In the wind at Zephyros
Despite the wind yesterday, the Hotchkiss K-8 Life Skills class had a great field trip at Zephyros Farm and Garden. There was a consistent wind [...]
Harvest in the Biodome
Last Tuesday was our first harvest day in the Biodome. Several montessori students harvested their greens for the Hotchkiss High School National Honor Society induction [...]
Lunch Box Ecology
Last Friday was Ecology Day for Hotchkiss K-8 3rd graders.Instead of focusing on ecology through wilderness, and natural systems- we took another route- through our [...]
checking in
The NFCMS have been busy with their growing experiments in the Biodome. They have several projects growing in the 'dome. We are starting tomatoes for [...]
spring break 2010
last week, no- actually - two weeks ago was spring break for students in delta county. we kept busy here at the kampe foundation world [...]
3rd generation seeds
It was a blustery day at the Hotchkiss K-8 today, snowed even. Mark and I brought in soil, cells, watering cans and name tags for [...]
soils, squash & seeding tomatoes
This Tuesday we focused on soils, seeding tomatoes and sampling some squash. Tongue twister.Last Sunday morning, Adam and I were building beds in the biodome. [...]
a study in pears…
A lot has happened since my last update. We have partnered with the Lamborn Foundation to bring "Ground to Table" lessons to the NFCMS. The [...]
The students have arrived!
Last Tuesday afternoon the NFCMS students arrived in the biodome for the first time in 2010. Also, we had a new guest instructor, Webb Eavenson. [...]
2010 Projects
There are several projects for 2010, but we are going to put the Biodome at Hotchkiss High School at the top this spring.Mark and I [...]