May 07 2010
*This is a guest post by EmilyO in the other class. Not sure everyone was there due to APs and not sure those that were there were very focused, so maybe this will be of use… On Wednesday we reviewed some of the qualities of soil. To do this, we looked at a soil profile, [...]
Feb 10 2010
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 [...]
Feb 08 2010
To review, we know that soil is a complex mixture of inorganic material (sand, silt, clay), macronutrients (N, P, K), air, water, organic material (humus) and a dazzling multitude of critters like decomposers and detritovores. Soil’s also critical to humanity’s survival; the 15-20 cm of topsoil keeps the world from mass starvation by growing our [...]
Sep 23 2009
Today in class, soil was our main topic with the question of how does it form? In an ecosystem their are two components of biotic and abiotic. Under abiotic, there are four major elements: energy, water, air, and soil. With soil being our major topic, we looked into the formation of soil and how elements [...]
