“This past week was our busiest of the early season at PMOEC and, thus, I was able to spend more time with kids than I normally do. While the kids were the focus, there was no denying the beauty of spring creeping into our acreage. Walking up to the sensory course, the students and I marveled at the multitude of deer tracks along the side of Reber Rd. We talked about the way to identify these distinctive prints and the kids found more and more. In the forest we saw evidence of over-zealous plants. It was clear that some of the trillium had come up in the week of 80-degree temperatures early in March only to be thwarted by the nights of snow and frost that followed. Other, more shy plants that hadn’t been comfortable enough to show their leaves at the first sign of warm temperatures are now standing proud and true…” [Continue reading Stites McDaniel’s Nature- It’s All Around Me.]
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