Kids and Horticulture

A mother in a mustard headwrap and denim jacket and her daughter in a lavender sweatshirt sit on a wooden porch looking at a dried seed pod the girl holds, with a tray of green beans in front of them and a field and trees behind
agriculture

Arkansas Farmers Have Harvested 87% of the Soybeans: Split a Bean and Start a Homeschool Seed Lab

As Arkansas's soybean harvest wraps up, your kids can split open a bean, find the...
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Close-up of three split persimmon seeds lined up on a wooden board beside ripe orange persimmons and autumn leaves, with blurred fall mountains through a window
homeschool

Can a Persimmon Seed Predict a West Virginia Winter? A Seed-Splitting Science Lab for Your Homeschool

Old Appalachian folklore says the shape inside a persimmon seed forecasts winter. Turn it into...
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