Usually, when people think of pollen, sneezing comes to mind. But there’s an entire branch of science that studies pollen – not from the perspective of allergies, but from the stand point of natural history: Palynology. Dr. Eric Grimm is the Director of Sciences at the Illinois State Museum. He’s…
Bentley Christie is the Nikola Tesla of vermicomposting. Wild innovation, the optimism of a visionary, and with the earthy drive to share with people: never since Mary Applehof has anyone promoted composting worms so enthusiastically, so passionately, and reached such a diverse audience. Bentley is a Canadian worm farmer and…
An Intro to Redox See the related experiment that we did. Iron and Redox Some seed ball instructions argue that red clay is a must for seed balls, this just isn’t the case. Here, I’ll discuss factors that affect the color of clay and how those factors affect germination. Clay…
