Posts by richella

Everyone probably already knows this, but I've found that high grass near the veg bed really encourages grasshoppers. I tend to let a space go to weeds if there's nothing in it currently growing, and the grasshoppers love that....

Once again I came to MDC to ask a question, to find it already answered! I've never grown garlic before, but it's time to expand my growing season.

Wow, thanks for the quick reply! I like your approach, but I'm not sure I can think of more than one lunch that they would both eat. And it changes so unpredictably. Will think about this more, though.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to raise children who enjoy making choices and feeling in control of their lives, but without feeling totally entitled to have everything exactly the way the want it every time?????? I'm really struggling...

I was being quiet at first because I wasn't assuming there was anything going on that wouldn't be okay. After I saw the secrecy, in retrospect I might have just gone right in. Though I think it was all over at that point anyway.

The preschool had a field trip today in which they ended up at a park with a new fenced play area. Everyone loves it. There were plenty of adults, though some of the kids are pretty rambunctious. There were some older (pre-teen?) kids...

Apparently it's some kind of issue where the think they have to have the same schedule every day. It doesn't make any sense to me, but there is a lot of weird stuff going on with severe budget cuts, and they're down to 1 PE teacher for...

Oh, that's a good question. I know of an online school (next county over! that'll rile up some people . . .) that has a statement about not holding kids back to keep them at grade level.

We are in a small district with one elementary school, one KG class. We have an option to choose half or full day. Half day is AM only. I don't see a need for full day. Every parent I've talked to says their kid was dead exhausted at the...

ammiga, do you have any links on the pertussis/asthma stuff? sunkist, here's a different perspective. I at first decided it was all way too complicated for me to understand, I would need to be an epidemiologist to sort through all the...