Yesterday we planted seeds to keep inside and give them a head start
This is the Teaching tank, in it we planted some carrots so we can watch them grow and a pumpkin and tomato seed as well.
We also planeted some broccoli, pumpkin, green beans, sunflowers, and tomatoes to get them started sooner.
One blessing said, "This is more fun than just playing!" I liked that one!
And then today we went to the Institute of Arctic Biology Research Greenhouse at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 
We saw some interesting tropical plants that they study and keep data on but the most interesting were the carnivorous plants seen here:
This one is commonly called cobra lily
This is the famous venus flytrap
This one is an Alaskan carnivorous plant, it is very small and red, grows in boggy areas:
Well, that was our past two days with plants and seeds, Oh, yeah, they transplanted marigolds as well,
There, that was our day!! All done, we came home with take and bake pizza and are watching Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
May the Lord find us faithful.
Great pictures! You're really getting the hang of it! I've seen those teaching tanks in the catalogs and always wondered how they looked in real life. They are really big! You must update the photo as the seeds grow!
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Hello Again! I put a brief list of our curriculum on my side bar just after my friends. It seems brief because I never start out using what I finish with! Does that happen to you? I am truly an eclectic! We even unschool science. I'd love to do nature journals. I think we will this year and I asked my DH if we could buy the nature book you mentioned and he said yes. I've seen it at co-op and think it is wonderful. Have a wonderful Mother's Day!
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