Yesterday, when our senior project group got to the nature center bright eyed and bushy tailed ready for another day on the job, the first words out of Sarah's mouth were "get ready to get dirty". Boy oh boy was she right about that. Today's task was to go into the nature center's marsh and pull yellow flag irises. Sarah explained to us that irises are exactly the plant that the nature center wants in the marsh, but the native plant to this region are blue flag irises. The yellow flag irises that are coming in and trying to take over the space are actually originally from eurasia and were brought over to america some time in the last 200 years.
Such a task was certainly daunting. Luckily for us, right as we were strapping on our knee high boots and rubber gloves, a bus from the Gross Schechter school puled up headed by no one other then Aaron Lee the ping pong extrordinaire! Aaron and the rest of the crew were 5th 6th and 7th graders from schechter, and they were exactly the reinforcements needed to get this job done.
Until next time!
p.s. I also got a button that says I <3 Nature and I wear it proudly.
G-rant!!!!!! I am glad you and Chris are taking advantage of this opportunity to learn about nature, help preserve it, and relish in it. At the same time, you are greatly helping kids get their hands dirty and learn as well. Aaron couldn't help but talk about how much fun he had with you two when I got home the other day, so I am sure you are doing great work in inspiring kids to preserve nature while creating an enjoyable visit for them. He did mention that you have no chance at beating him at ping pong, however. It seems like you and Chris are enjoying your project and that the center is keeping you quite busy.
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