Breakfast By The Barn

This month, we started a new Moss Haven tradition where we invited families to gather for breakfast, watch the sunrise and be entertained by the Lake Highlands High School Drum Line.  It was a great way to celebrate our Healthy Zone School, our RISD delicious food service and our community! Thanks to our MHE PTA and Healthy Zone for supporting this event! What better way to start out your day? Thanks for all who contributed and our Rock Star Cafeteria Ladies who serve up yummy food every day. It was a great morning that made for a great day! #BuildingCommunity

Yay For Spring - Farming -Dandelions - Rain - Veggies - Hatching Eggs - Farmers

Signs of Spring are all around us. Daffodils are popping out and blossoms are on the trees. This is the busy time when we plant and tend and get the farm ready for the long Texas growing season. Many classes are coming out on a regular basis to incorporate their TEKs lessons on the farm and we are bringing the farm indoors as Mrs. Pillers class is incubating eggs for our coop expansion. Exciting times are ahead. We love our school farm!

Brr..., This Has Been An Unusual Winter

A typical Texas winter brings very little snow, but this year we have had several late snow events that have put a kink in our farming activities. We are late in planting several of our crops, but you can't speed up the process when Mother Nature is involved. So, we have had to go with the flow and provide lots of indoor farming activities with a few opportunities to dash out and learn. It certainly is never a dull moment on our school farm.

We picked frosty spinach and made quesadillas.

Some 1st grade friends found a break in the wet weather for a bug hunt to tie into their curriculum, to see how animals and plants  benefit from each other.

5th grade stepped out after lunch to learn about erosion, deposition, saturation, slope and weathering on a day when recess was cancelled.

Farm Club made seed tape with our Moss Haven Marigolds to sell at our next Pop Up Farmers Market.

Then there was snow.., and an awful lot of it.

We are looking forward to warmer weather and dreaming of spring, right around the corner.