Friday the 13th, St. Patrick's Day recipes, Pi Day, kitchen garden layouts

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Daily Newsletter for Friday, March 13, 2020

bluebird
In come the March winds,
They blow and blow,
They sweep up the brown leaves
That green ones may grow.
–George Washington Wright (1850–91)
Friday, March 13, 2020
 73rd day of the year


 
Almanac Garden Guide
 
St. Patrick's Day Recipes

 Best St. Patrick's Day Recipes
A selection of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day recipes—including soda bread, corned beef and cabbage, hearty Irish stew, and colcannon—many of which come from our lovely Irish-American readers!
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Happy Pi Day!

 Happy Pi Day 2020, My Friends!
On Saturday, March 14 (3/14), Pi Day is celebrated. It’s the sort of holiday only celebrated by number freaks like yours truly. Of course, to honor the never-ending number 3.14159, many of us pi lovers do end up celebrating by eating the actual pie dessert. Let’s have fun with numbers and a nice piece of π …
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Bright and Bold Umbrellas
These sturdy umbrellas come in several nature-inspired designs.
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Kitchen Garden Layouts

 Kitchen Garden Layouts (Potager)
Dreaming of a kitchen garden—and accessing the freshest veggies and herbs easily? Here are six kitchen garden layouts to inspire YOU to design a successful small kitchen garden!
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Rooster Birdhouse
Functional art for your garden and feathered friends! 
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Time for Bluebirds!

 House-hunting with the Bluebird
Along with the plip-plip-plip of sap in the maple buckets, another sound brings the walker to a halt. Bluebird! Henry David Thoreau, who heard it all before us, called it a song that “melts the ear, as the snow melts in the valleys around.”
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Red Mercury Lantern
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Friday the 13th Luck and Lore

 Why Is Friday the 13th Unlucky? | Origin of Friday the 13th
The next Friday the 13th is March 13, 2020. Why is this day often associated with bad luck? What is the meaning of Friday the 13th and how did this superstition even begin? Find out—and enjoy fun freaky facts!
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