Self-tutoring about yard ecology: the tutor mentions a nice discovery. The following is according to my understanding. I’m not a very skilled gardener, but I believe, God willing, I’m improving. I’d say that, unless one has instincts for it, one …
Self-tutoring about the soil ecosystem: the tutor mentions springtails. The following is according to my understanding. Today I noticed an article that says spiders eat 400 to 800 million tonnes of insects and collembolans every year. So, what’s a collembolan? …
Organic groundskeeping leads to self-tutoring. The tutor defines two terms connected with composting. In a properly functioning ecosystem, nutrients are constantly recycled – they are used by one organism, then released back to the soil to be retaken by another. …
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Out for a walk in the woods recently, the tutor couldn’t help but arrive at this topic. Like so many others, it’s relevant, yet rarely covered during tutoring…. On a hot day like we’ve had here lately, a hiker might …