Compost
Name 3 nitrogen sources for compost
Green leaves, stems, food waste, manure.
Plants that complete their entire life cycle in one year.
What are annuals?
A plant that eats only flies.
What is Venus Fly Trap?
A pollinator that collects nectar from flowers to take home, spreading pollen from flower to flower.
What are bees?
Name 3 examples of carbon sources for compost.
Dry leaves, Paper, Cardboard, Wood, Straw
A plant that takes two years to complete its entire life cycle.
What is biennial?
A plant that eats insects and small rodents.
What is a pitcher plant?
A flying bug that eats aphids and sap feeders to protect our garden.
What are ladybugs?
A type of small creature waste that gives nutrition and helps aerate the soil. Also known as castings.
What is Worm castings, Vermiculite, or Worm poo?
A plant that grows for more than two years.
What is a perennial?
A flower that lives underground and steals nutrients from other plants.
What is a Western Underground Orchid?
Creatures that feed on dead plant roots, leaves, and grass. They also help to aerate the soil in our garden.
What are earthworms?
Air, Water, Carbon, Nitrogen.
What are the 4 elements of compost?
To plant seeds in an area that already has established seeds or crops
Undersow
A mushroom shaped tree with blood red sap.
What is Dragon's blood Tree?
What are butterflies?
Give 2 examples of microorganisms in our compost.
Bacterias and fungi
To plant a seed outdoors, in the area that the plant will remain for its entire life cycle.
What is Direct Sow?
This plant smells like a dead body, can reach up to 10 feet tall, and originates in Indonesia.
What is a corpse plant?
These creatures helps to spread seeds and maintain other bug population.
What are birds?