Category Archives: Outdoors

Pick Yo’ Own Strawberries!!! (or raspberries…)

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Where: Linvilla Orchards When: 8 am-6 pm Sunday-Thursday and 8 am -7 pm Friday and Saturday (during picking season, it is recommended you call to see if there is picking that day What: Strawberry and raspberry picking! What else could you ask for in life?? Besides Neil Patrick Harris singing you a sweet melody…that would be pretty sick….

Camp in for Kids’ Cancer with the Philadelphia Eagles

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Who: YOU! and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Where: Lincoln Financial Field When: May 19 at 5:30 PM overnight into May 20 What: spend the night at Lincoln Financial Field meet members of the Philadelphia Eagles behind the scenes tour of the stadium have a catch on the same field as where the pros play raise money…

Attention Bird Lovers and Citizen Scientists: Delaware Breeding Bird Atlas

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What follows is a press release I got in an email. This is a great way to get your kids listening and in touch with nature, while helping researchers collect data about our local wildlife! Have you ever watched a pair of robins build a nest, lay some bright turquoise eggs and then raise a…

Plant a Tree for Your Valentine

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  Show them how your love can grow! Order a bare root tree from the Delaware Center for Horticulture. Last day for orders is February 17, and the trees (measuring 6 – 12 feet tall, but light enough for a child to carry) can be picked up at TheDCH in Wilmington on March 21st or…

DE Annual Acorn Collection Day October 1st

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It’s that time of year again! Volunteers are still needed for the 7th Annual Acorn Collection Day taking place on Saturday, October 1st. “We have quite a few volunteers signed up, but we could definitely use more. More volunteers mean more acorns – and more oak trees in the future,” said Lynne Staub, event coordinator…

Review and Video: Z-Curve Bow and Zing-Shot Launcher

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The child amidst his baubles is learning the action of light, motion, gravity, muscular force… -Ralph Waldo Emerson NOTE: This review is cross-posted at simple.green.organic.happy. I thought it would be nice to keep all our kid reviews in one place Hey! Your kids bored yet? Mine were singing the “I’m bored” blues maybe three days into…

Fish-For-Free Day in PA September 5

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Residents and non-residents of Pennsylvania can get one last day of fishing in before the school year starts in earnest– Tomorrow, September 5th (Labor Day) is PA’s second Fish-for-Free Day in 2011. NO FISHING LICENSE REQUIRED to fish on all Pennsylvania’s waterways. All other fishing regulations still apply.     Robin EltonRobin writes about real…

Roughing It or Not-So-Roughing It: Delaware Deals on Camping or Cottages

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Attention campers! Great deal alert: Stay 2 weeknights at Killens Pond State Park, and get 4 free Killens Pond Water Park passes and 2 free boat rentals. Stay 2 weeknights at Lums Pond State Park, and get 4 free passes to Fort Delaware State Park and 2 free boat rentals. Stay 2 weeknights at Trap…

The Family Fun Delaware Summer Bucket List

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Stuff we want to do and food we wanna eat, as a family before summer’s end… how much will we get to cross off our list? Jake: 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2. dog park 3. bike on a trail 4. New York City 5. Franklin Institute 6. Philly Art Museum…