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By: Rany Ishak
Growing Tomatoes
When choosing tomatoe seeds, you must choose an organic one, from start to finish.
Step one is to get fresh seeds for the best chances of success. As tomato seeds age, their germinations rate decreases. It's best to use seeds that are less than 4 years old; however,Seeds that are much older can usually be germinated if they have been stored in cool and dry condition.
Step two is; before planting seeds, you must determine when your plants can be safely placed into the garden. Planting outdoors is best for 1 or 2 weeksafter the average last frost data for your astep three is toplant your seeds. Fill a small container with damp seed starting mix. Plant your seeeds about 1/8 of an inch ( 3 millimeters ) dedep.Firm the mix lightly to ensure that thge seed is in direct contact You can plant lots of seeds closed together, because the resulting will be movesd to larger containers after germination.
Locomotion by: Jacqueline Woodson
Maniac Magee
Jeffrey lived in Bridgeport with his parents until he was three years old. During that year he became an orphan. His parents were killed in a trolley accident over the Schuylkill River. During the next eight years, Jeffrey lives with his Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The household is extremely dysfunctional because his aunt and uncle never speak to each other. They dislike each other but, being strict Catholics, refuse to divorce. After being bounced back and forth between his aunt and uncle, Jeffrey reaches his breaking point. At the spring musical at Jeffrey's school (Jeffrey is in the chorus), which his aunt and uncle attend, he screams at the top of his lungs, "Talk! Talk! Talk!" and then runs away.Jeffrey begins his search for a new home. He runs for a year, and with his sneakers falling apart, he ends up in Two Mills, a town linked to Bridgeport (the town he grew up in) by the Schuylkill Bridge.