Hello, Has anyone had time to join some of the presentations?

Hello Community, What do you think about the characters and setting; who are we missing. Title: We are a Part in Nature's Great Garden A Guide to the Cycles of Nature Age range plus format - Ages 5 to 12, read aloud friendly, also works as early chapter book - Big art, short scenes, plenty dialogue - Each chapter uses two tracks - Main Story, simple sentences for younger readers - Deep Dig box, extra details for older readers - Each chapter ends with a quick Try It plus a small cliffhanger question Story thread plus mission - Familiar food thread: Berry the strawberry shows up every chapter - Mission thread: Berry patch looks droopy, soil feels hard, bees feel scarce - Rowan wants Berry to thrive again - Each chapter reveals one clue plus one small action that helps Main themes 1. Collaboration, every helper has a role 2. Connection, sun, air, water, soil life, plants, animals, people link Repeatable chapter pattern - Berry Check, what Berry needs right now - Story Scene, action first - Field Note, one short truth - Deep Dig, optional extra layer - Try It, one simple activity - Cliffhanger, one question that pulls us onward Cast - Rowan, curious kid narrator - Grandma Grace, calm guide who asks simple questions - Berry, the strawberry story thread - Soil Team seen through a garden magnifier - Brix the Bacteria, quick recycler, catchphrase: “Snack time, tiny time” - Myra the Mycorrhiza, fungal thread network, catchphrase: “We connect” - Pia the Protozoa, micro hunter, catchphrase: “Balance keeps us strong” - Nori the Nematode, tiny grazer, catchphrase: “Tiny bites, big gifts” - Willa the Worm, tunnel builder, catchphrase: “Roads for rain” - Bea the Bee, pollinator friend, catchphrase: “Flowers first” Setting - School garden that becomes a small oasis - Compost corner, mulched bed, flower strip, one observation spot @Al Anderson Book today @Nick Nebelsky Movie tomorrow :-)

Hello Community, If you were going to write a story to teach children about natures cycle from soil life to plant to human intake to plant decay back soil life, what is the most important idea to include. If someone already mentioned your idea, what would be your next most important idea to include? Thank you for your engagement and time.

My vision of an Oasis is where we steward a protected pocket. Where soil wakes up and water can gather. It’s a place where natures helpers can promote abundance inside of scarcity. It is a designed living system that promotes resilience, captures water, builds fertile soil, grows shade and creates refuge for people, plants, animals. I see an Oasis as a place for rest, fellowship, barter, and steady resilience without fear. An Oasis is what each of us can dream in our mind, build with our body and enjoy with our soul.

Who has indoor starts going? What plants do you typically start indoors?