We make better use of our time in the music room than in the garden.
Back in March, we undertook the grand challenge of growing vegetables from seeds as part of our study of biology. (I have often said that I only grow children. No plants. No pets.) We killed the first round of seedlings by over-watering, but the second batch survived. Unfortunately by the time the second batch started growing into nice little plants, the heat wave hit. When the school year officially ended on August 5, 2011, the majority of plants were dead or near dead from the extreme heat. Since it was over 100 degrees from the end of June until the present, nothing was produced besides frustration. To continue the experiment, I have brought the few living plants indoors to see if we might harvest something. The plants perked up immediately. We'll see...
Our composting barrels that we made ourselves were soon filled to overflowing and started to smell. They were moved to the far corner of the backyard and haven't been moved. The kids were so hopeful that we could make our own dirt in time to plant our seeds this spring, but even with the addition of some special worms, we didn't make our deadline. We probably have great dirt in there now, but I'm done.
Right now, I'm hopeful for our new science curriculum that will begin with our new school year on Sept. 12, 2011. We're studying astronomy this year and there is absolutely no growing involved in any of the experiments! Yahoo! I'm looking forward to some stargazing in the clear skies of northern Texas. We should have much better visibility than we did in southeast Michigan and warmer evening temperatures.
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