05/17/2026
One month into our spring pilot program, and it’s already become something really special.
Over the past few weeks, students have gotten messy comparing store-bought eggs to farm fresh eggs and learning what fertilization actually looks like, candled eggs and watched their chicks hatch, learned to safely handle chickens and help care for animals, explored companion planting in our fruit tree guilds and vegetable garden, and dug into soil ecology through composting, vermicomposting, and lasagna gardening.
They’ve worked together on cooperative games and projects, built confidence through hands-on responsibility, kept nature journals, explored a local beaver dam while learning how animals shape ecosystems, and tasted food straight from the garden — including kale, spinach, radishes, onion greens, and even borage flowers.
But more than anything, this month has been full of muddy boots, curious questions, teamwork, creativity, problem-solving, and those little moments of wonder that happen naturally when children are given time outside to explore, build, observe, and connect.
I’m so grateful to the families who trusted me with this first group and incredibly excited to keep growing this vision.
