www.nwasc.org<\/a>.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nHere is my bulletin:<\/p>\n
A teaching opportunity will be offered at my Fayetteville manse, Shady Hill. A docent [me], a responsible adult [Her] and two kitty cats will be available to teach children the difference between fur balls and dust bunnies under the beds. In the kitchen, we will sustain youngsters in learning how to cook and serve us a nice slow food<\/em> meal then how to clean up afterward. In the yard, opportunities will be made available for the lab portion of our class Compost 101. The fresh compost pile needs to be turned, and the mature one needs sieving for immediate use. Spreading the ready compost among the Botanic Gardens of Shady Hill, however, can wait for an early fall weekend. We don’t want to wear out the little ecologists. -30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A brief in today’s paper arouses interest for those procrastinators among us just getting around to Spring Cleaning. Northwest Arkansas Sustainability Center\u2019s ‘Pack It In, Pack It Out’ activity day for children will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Fayetteville’s Wilson Park. 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