plant, mixing it with barnyard waste; they turn and aerate the piles, making terrific compost in record time. Others are lazy composters who throw kitchen scraps or weeds in a Continue reading “Build better soils”
Family fun for the weekend
Movie night
Nashua’s SummerFun program wraps up for the year with an outdoor screening of this year’s excellent animated featureRaya and the Last Dragon (PG, 2021), a Disney movie featuring the voices of Awkwafina (as a dragon), Kelly Marie Tran (Raya), Sandra Oh, Gemma Continue reading “Kiddie Pool 21/09/09”
Does your garden deserve a medal?
As I walked around the garden recently with my wife, Cindy Heath, she turned to me and said, ”Anybody whose gardens looks great at this time of year deserves a medal.” Do you want a medal? Here are some tips I have come up Continue reading “Win at gardening”
Family fun for the weekend
Family fun ideas
Looking for some entertainment ideas for the whole gang this weekend? Check out some of our recent stories (see e-editions of issues at hippopress.com.). In our July 8 issue we looked at mini golf, with a rundown of some of the Continue reading “Kiddie Pool 21/09/02”
