Wednesday, March 28, 2012

I just learned something new!

Geuss what? I just learned something new about nature. I was wondering why there were still leaves on the ground so I asked my question to the world wide web and was redirected. Apparently If you leave your leaves on the ground it will kill your grass. That only happens if you can't see the grass through the leaves and it makes like a mat on the ground. But if you clear your leaves you are stripping the ground of part of it's insulation force for winter. So apparently the right thing to do with your leaves before winter if to clear most of them and leave the rest for compost. After learning this my question was why haven't the leaves composted? I still see some lying around in my phenology site. I do remember Mrs. Lord talking about something to do with the leaves and how they won't compost because the grass is different then what was originally there. I don't know if I recited that correctly but I guess she was right the leaves are still here. I guess we should of raked the leaves in our sites and then Eft some in prodder to preserve nature. Ahh! Another thought maybe if our compost works out we could dump the end result in our phenology sites to renutrition nature. That actually sounds like a good idea! Please comment back and tell me what you think about that idea and wether or not it would even work out.

2 comments:

  1. Way to take the knowledge we learned in class and apply to it to your phenology site.I totally agree, let's make use of our compost.

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  2. Fun! I like how you are using the blog!

    Let's think about our trophic levels and the essential components of an ecosystem for a moment... what is required for anything in an environment do break down? And to actually decompose? What might be lacking in our park environment then? Especially during the winter months?

    Ah Ha!! I bet you have put it all together by now!!! let me know what you are thinking!

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