One of our favorite family stories is of when my husband decided to sit down in a bed of cactus outside of his home. Let’s just say the experience did not “end well”. Everyone giggles and guffaws over this story except Bryan who spends time mumbling, “I don’t even remember this. I was two!” This has piqued the kids’ interest in anything cactus related which works well with my plans to entice them with creative and educational activities.
Recently a package arrived from Dune Craft, the makers of unusual science projects and nature products that appeal to all ages. “What’s that?” my husband queried when I opened the box. “It’s a LED lighted Grow Your Own Cactus Garden,” I informed him. “Would you like to sit on it?” This earned me a glare and a hearty, “No, thank you. I will pass.” The kids, on the other hand, couldn’t wait to get started.
The Mini-Cactus Garden kit contained everything we needed to get started with our project; potting soil pellets, cacti seeds, a terrarium with a lid, 15 powerful LED growing lights and a complete set of instructions with an information sheet. All we needed to add to get started was water and within a week we would have a variety of cacti that had begun to grow.
Cacti are my kind my plants. They require hardly any water, meaning if we forget to water them (which does happen around our house) they will be okay. They are easy to care far, unlike some of the plants we have grown in the past, and they clean the air and remove electromagnetic magnetic rays from cell phones and computers. I’m using this as one of the kids’ Environmental Science and Geography projects. I love it when I’m able to get double duty from a product!
I’ve got my eye on other Dune Craft kits for future educational projects for the kids. They’re having fun and learning without realizing it. That’s my kind of toy!
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One person will receive a Cactus garden from Dune Craft.
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i also like the Outer Space Adventure
I like Always Aloe.
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Grow Your Own Peanuts
I would like to make a deer garden so they stay out of mine!! I like this; http://www.dunecraft.com/products/deermixseedbombs.htm
I would like to get my daughter Dunecraft’s Dinosaur Dome.
abfantom at yahoo dot com
I like the butterfly garden
Rainforest Biosphere looks neat
my son would get a kick out of the Amazing Dinosaur Plant
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I like the Rainforest Biosphere
april yedinak
My grandsons would love the Dinosaur Dome.
I like the Always Aloe
Dunecraft’s Dinosaur Dome.
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I like the Mini-Meadow.
I’d like the Farmer’s Garden.
I’d like the Aloe Plant and the Bonsai Rock Garden
Bonsai Rock Garden
I like the Dinosaur Dome!
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My son would love the Outer Space Adventure.
I like the Rainforest rock garden
I like the butterfly garden and the aloe.
I would like my cacti plants to be surrounded by Feng Shui for esthetic purposes. So, please consider my proposal and don’t let me get “stuck” with a bad reply! drmrs 12/5/2012
I would love the Butterfly Glamour Garden !!
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Banana bonanza. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to own the dinosaur dome.
I like the Butterfly Glamour Garden.
i love the Rainforest Biosphere
I like the Dinosaur Dome. Thanks!!
I like the always aloe
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http://www.dunecraft.com/products/outerspacedome.htm
I would also love to have the Always Aloe kit.
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I’d love to try the Dinosaur Plant.
farmers garden
love the Rainforest Biosphere
i would also love to own the Always
Aloe
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The Farmer’s Garden Kit would be a neat gift.
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Dinosaur Dome!
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always aloe
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I would like the Aloe Plant and the Bonsai Rock Garden
I would love the Rainforest Biosphere!
annemarie562000(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would like to have the Garfield Catnip Garden.
I shared on Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/pin/137570963589280298/
I would love to own the Butterfly Glamour Garden.
choateorama(at)gmail(dot)com
I like the outer space adventure.
I’d like to have the Water Wonders
I’d love to have the Rainforest Rock Garden. tylerpants(at)gmail.com
I like the Rainforest Biosphere
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i like the GD-0034
Butterfly Glamour Garden
I like the Always Aloe growing kit
I’d like the Always Aloe.
I like the dinosaur dome
I’d also love the Rainforest biosphere!
cincyangel5 at yahoo dot com
I would also like the Dinosaur Dome
Butterfly garden
Dinosaur!
I would lke to own the Butterfly Glamour Garden. garrettsambo@aol.com
The Farmer’s Garden!