Blog - Farm Hill Learning
Blog Page of Farm Hill Learning community.
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Seeds go from place to place!
At Farm Hill, primary school is all about observation and exploration - here is an instance of the same!
The power of rains and streams
How much water flows in a stream in an hour?
Visit to a farm in a rain shadow area
We visit a friend's farm in a rain shadow area and learn about sustainability
Visit to Janapada Seva Trust, Melukote
We visit Janapada Seva Trust, Melukote and stay at Hosa Jeevana Daari. Get an introduction to livelihood training.
A friend in the neighborhood
Maram oru varam - a tree is a gift!
Education and Farming
It's natural for plants to grow and humans to learn. Why do we then struggle so much to educate?
Wastewater Management At Farm Hill
Our 10th grader wrote this as part of an assignment on wastewater management. I hope you agree our experiments with toilets are interesting!
New Kitchen Garden Patch
Planting plan and layout of the new garden patch
Rains - 2019 and 2021
The rains this season here, have been late, and heavy. We try see how rains in 2019 and this year compare.
Water Harvesting
We live in a rain shadow region, so a sustainable approach to water management has to include rain water harvesting and tapping the shallow aquifer, along with a bore well.
Deva Kanchana
A beautiful flower, with medicinal properties!
Mor Milaga మజ్జిగ మిరపకాయలు sundried salted chillies
We make salter sundried chillies. Popular and yummy accompaniment to a variety of Indian food.
Sundried onion masala balls
We make sundried onion masala balls for the first time. Recipe included.
Forest Fire!
We fought a forest fire that was spreading to the campus and learnt a few lessons.
Middle School Poetry
A poem our 11 year olds wrote in their English class, on the lines of "That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!"
Everyone is important
Farm hill is on a break this week and kids have been working at home, with online support. These responses of our first grader to a home work assignment made our day!! 😊
Custom translating a book
...And every day, Avi would open the picture book, look at the pictures and point out that it is in Telugu, which he can't read.
An unexpected Bonus
We found a shallow aquifer well rejuvenated!
Children in lockdown
One of our 6 year olds, missing Farm Hill in the lockdown....