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A few pics from my patch...


I pulled the plants out of the planters today (yum yum carrots) and moved them and the old bath to make raised beds and a pond. The stone circle will be another raised bed.. probably a herb garden with something larger in the middle. Lavender perhaps?

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Originally Posted by Kris

My craft wish list - more lyra pencils; decent watercolour paper; one of those shelving sets on wheels for wet on wet paintings to dry; a plethora of main lesson books, more water colour paints, some deciduous trees for leaves; a pond with rushes and reeds for basket making; moulting birds for feathers; a beach for driftwood, water tumbled glass, round stones; a beehive for beeswax. I bought a trestle table last year and now I'm not sure where we've stored it but I need to get it out again.

Originally Posted by ceres

I'm constantly amazed by the perception that non-homeschoolers have that homeschooling must be really hard and take a lot of comittment. I've been outside doing some watering and playing with the animals while the children have:
- coloured in
- collected and sorted the lego minifigures
- filled a bucket with gravel
- played with the guinea pigs
- made themselves morning tea
- played many imaginary games
All of which they have done with absolutely no intervention,

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