Energy

Fishy Business

When you start something new like an entire garden system with multiple gardens and systems, things surprise you, like the fishy business.

Fishy Business
The view of the fish from within the pond.

Harvest, Hunger, and the Art of Preservation

The harvesting of food is the single greatest chore in urban farming, the next greatest is preserving it!

Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and duck eggs collected from the garden and livestock gardens at Mezzacello.

Lesson: Magnetism 101

Students will learn the mystery of magnetism. From the quantum to the electro-mechanical students will explore all types of magnets.

Lesson: Creating an Ecosystem

Students will create a map or maquette of the ecosystems of Mezzacello and determine using science and data if it is an ecosystem.

Lesson: Basic Sanitation 101

Sanitation is a critical skillset on an urban farm. This lesson introduces students to the basics of sanitation and pathology.

Lesson: NHCOPS and the Ladder of Life

Students will become familiar with both the periodic table of the elements, periodicity, and the DNA composition of life.

Periodic table of life
We most definitely recycle atoms and molecules!

Lesson: Food From Waste and Ash

Students will learn to make soap from waste products and ash as well as fire starter kits from lint, wax and soap.

Lesson: Food from waste and ash

Eden’s Ghost Application

The origin and use of Eden’s Ghost and how I developed it with the bioreactor. This post includes directions for use and instructions.

Bioreactor processing

Chicken TV, Coop Tech, and Safety

Poultry monitoring using remote cameras and advanced tracking software and sensors. You know a futuristic chicken coop

Compost Engine Update 2022

This is a quick update on the former bioreactor, now called a compost engine that i will be using for my summer camps this year.

When you send your husband to buy the bare necessities. LOL!
When you send your husband to buy the bare necessities. LOL!