Thursday, May 7, 2020

When I water the flower bed this morning, I notice an underwing moth crawling away.  It is big.  It is bigger than a quarter and very helpless in the cool of the early morning. It must have just emerged from its underground cocoon.  It finds a safer spot in the grass to warm up.  Like all moths, it flies at night.  I wonder what it eats?  This is the second underwing in two days.  The first we rescued from Bisbis. We put it in our insect cage for the day and let it go at dusk.

As we sit on our front porch for our morning snack, the two crows come and sit right above us on the roof.  The peek at us over the roofline with their heads upside down.  It looks very silly and makes us laugh. They are hoping for their share, I think.

It's a flower day, so we decide to plant the sunflower bed and record a video for Garden class 22.  We learned on Cob-weaver's Daisy journey that sunflowers and geraniums clean the soil of lead (thanks to Girl Scout troop leader and mom of LUDA).  I think we will grow more than usual this year.  I've also started some under the grow lights for the school garden's sunflower patch.

In garden class at school, this is the time of year where the students tell the stories.  They stand at the chalkboard and tell everyone what they have learned about their garden animal.  They tell us their animal super powers and also, what the farmer learns from them. I have three stories from you to share on my video today.  Thank you to Millipede (NAES), Scrub Jay (LUDA), and Rollie Pollie (EPMA) for your stories from the Garden class 20 assignment.  What are those letter codes with the animal names you ask?  Check out the Garden Animal Partner Puzzle here to find out who is telling these stories of their garden animals.  I look forward to sharing more of your stories about garden animals.  If you'd like me to read your story in my video, simply turn it on on Google classroom and give me your OK to read it.

Farmer Ladybug 🐞