Sprouting Seeds!

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve planted my seeds and they’re growing marvelously! It might be due to the unusually warm weather and the amount of rain we’ve had lately, but the little guys are sprouting! I go to water them on the days it doesn’t rain and see their little heads peak out, and oh, do I feel proud. I have a warm sort of affection towards them. The strange unseasonal humidity is doing them good. As usual, I’ve been continuing the composting with the 4^th graders. They are just enthralled with the growing plants- I point out to them the barely visible buds sprouting out of the dirt. Today, I turned in my rough draft for my research paper, which was supposed to be a minimum of eight pages and maximum of twelve, but turned out to be a whopping 16 pages- and I used mainly two resources. I know, I’m a little crazy. But, I’ve been learning a lot as the result of all my research and it fascinates me! I had a lot to say and so I couldn’t bring myself to limit my typing. Now, I must focus on applying for a grant in order to pay for everything involved in my project. It’s due November 9^th and I’m pretty confident that I will get it. I shall keep everyone updated! Recently I was doing some reading and came across the idea of perhaps organizing some sort of 4^th grade field trip where they all go to visit one of our local farms. Then, they can really see how a local, organic farm really operates, which I think would be beneficial to their understanding of local, organic, and seasonal food.  I suppose if I wanted to do that, it would have to be within the next few weeks, so I need to have a meeting with the 4^th grade teachers to see what they think of the idea. ‘til next Friday!