Shortest Day Photos

Frac Sand Mining

Noah

Frack Sand Mining

         On Monday we visited a Frac Sand mine in Menomonie, WI. Frac Sand mines dig up tons of sand that is almost perfectly round. Frac Sand can only be found in certain areas. Natural gas drilling companies have found a new way to extract oil from the ground using this type of sand.

         Unregulated Frac Sand mining poses many threats the environment and people. Frac Sand mines take up a lot of space and can destroy natural habitats for animals.  Another problem with frac sand mining is the Silica dust that the sand gives off. Silica dust is harmful to the human body. Lastly, Frac Sand mines require huge trucks and lots of gas guzzling machinery that pollute the environment.

Junior High Visit

            Today the Junior High came out to the Land School. It was good to see all of my friends. Today we got to do something called stewardship, and everyone had different groups, some of them were: birds and bees, facilities, gardening and farming, trails and orchard, biodiversity and restoration. Our group did birds and bees, and first we had to go to the bee hive and see if the bees are still alive. So we had to try to listen for the bees and listen for any buzzing, and we heard a lot of bees and some of the bees came out of the hive so I thought that was really cool to observe and hear. Also our goup got to go to the bird blind and count off birds and we had 7 different species of birds and the most interesting bird we found was the red breasted woodpecker. 

Teddy

Bowling Photos

The Craft Fair!

Earlier today the Lake Country Land School hosted a winter craft fair! The craft fair went very well. The atmosphere of the craft fair was very relaxed and joyful. As the Farm Stay students saw their parent’s cars pull up, the energy level rose. As friends and family filled the Homestead, we got more excited. As the day progressed we visited with our family and friends. At the end of the day we were all tired. As the last few cars pulled out of the driveway, we were almost falling asleep. The day was tiring and very fun.

                                   

                                                Julia

Holiday Fair Photos

The Student Sales Table

Erin and Matt

Juli and her Juli-ery

Making Grilled Cheese

Potato Leek Soup

Beautiful Maple Syrup!

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Thanks to Kris for providing massages!

You can judge a Land School event by how many cars - this was a good one!

Look at these diamond willow walking sticks!

Thanks to Laci for helping out!

A well-deserved rest.

Potato Leek Soup

Claire     

       Today is the day before the craft sale, and everyone is scrambling to prepare the last of our micro-economy projects to sell. Most of us have been baking and preparing other foods for the past day or so, but Sienna and I have been a little lazy, so we just harvested our frozen leeks from the garden and started our soup today.

            Our food item for the craft sale is potato-leek soup, made with Land School potatoes and leeks. We are super excited to see how it goes over at the sale tomorrow!

 Deborah Madison, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

Ingredients:

3 large leeks finely chopped

1 ½ pounds potatoes

2 tablespoons butter

Salt and freshly milled pepper

Milk or water to thin the soup