We celebrated spring with a bang!…planting sunflowers with our worm compost, watching the caterpillars transform to chrysalises and then flying away as butterflies, and most of all having loads of fun!
Worm Composting – We continue to shred newspaper and feed our worms.
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- Shredders hard at work
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- Shred it up
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- Shredded newspaper makes a great bed for worms
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- Time to eat!
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Planting Sunflowers – Our worm compost bin produced beautiful, dark, rich compost which we mixed with potting soil for planting sunflowers!
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- Planting sunflowers
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- Worm castings make fertile soil
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From Eggs to Butterflies – Watching Them Grow
We watched as the chrysalises hung on for dear life and then magically emerged as beautiful “painted lady” butterflies.
After watching the butterflies for several days, we set them free….
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- Are you ready?
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- Getting ready for take-off
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- Shhh!
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- ….and there they go!
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