In Our Garden

Today we were able to get out and work in our back garden. Maria Montessori's writings speak of the importance of a well-rounded education which includes rich experiences in nature.  When looking for a property for our school, it was very important to us to find one with a large outdoor component.  Our half acre of property allows us many wonderful opporutnities to explore and discover the natural world.

The children were so happy to get into the garden to plant some potatoes.  Our property is simply teeming with wildlife, particularly squirrels and rabbits, who love to munch on anything that we plant.  We have been very successful with vegetables that grow underground as the animals do not realize that they are there. (Details of last fall's harvest can be found under the Gardening label.)

Here are some pictures of the children planting potatoes.

Potatoes are not the only thing that the children planted.  This week, R.'s dad gave us some white pine and spruce saplings.  We planted about twenty saplings along the back of our property.

The rain forecast for the next few days will be wonderful for our plantings.


We had the whole school out in the back garden and playground on Thursday morning and it was not exactly the quietest place to be.  You can imagine our surprise when we found a little toad sound asleep on our fence despite all the commotion.  We don't know how he managed to get himself up there but it was delightful to see him.