Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The Soule Homestead

This was yet another totally awesome field trip we went on with our home school group. The kids had a lesson on the difference between dirt and soil, farming organically and had a workshop on carding wool and making bracelets out of it.

Carding wool


Each kid got to plant some squash



Farmer Frank showing the kids how to properly sow a row of veggies


Ever wonder what a potato bug looked like? Well, here you are.


Mia with her seeds


We all got to sample their delicious, organic greens. The best butter lettuce ever!


Planting beans


Checking out the farm animals


We got to see several different stages of dirt being composted and turning into fertile soil

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