This kit contains a certificate for 2 Praying Mantis egg cases, detailed instructions and a net hatching cage for use indoors to observe the process of Praying Mantises hatching and eating their way out of the egg case. It provides an extraordinary opportunity to watch and learn from the hatching of Praying Mantises.
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Of all the insects, you could want to take up residence in your garden, by far the most fascinating is the Praying Mantis. This sublimely elegant creature with its eerie triangular face and forearms folded in prayer is a garden icon. If your garden is fortunate enough to have naturally resident praying mantises, then you already know how extraordinary it is to enjoy the companionship of a praying mantis for the season. If you have children, Harvesting History would suggest that it is an absolute MUST to hatch praying mantises with them. Harvesting History sells egg cases two at a time. If you purchase the egg cases during the winter or very early spring, you can store them in the refrigerator (NOT THE FREEZER) for 30-45
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Of all the insects, you could want to take up residence in your garden, by far the most fascinating is the Praying Mantis. This sublimely elegant creature with its eerie triangular face and forearms folded in prayer is a garden icon. If your garden is fortunate enough to have naturally resident praying mantises, then you already know how extraordinary it is to enjoy the companionship of a praying mantis for the season. If you have children, Harvesting History would suggest that it is an absolute MUST to hatch praying mantises with them. Harvesting History sells egg cases two at a time. If you purchase the egg cases during the winter or very early spring, you can store them in the refrigerator (NOT THE FREEZER) for 30-45
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Hori-Hori Japanese Gardening Knife Two Heirloom Gardening Tools That Will Make Every Gardener’s Day THE TOOLS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWSLETTER ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://harvesting-history.com/product-category/garden-tools-equipment/ For the next six weeks we are going to enrich your Holiday Garden Gift buying experience by teaching you about the history of some of the most beloved heirloom garden products known to man. If you purchase these products from us, we can assure you that they will become some of the most treasured and most frequently used products by your loved ones, family or friends. In this newsletter, we are going to discuss The Hori-Hori, a Japanese Gardening Knife, and The Homi, a Korean Hand Plow. The Hori-Hori, pictured above is perhaps the most versatile and most enduring hand tool ever created
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A Gift Even A Teenager Will Adore Praying Mantis Gift Certificate Wouldn’t it be great to find an educational, scientifically interesting, environmentally important, reasonably priced holiday gift that will surprise and enchant even the most jaded and disinterested teenager? “Impossible!” you say. “Not really,” we respond. Last year, Harvesting History introduced a product we have wanted to offer for years. It was so popular that we are offering it again this year and enhancing it. It is a gift certificate that allows the recipient to receive, sometime this spring, two praying mantis egg cases. Each egg case contains approximately 200 eggs which will hatch in about 30 days. Eventually, out of 400 eggs, 2-3 mantises will reach adulthood. This year we are enhancing the Praying Mantis Gift Certificate by creating
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WE WILL NOT TAKE ORDERS FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY AFTER MONDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR DELIVERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, PLEASE DO SO BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. ALL ORDERS PLACED AFTER DECEMBER 17TH WILL BE FILLED ASAP, BUT MAY NOT ARRIVE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Pot Maker MAKES A GREAT STOCKING STUFFER - BUY NOW! Of all the gifts that you can give to a child, the gift of your time – time spent with a child – is unquestionably the greatest gift of all. Last week and this week we are discussing gardening gifts that are great for children. As we have often stated, we believe there is no better activity to share with children than gardening. Today’s newsletter focuses on tools and cleaning. Based
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Zinnia, Royal Purple MAKES A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT - BUY NOW! Of all the gifts that you can give to a child, the gift of your time – time spent with a child – is unquestionably the greatest gift of all Time spent with a child gardening, of all the child-worthy activities, tops the list. Gardening brings children outside, gives them healthy physical activity, teaches them about the wonders of nature and why they need to learn to read and to count and how they, tiny beings that they are, are a part of this wondrous organism we call the earth. There are many, many plants that are child-friendly: easy to grow, beautiful, interesting. If you have favorites, your favorites make the best choices because your genuine enthusiasm
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Haws Heritage Metal Outdoor Watering Can MAKES A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT, BUY NOW! Today’s newsletter will introduce you to the Haws Heritage Watering Cans. These are gifts for gardeners that we would really love to have ourselves and that are now available in our BRAND NEW website sections – Gardening Tools & Equipment, Beneficial Bugs and Gift Certificates. While a civil servant in Mauritius, John Haws loved growing vanilla plants, but he was frustrated by the popular French-style watering cans because of their cumbersome handles. After his retirement, Haws returned to England resolved to design and build a better watering can. The boom in horticulture and the development of large commercial greenhouse nurseries created a demand for watering pots, as they were then known, which could be maneuvered to water
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PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASES MAKES A GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT - BUY NOW Today is Small Business Saturday – probably the greatest day in America for small businesses like Harvesting History. We hope you will spend today visiting your local small businesses, supporting them with your purchases and doing the same for small businesses like Harvesting History who may only have products available online. Today’s newsletter will introduce you to some of the gifts for gardeners that we would really love to have ourselves and that are now available in our BRAND NEW website sections – Gardening Tools & Equipment, Beneficial Bugs and Gift Certificates. We will feature one product that we believe is the best children’s gift you could ever give and two of our favorite
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