I haven’t done anything formal for Science this year.  I had my ambitious list of topics, subjects and curricula that I was going to tackle this year.  Then I had my baby.  Via c-section.  And kidney stones.  And surgery.  And kidney infection.  And….bottom line, something had to give.  Several school subjects won the draw for first out of the line-up.  So this year’s science lesson(s) will be brought to you by: the garden.  Greg got the tiller from his folks on Thursday, and I CAN’T WAIT until that earth is moved!  I haven’t done my own garden ever.  Last time I did a garden I was still living on Dad’s farm.  This year it’s all MINE!!!  And the kids are just as excited.  Helping me choose which seeds to plant.  This week I will be heading to Hartland area to check out some cedar posts (Andrea!  Can I stop by???) to make a fence around my garden.  Which is HUGE, by the way.  It’s approximately 62′x29′.  That’s closing in on twice the length of my house, and about the same width!  Sooo, I’m thinking we’ll reduce the size a bit…or a lot.  That’s too much for my first year.   I do want to plant berries, and we already have a rhubarb patch, so in hopes that the pooch realizes that raspberry canes aren’t great to dig up, we’ll be planting our berries, and possible grapes, on the other side of the fence, next to the rhubarb.  He’s actually a pretty good, smart dog, so even if he does it once, if we catch him and scold him right away, he’ll probably get it, and never do it again.  Anyway, all this rambling to say, I’m excited.  Kids are excited.  Even my “city-boy” husband is excited.  And that, in and of itself, is enough to make me excited.  Oh the excitement to be had at Headpond Central! 

Soooo, what “science lessons” are you tackling this summer?