PDS APES 5th Period 2009-10

So, since we introduced the idea of cover crops, I thought I would mention my garden.  We moved last fall, and so I decided to start a new veggie garden in my back yard last spring.  I grew tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, carrots, onions, potatoes, and herbs–all in a 10 x 20 foot plot.  Here’s a [...]

In APES class the past few days we have been discussing the biotic portion of ecosystems.  Today, we shifted gears and began to talk about the abiotic, or nonliving,  parts of an ecosystem and agreed that the components are sun, soil, water, and air.  What we primarily focused on today was the creation of soil. [...]