On Friday, we watched presentations based on subjects in Environmental Science. The subjects that the presentations were on were Waste, Water, Foods, Energy, Land Development and Population. The one presentation that really struck me was the presentation on waste. The fact that they touched base on the verb of waste, not just the noun of it was very cool. When Kaory talked about how if you throw away a notebook that is half used, your wasting half a notebook worth of tree, pretty crazy.
This presentation really ties into my senior project because my project is based on waste, or nuclear waste to be exact. There is a town that is being directly effected by nuclear waste, and the government in Russia continues to dump their waste into the waters. Allie and I are going to make a documentary/animation on the horrible stuff that is happening in this town and why nothing is being done.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Tulips are prettyful
Tulips:
It is a flower that is native to Central Asia and turkey.
Tulips can be grown in any type of season, aslong as you can dig a hole and plant them in the ground.
It is grown from seed, and no special preparation. It doesn’t say anywhere how long it takes to germinate, but seeing how fast tulips bloom it wouldn’t be long.
As soon as the flower blooms, you can pot it. It would make the garden look nice long term.
Tulips can be bloomed very close in a patch, so there is no space issue.
It is not required, but is recommended to enrich the soil with minerals and compost. The soil can’t be too dense.
Tulips do not require a lot of watering; one overhead watering every two days is well enough water, with sunlight.
Tulips grow well with any plant
It is a flower that is native to Central Asia and turkey.
Tulips can be grown in any type of season, aslong as you can dig a hole and plant them in the ground.
It is grown from seed, and no special preparation. It doesn’t say anywhere how long it takes to germinate, but seeing how fast tulips bloom it wouldn’t be long.
As soon as the flower blooms, you can pot it. It would make the garden look nice long term.
Tulips can be bloomed very close in a patch, so there is no space issue.
It is not required, but is recommended to enrich the soil with minerals and compost. The soil can’t be too dense.
Tulips do not require a lot of watering; one overhead watering every two days is well enough water, with sunlight.
Tulips grow well with any plant
Friday, September 4, 2009
Lettuce is the shiznit
Lettuce: a green vegetable
-grows in cool weather anywhere from 35 degrees - 67 degrees F.
-seeds will germinate in up to 40 degree soil, but they need light so they need to be near the top of the soil.
-needs a lot of water
-best grown in spring / fall
-can take up to 5 months before ready to harvest, but as little as 2-3 weeks.
-keep seeds 8-12" apart.
Nutrition:
-Vitamin C, beta-carotene, iron, calcium, folate, and dietary fiber are all included within eating Lettuce. The darker the lettuce is, the more nutrition it contains.
-Butterheads, Romaine, Crispheads, Looseleaf.
Plant the lettuce seeds in shallow soil, make sure to water good and not to do it half-ass.
Lettuce needs nutrient rich soil, even though it is in shallow areas, so if you know your soil is not good enough make sure to add compost or some other nutrient source.
Sources:
-http://www.foodreference.com/html/artlettuce.html
-http://www.selfsufficientish.com/lettuce.htm
-http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetablepatch/a/Lettuce.htm
-grows in cool weather anywhere from 35 degrees - 67 degrees F.
-seeds will germinate in up to 40 degree soil, but they need light so they need to be near the top of the soil.
-needs a lot of water
-best grown in spring / fall
-can take up to 5 months before ready to harvest, but as little as 2-3 weeks.
-keep seeds 8-12" apart.
Nutrition:
-Vitamin C, beta-carotene, iron, calcium, folate, and dietary fiber are all included within eating Lettuce. The darker the lettuce is, the more nutrition it contains.
Types of Lettuce:
-Butterheads, Romaine, Crispheads, Looseleaf.
Plant the lettuce seeds in shallow soil, make sure to water good and not to do it half-ass.
Lettuce needs nutrient rich soil, even though it is in shallow areas, so if you know your soil is not good enough make sure to add compost or some other nutrient source.
Sources:
-http://www.foodreference.com/html/artlettuce.html
-http://www.selfsufficientish.com/lettuce.htm
-http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetablepatch/a/Lettuce.htm
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