Pond Update for 2022 Part 1
Lots of new, fun stuff coming online for the aquatic ecosystem at Mezzacello. New pumps, filters, harvesting, and wetlands!
Lots of new, fun stuff coming online for the aquatic ecosystem at Mezzacello. New pumps, filters, harvesting, and wetlands!
A photo reminds me what to do to properly winterize the pond’s bio filter system. The pond is due for a refit this spring.
The ducks enjoying a spa day on the engineered pond that works to keep the ducks healthy and alive.
The Biofilter and Critical Race Theory Returning to the Farm I went on vacation last week. It was much needed. As an #UrbanFarmer it is so easy to slip into #workMode 24/7. Sometimes the mind needs time to discover new things. But #realityintrudes. I forgot to clean the biofilter in the pond before I left …
I talk a lot on this blog about the enclosed sustainable ecosystems of Mezzacello. That is a partial truth. The fact that the ecosystems I incorporate here end at my property leaves me (and my animals and ecosystems) vulnerable to “outside” threats. That is not the way nature works. She is used to all of …
Students will explore the molecular nature of fertilizer and its relationship to NHCOPS, the water cycle and the sun.
Explore the “atmosphere” of a pond. This lesson covers the chemistry and environment and oxygen and pollutants of a pond.
This lesson discusses the difference between dirt as a matrix of minerals and media, and soil, which is dirt infused with organic life.