Category Archives: Botany

Tapping Maple Trees for Syrup

Posted on March 11, 2012 by theexplorationstation

Long before you could go to your local grocery store and pick up a bottle of artificial maple flavored syrup made from corn syrup, sugar and a bunch of artificial stuff, people would collect the sap from maple trees. From … Continue reading →

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Planting seeds

Posted on April 28, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

Today we planted seeds – morning glories, giant sunflowers, miniature pumpkins, and black-eyed susans. We also discovered our evergreen made it through another winter. We’ll have to transplant this one eventually since this is right in the middle of the … Continue reading →

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Root view – onion

Posted on March 4, 2010 by theexplorationstation

We had an onion that started to sprout, but instead of using it or throwing it out, we decided to see if we could get the roots to grow…so we hung it over a tall glass vase of water, and … Continue reading →

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Painted Lady Butterfly

Posted on October 21, 2009 by theexplorationstation

I spent all summer trying to capture a butterfly to no avail. I am getting into the habit of bringing my camera whenever I step out of the house as I always seem to find something to take a picture … Continue reading →

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Fall Nature Walk – Trees

Posted on October 7, 2009 by theexplorationstation

I’m entering this post into ABC’s and 123’s Saturday Show and Tell and for The Magic Onion’s Friday’s Nature Table. We had one sunny 70 degree day in the middle of a few weeks of cold and rainy days. We … Continue reading →

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Pollination Station

Posted on September 10, 2009 by theexplorationstation

There’s something amazing that happens when you observe nature first-hand. You could read about nature’s processes in a book, see it on film, check out someone’s blog, but nothing, absolutely nothing, beats observing it yourself. I’ve been trying to pay … Continue reading →

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Just flowers

Posted on September 4, 2009 by theexplorationstation

Black-eyed Susans Water lilies – I found these lovelies at the Renaissance Fair we went to two Saturdays ago. The perfect morning glory, found, in all places, my backyard.

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Numbers in nature – Flower petals

Posted on July 30, 2009 by theexplorationstation

These are a few of the flowers we’ve found in our neighborhood nature walks. I think I might try to visit a flower shop to get pictures of other numbered flowers. 1 petal flower Three Petal Flowers Four Petal Flowers … Continue reading →

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10 minutes is all you need.

Posted on July 18, 2009 by theexplorationstation

Think you need a lot of time to devote to science experiments with your kids? Think again. With Jean Potter’s Science in Seconds With Toys, and Nature in a Nutshell for Kids, each book contains over 100 experiments you can … Continue reading →

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Tomaaahhhtoes.

Posted on July 5, 2009 by theexplorationstation

Yum! Our first (and only) ever home grown vegetables – organic roma tomatoes. Maybe I’ll get courageous enough to grow more veggies next year.

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