Kids and Horticulture

Two children picking the last ripe tomatoes in a backyard garden with autumn-colored Appalachian hills behind them
first frost

West Virginia's Fall Freeze Is Here: Save Your Last Tomato Seeds and Turn Them Into a Homeschool Germination Lab

A statewide freeze warning is ending tomato season across West Virginia. Here's how to rescue...
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Two children on a West Virginia porch sorting colorful fall leaves and examining an apple twig, with Appalachian hills in autumn color behind them
apple tree

West Virginia's Fall Color Is Here: A Leaf-Pigment Lab and an Apple-Twig Experiment for Your Homeschool

West Virginia's leaves are turning. Use this week's free leaf-pigment lab to show kids where...
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Two homeschooled siblings at a farmhouse kitchen table setting up a sunflower seed experiment, with autumn hills outside the window
Arizona

New to Homeschooling This Fall? Start Science With a Seed That Sprouts in Just Days

Tens of thousands of families in Arkansas, West Virginia and Arizona are homeschooling with new...
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