July 2011
2 posts
Grape Season
Get them before the birds do!
Laurence built us a beautiful new grape arbor this year, so rather than climbing 30 feet up the greenhouse wall, the grapes are well within reach if you know where to look. It’s been agonizing for the kids to wait until they’re ripe, but there’s lots of support out there saying it’s important to teach kids the benefits of delayed...
The Great Regatta
Jarad put together a great sailboat design class today, sponsored by National Grid. The kids learned about wind power, assembled their cardboard boats, decorated them, and set sail. It was quite dramatic, especially since the boats only really lasted three or four runs before the cardboard got waterlogged, so in the final races there was an excellent chance of swamping.
