Hello, the rest of us! I hope you all are well. What an upending year this has been so far, at least on my end! Since I have not added to this blog for so long, I will just describe some of the things I have been up to and thinking about that relate to our carbon sequestration topic. I’ve…
Category: Science hacks
Soil Testing for Science Hacks – Part II: The Number
After a long wait, my Year 1 soil test results are in. Note: although there are some great soil tests you can do yourself – see the pictures in this post – the soil test results I will now share are from Colorado State University’s Soil, Water and Plant testing Laboratory. All of the researching, sampling, mailing and waiting while…
Wanderers welcome: the story of Whispering Bells
I was out watering some of my seed beds this morning, eager to see new emerging seedlings. Next to a bear grass plant I planted last spring, I noticed a small emerging plant with interesting scalloped leaves. I took out my phone and took a picture of it with my Picture This app, which I use frequently to identify plants.…
Soil Testing for Science Hacks – Part 1
Have I mentioned that I post on Instagram (and Facebook) as Sandra Mack the Science Hack? It’s a funny name my nephew Julian gave me one summer at the lake cabin, as we tried to solve the science mystery of the disappearance of frogs on the property since my childhood. Well, this post feels like a Sandra Mack the Science…