Planting Weed Seeds and Reading Weeds Find a Way with Friends at Barnes and Noble, La Jolla May 11, 2014

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Potatoetry Reprise

Our potatoetry project was a great success. Every 2nd grader got to know a potato as a sensory object. Each child wrote a poem, and then we collected a line from each poem and formed them into a single group poem. The children wrote their lines on a painted tire, and then we planted potatoes inside the tires. Here’s a link to a blog post I did for National Poetry Month! http://www.ekristinanderson.com/?p=8814

Weed Seeds

My garden is a mess of weeds. But this weed seed pod is the most amazing container I’ve ever seen. It’s like a tiny, perfect pot, with a lid. Under the lid are tiny holes, like the holes in a salt shaker, to shake the seeds out a little at a time whenever the stalk rattles in the wind.

Wasp nest

Here’s a wasp hiding under a fence post in our school garden. We’ll have to ask her to leave. But before we do, I got this cool photo. Do you think she has eggs in each of those chambers?