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Nature Study: Horsetail or Scouring Rush

Nov 1st, 2010
by Annie Kate.
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On our first Rideau Trail walk, we saw several colonies of amazing green stems in a ditch.  Each plant is, in fact, just a stem consisting of long finely ridged sections.  Each section fits into a lower one and is held in by a fringe of darker or lighter vegetation.  I remember this unique plant from the prairies of […]

Everyday Life and Two Nature Walks

Oct 30th, 2010
by Annie Kate.
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Wow, what a week!  We did bookwork, quite a lot of it in fact, as well as a lot of other things. Mr. 15 had a friend over for two days.  This young man does computer learning, so he was busy with his laptop all morning.  No mess, no books, no answer keys, no fuss.  […]

Of Books, Bookwork, and the Rideau Trail

Oct 23rd, 2010
by Annie Kate.
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This has been an incredibly varied week.  Lacking the energy to do much physical work, I sat down much of the time, homeschooling and working at my computer to the point where I feel guilty.  The children did a lot of bookwork, and we’re slowly catching up to where we had planned to be by […]

Harvesting, Learning, and Nature Walks

Oct 9th, 2010
by Annie Kate.
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It’s almost time to organize our days sensibly.  With the harvest nearly finished, we soon won’t be ruled by ripening plants, rain, and frosty weather.  That will be so wonderful after the chaos of the last month!   I can’t wait until school is the main activity, rather than something that we fit in around the […]

Fairy Ring of Mushrooms

Oct 6th, 2010
by Annie Kate.
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    On our front lawn we had a huge fairy ring of mushrooms.  They start off as white buttons and then grow huge, flatten out, and turn brown.  This is the story of how we tried to identify them and failed… at least once. According to my little Golden Guidebook to Non-Flowering Plants, they could […]

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