GARDENING
Available at most gardening stores these beneficial beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other destructive insects
What are ladybugs?
Ordinary scissors won't cut metal; you need snips also known by this "sh" word
What are shears?
This artsy-craftsy e-commerce company says it was founded in 2005 in the spirit of handmade
What is Etsy?
The Good Housekeeping Cookbook says to garnish lamb with broiled halves of pears or this fuzzy fruit
What is a peach?
On Feb. 5 2018 this dropped 1175 points its worst closing point decline to that date
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
Bigger than seeds they store plants' food in winter; plant some in fall & you'll see snowdrops in spring
What are bulbs?
The protective helmet was named for this task of fusing metal together
What is welding?
Portland Leather Goods makes $34 handmade covers for these available from the State Department for $135
What are passports?
At Good Housekeeping they use this cylinder that lets moms and dads know if a toy presents this type of hazard; at home a toilet paper roll works well too
What is a choking hazard?
In January 2018 (after Christmas thank goodness) this retail chain that kids love said it would close about 180 stores
What is Toys R Us?
For beginners to this Japanese art of growing dwarf trees juniper & Chinese elms work particularly well
What is bonsai?
In woodworking shop class you turn table legs or candlesticks on one of these
What is a lathe?
From French for cutting out it's the use of paper cutouts to simulate painting or other designs
What is decoupage?
A 1986 Good Housekeeping survey showed this animal is the top U.S. pet
What is a dog?
This baking soda brand first sold in 1867 has had great success urging us to dump its product down the drain
What is Arm & Hammer?
For best flavor herbs should be harvested in the morning when these oils are at their highest concentration
What are essential oils?
Morocco leather comes from this kind of animal
What is a goat?
A handmade doll was the first of the Marine Corps' Toys For them
Who are tots?
This cleaning product streaks through your bathroom & kills 99.9% of germs
What is Comet?
It's the USA's No. 1 office supply superstore
What is Staples?
For rose bushes this annual practice includes cutting back dead stems & cutting out ones that cross or rub
What is pruning?
Appropriately this retailer opened its first store on the 21st of April 1984--oops that's for shopping class not shop class
What is Forever 21?
To become a tatter you'll have to learn to make the delicate handmade type of this fabric
What is lace?
Sweeper & Wetjet are part of this cleaning system
What is Swiffer?
Ernie is the chief spokes-elf for this snack food company
What is Keebler?