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28 December 2010
I didn't have the pleasure of being at the farm for week one of Winter Wonderfarm, so I was grateful for the repetition of some of last week's activities on the first day of week two. We set off with a wondrous farm tour led by veteran wonderers Mr. Cute Cocoon and Cat. We learned about the cob oven and how to cook in it, and Puppy informed us that the oven is inhabited by Winnie the Pooh. Of course, when it's time to heat things up, Mr. Pooh is sure to take a stroll around the farm. (Please note: Mr. Pooh does not store his honey in the oven).
Booka the Wormologist wiggled by to teach us all about the importance of worms at the farm. We held a worm race, and Cat did the honor of inventing delightful names for our race worms: Zachi, Sassafrass, and Enzolina.
After worming it up and planting some turnips, we had lunch and learned about pumpkins from an amazing storybook, called How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara. From this book we learned that the size of a pumpkin has really nothing to do with the number of seeds within it. More telling gauges of seed quantity are the pumpkin's color and the number of lines on its surface. Darker colors and more lines indicate more time spent on the vine. For each line on a pumpkins surface, there is a ring of pumpkin seeds inside! Did you know that? We sure didn't, and made sure we spent a few minutes soaking up that amazingly useful information!
We also acquired a fresh crop of Nature Names.
Signing off,
Lavender Rosemoon
Photo: "Worm Races" by Vanessa Roland, December 27, 2010
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