Magic at Martins Creek

A journal of some of life's snippets here at Martins Creek. The old pond-- a frog jumps in, sound of water. ~ Matsuo Basho (haiku)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011



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Things of interest;

http://www.brainpop.com/
http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/
http://ed.ted.com/

Timo:
Inventions
Aircraft
trapping
zoology
riddles and jokes
fishing and hunting
Ray Mears bushcraft
nature and all animals
lego/knex
his crossbow and target practice
math u see

Caoimhe:
math u see
bbc bitesize
writing
drawing
brambly hedge
little house in the big woods
fairytales
dolls
flowers
art
clothing teddies and making clothes for this


Lennox:
chopping food
whatever I'm doing
playing with household cleaning equipment to clean
dinosaurs and dressing up as one, trucks, cars
animals and teddies (will take one at every opportunity)
books
cooking

Department of Conservation
classifying animals
Studyladder
Steven Spangler Sick Science
Linsey Pollak
Stockmar art supplies
Kiwi Conservation Club
The Octonauts
Herb Spiral
Anatomy
Nasa
National Geographic
Mumford and Sons

Wwoofers




Rui from Japan
Fleur and Valentin from France
Lisa and Rick from Germany

Frantisek from the Czech Republic (again).
Frantisek from the Czech Republic with us til about mid Nov.
Rebecca and Kane from NZ
Frantisek from Czech and Bekkie from the UK next week.

Lucie and Jerome from France will arrive to house sit for us :)

In the Garden

coriander
black cumin
cannelini beans
runner beans
roquefort beans
sunbeam squash
kohlrabi
tigerella tomatoes
angelica shiny leaf
red amposta onions
stuttgart onions
bulls blood beetroot
NZ spinach
bercilium carrots
st johns wort
calendula
basil
dill
artichokes
chilli peppers
chcolate capsicums
beefsteak tomatoes
cucumber pickles
honey and pearl corn
corn salad
marigolds
sunflowers
Italian gigante parsley
lettuces
coral mizuna
cucumber apples
garlic
purple sprouting broccoli
mizuna
kale
random asian greens
daikon
purple sprouting broc.
broad beans
perpetual spinach
cabbage
watercress
leeks

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