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Spring is finally here! Therefore, spring ahead, spring into action, and take a spring break from your everyday doldrums. This is an ideal time to begin taking advantage of the outdoors and later daylight hours. You may decide to take a walk after dinner or perhaps sit on your front porch chatting with a neighbor. But for more fun, grab your family and friends and play a game in your yard!
Try making your own scavenger hunt by forming groups of 2 or more and listing several common neighborhood items. For example you could list forsythia flowers, new spring leaves, or a bird’s nest. Offer a few hard to find items for more of a challenge. This is a great way for you to get to know your neighbors and have a lot fun. Afterwards, offer everyone a cool refreshment by freezing some fruit juice for homemade popsicles.
Another game to try would be a modified form of Ultimate Frisbee. You will need a Frisbee, a large rectangular space to play in, and some way to distinguish between teams, for example, everyone on one team wears white t-shirts. The aim of the game is to connect passes between teammates, there is no running with the Frisbee and once it is caught, you may only take 2 steps before throwing it to a team mate, and finally to catch the Frisbee in the end zone to score a point.
There are usually 15 points in a round, but you may play for 5 before changing from offense to defense. Anytime the Frisbee hits the ground the teams switch from offense to defense. The Frisbee must be thrown, no hand-offs and the defense play is about a forearms length away, so there is no physical contact. Defenders may not grab the Frisbee out of an opponent’s hand, but may intercept it. To learn more about Ultimate Frisbee go to http://www.ashevilleultimate.org/.
Everyone enjoy the weather, get outside and play some games. |
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Extension Master Gardeners are selling do-it yourself kits for those who want to make their own rain barrels. Kits include a brass faucet, an overflow valve and all necessary washers and fittings and a flexible downspout connection.
The kits are available for $20 at the Cooperative Extension Office located at 94 Coxe Avenue, Asheville. For more information, call 255-5522. |
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Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics recycling day at the Landfill will be closed on Friday, May 23, due to the Memorial Day Holiday.
The Landfill will be open and operating normal hours on May 23rd and on Memorial Day, May 26th.
For more information, call Solid Waste at 250-5460. |
