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03/15/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Anti-skunk-spray Reek-remover! (for the Week of March 25, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: So tomato juice doesn't get rid of skunk stink. What does? My dog really smells! Kurt Knebusch
11/30/2008 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Any Reindeer Games? (for the Week of Nov. 30, 2008) Q. Dear Twig: Do reindeer really play games? Kurt Knebusch
10/17/2001 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Apple or crabapple? (for the week of Oct. 28, 2001) Dear Twig: What's the difference between an apple and a crabapple? Kurt Knebusch Ken Cochran
03/01/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Backyard Fruits That You Can Grow (for the Week of March 1, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: OK, here's another kiwifruit. So what did you mean, "more cool backyard fruits" last week? Kurt Knebusch
03/14/2008 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Barrel o' Rain, Barrel o' Fun (for the Week of March 16, 2008) Q. Dear Twig: What's a rain barrel? What's it for? Kurt Knebusch
05/24/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bee Good! But Why? (for the Week of June 3, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: Alright, I'll ask. How do native bees help us? Kurt Knebusch
02/03/2008 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Stink? Smell a Winner! (for the Week of Feb. 3, 2008) Q. Dear Twig: What's the worst smell in the world? Kurt Knebusch
07/26/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Z's (for the Week of July 26, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: What's the biggest zucchini in the world? Kurt Knebusch
06/18/2006 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bio-who-ia? (for the Week of June 18, 2006) Q. Dear Twig: OK, I'll bite. What's bio ... bio ... phlablahblah? [See last week.] Kurt Knebusch
01/24/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Blargh of the Albatross (for the Week of Jan. 28, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: This one time, at science camp, an albatross (albatross!) threw up on my aunt. Kurt Knebusch
11/21/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Boubou? Funny Bird Names (for the Week of Dec. 2, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: What's a flying steamer duck? Why should we beware of it? [See last week.] Kurt Knebusch
06/06/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Build Your Own Bee House (for the Week of June 10, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: How can I build a house for native bees? You mentioned it last week. Kurt Knebusch
12/20/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bumbles Bounce, Will Santa Float? (for the Week of Dec. 23, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: Did you hear that the North Pole is melting? Kurt Knebusch
11/29/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Can the Grandma Not Get Run Over By the Reindeer? (for the Week of Dec. 9, 2007) Dear Twig: There's that song, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer." How fast would the grandma have to run to not get run over by the reindeer? Kurt Knebusch
06/07/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Carnivorous Chipmunks? (for the Week of June 7, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: Do chipmunks eat meat Kurt Knebusch
01/25/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chickens in Your Own Backyard (for the Week of Jan. 25, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: Can I raise chickens in my backyard? Kurt Knebusch
02/01/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chickens on the White House Lawn (for the Week of Feb. 1, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: You said I can maybe raise chickens in my own backyard. What about the President? Can he raise chickens in his backyard, too? Kurt Knebusch
04/23/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chub? What it is (for the Week of April 29, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: My friend went fishing and caught a chub. Chub? I don't even know what that is! Kurt Knebusch
03/28/2008 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chucks with Gnarly Choppers! (for the Week of March 30, 2008) Q. Dear Twig: Woodchucks? Needing braces? Of what might you be talking, Twiggis? Kurt Knebusch
02/22/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cool Cold Kiwis (for the Week of Feb. 22, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: OK, here's your kiwifruit. So how can I grow my own kiwifruit? Kurt Knebusch
04/27/2008 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Cuya-who-ga? (for the Week of April 27, 2008) Q. Dear Twig: "Cuyahoggily"? I don't get it. Kurt Knebusch
04/10/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dandy, Yes, But Not Before Bed (for the Week of April 15, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: Why are dandelions called dandelions? Kurt Knebusch
09/27/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dead Tree Standing (for the Week of Sept. 30, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: What good are dead trees? There's one in the woods behind our house. My dad says he won't cut it down. Kurt Knebusch
01/05/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Deer Me: Where to Sleep? (for the Week of Jan. 5, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: Where do deer sleep during winter? Kurt Knebusch
04/12/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Deer! (Snort, Bleat, Grunt) (for the Week of April 12, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: Do deer make sounds? Kurt Knebusch
04/02/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Do Skunks Spray Other Skunks? (for the Week of April 8, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: So ... do skunks ever spray each other? Kurt Knebusch
03/12/2007 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Does Tomato Juice Stop Skunk Stink? (for the Week of March 18, 2007) Q. Dear Twig: Does tomato juice work to get rid of skunk stink? Kurt Knebusch
08/13/2008 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Don't Waste That Food Waste, or When Good Things Happen to Bad Doodles (for the Week of Aug. 17, 2008) Q. Dear Twig: OK, so what's a better thing to do with food waste — be it old fish tacos, be it stale Cheez Doodles, be it bags of muffin stumps — than bury it in a landfill? Kurt Knebusch
09/06/2001 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Draft horses (for the week of 9-16-01) Dear Twig: Tell me about draft horses. I saw some at our county fair. They were huge! Kurt Knebusch Karen Wimbush
09/19/2008 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dude, What's with the (Recycled) Pencils? (for the Week of Sept. 21, 2008) Q. Dear Twig: I know something else they make pencils out of. It isn't plastic, either. It's paper! Kurt Knebusch

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