Little Homeschool on the Prairie

May. 1, 2009

Rain Rain Go Away....For Awhile

I do this to myself every year.  Wonder if I will ever get the vegetable garden tilled and planted.  I put in some potatoes eons ago and it's been so cold and wet that they haven't sprouted.  I checked them and they seem fine so far, just not wanting to come out.  I'll wait longer next year.  I haven't been able to do any tilling for two weeks due to weather conditions and my tiller did die, but it's fixed now.  I've got lots of baby plants to set out.  I haven't even gotten my onions out there yet.  I hope the starts are still ok and not dried out.  Tomorrow I am planning on weeding around the asparagus and blackberries.  My new raspberries are coming out as are all the new fruit trees I planted.  Maybe in 10 years we'll have quite the orchard

 

I am bummed about one thing.  I just found out that there won't be a farmer's market where I was planning on going this year.  I can't decide if I want to go else where or just stay home and try selling from there.  Kind of an odd dilemma.  Wondering what the Lord has planned for us with regards to selling the produce.  I make all sorts of plans and he changes it up.  Gee, I wonder who knows what's to come?  I just have to follow His infinite wisdom.

 

We are nearing the end of our Volume 2 finally.  I am making it end by the end of May.  Over the summer I will have us doing a TOPS electricity science kit, volcabulary, writing, Bible work and maybe finish up Book 1 of our computer course.  I've enjoyed the last chapter of volume 2 but I'm ready for it to be done.  I think spending 6 months on this chapter is long enough.  Below is a comic strip my younger son made on the computer.  Everything you see was made on the computer.  Instead of having them write a boring report, I thought making a book telling the story of the Boston Tea Party would be more fun.  It was suppose to be for a younger child with drawn pictures and such.  Well, this guy still didn't want anything to do with writing even a fun project such as a book, so he asked if he could do it on the computer and this is what he made.  I was pretty impressed by this since he taught himself how to use this particular program.

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May. 4, 2009 - Computer Program

Posted by violetgirl
Hello,Can you share with me which computer program you used for this project?
Thank you,
Jennifer
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May. 5, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by OldSchoolMarm
Hi Ann, I've got a question about asparagus. I put some in a bed last year and didn't expect to harvest any this year. It all came up and now I have tall (two to three feet) ferny stalks. Do I cut any of this back...is it normal.
Regarding science, I'm a bit more pressured than most to have some serious science going on. My husband's dad is a retired chemistry professor and my husband is active in research at our vet school and regularly writes papers for scientific journals. So these guys are expecting to see their genes at work if you know what I mean :-). Thanks for your suggestions, I think I'm going to check in to Apologia.
Blessings and I hope your chances of rain are quickly diminishing, we're thourougly saturated and still expecting more, Julie
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May. 5, 2009 - Chapter 10

Posted by kcmyworld
We didn't make it go 6 months, but probably 4. I was ready for it to end too! I'm not going to start up the next volume until Fall. We're focusing on some of the Biblical stuff that I missed while focusing on America's beginnings. Good luck to you. Your son's computer project looks great!

Robin
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God has blessed me with being able to homeschool my two boys. I would like to share what we do. We use the Weaver with an occassional bunny trail added in. We've also moved to a small farm so this has been an adventure for us. I"ve also been blessed with my husband of 14 years. We also have an almost 20 year old daughter who is on the edge of our nest!

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