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Posted by Cindy on May 28, 2009
I put up a summer nature study section for the sidebar. Here are the spring nature study references – there are some goodies in here that I don’t want to forget for next spring! And I don’t want to toot my own horn too much, but the NaturExplorer units are perfect resources for any season – including summer! 
101 Nature Things to do in Spring
Hearts and Trees Spring Nature Worksheet
Posted by Cindy on May 14, 2009
I’m trying to figure out what this says about us???
Just in case you can’t tell, that’s grass growing on one of our farm wagons!
Posted by Cindy on May 8, 2009
Spring is such a fun time for studying mushrooms! It’s been raining a lot around here and a quick trip around the yard led to six different types of mushrooms found in about five minutes time yesterday.
Towards evening, we headed to a spot on the farm where leftover hay has been decomposing. What treasures we found there!
If you’ve never taken a mushroom walk, now is a great time to do it! Damp ground, decomposing logs, old leaf piles, and dung piles are great places to look.
Posted by Cindy on May 1, 2009
We found some beautiful signs of spring on a farm walk the other day!
A fallen robin’s egg
A huge ant hill – they are everywhere!
All sorts of mushrooms
A big snail
1,000′s of ants on a rock
A shell fossil
Raccoon prints
Woodland wildflowers – several varieties
A tired nature walker
Posted by Cindy on April 23, 2009
We have a wonderful little creek on our farm that tends to dry up as summer approaches. In the spring, though, it’s a source of much fun and nature exploration. Here are some photos from our walk today.
