Showing posts with label EVENTS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EVENTS. Show all posts
Friday, January 28, 2011
Family baloon ride
Fall bonfire at the farm
We have bonfires at our farm and occasionally bury food in a pit under the fire. This event was during the fall of 2008. Ed is showing off his medieval marshmallow stick. In the picture below, the band strikes up a tune. They were a motley bunch but enjoyed having a place with lots of space where the decibels could climb to the stars. Michael "bones" Chambon is a member of the Barbecue Boys playing the steel guitar in the center. Our computer guru, Kevin Cantley from Computer Zone and his singing daughter have teamed up for the lead. Scott Rankin is strutting around with a bongo and Ed is on the drums trying to keep up with the band. Thems were good times. Cheers; Ed
Friday, May 7, 2010
A visit from C C Meneley 3rd graders - Part 2
Filling seed packets with Shawn.
Making smoothies on the kid powered "Fender Blender"
The only teacher to give it a whirl!
Smoothies consisted of orange juice, bananas, frozen strawberries and a little plain yogurt. Yum!
A visit from C C Meneley's 3rd graders
The bus arrives around 9:30 am
We find out that instead of two groups of around 40 kids, we have one HUGE group of 71 kids!
One group on tour with Ed
Linda shows her group the solar panels
Students feeding the desert tortoises dandelions.Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Earthday activities...
Ed spent Friday at Dry Creek Gardens' new windmill site in Washoe Valley. Our booth included solar information as well as information on our seeds. NV Energy and the USDA were present to talk about Dry Creek's new 2400 watt windmill. Thanks to NV Energy's rebate and a rural development grant from the USDA, Dry Creek is now producing much of their own power. Good luck Dry Creek (John and Nancy Strickland)
Linda spent both Thursday and Friday at Capital City Farm Days. She brought the baby tortoises to "show and tell" to about 700 elementary school children. Thursday started with around an inch of snow, so the tortoises were one of the few "critters" that came to the exibit. We took a picture, but it didn't come out.
Here's the local newspaper's article about it:
Also, Linda and Ed attemded Douglas High School Environmental Club's Earth Day celebration. They brought the "Fender Blender" and the students made their own smoothies. The link to the Record Courier's article is here:
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