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Finally Down To The Dregs In The Rain Barrels
Behind the house there are two 55-gallon rain barrels that capture water from the roof. There are no gutters on this house, so I’ve located the barrels to collect water falling from two places on either side of the patio where there are corners. As a rough estimate, an inch of rainfall will fill one Continue reading
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A Rain Gauge With Accuracy And Capacity
In November last year I enrolled with the CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network) citizen science precipitation monitoring system as a volunteer. I bought one of their required manual rain gauges and installed it in my garden in a location where there would be no interference from other structures. As station number TX-GP-173 Continue reading
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Science Is Happening Here
My education was in the biological/medical sciences, and even though I have long been out of the profession, that hasn’t taken away my interest and instincts. “Citizen science” or “community science” is important in a number of fields, and one of my earliest experiences of that was using the app iNaturalist. The first step for Continue reading
About Me
Nature Lover.
Inquisitive Observer.
Student Gardener.
I invite you to join me on my journey to convert my sterile (from a nature point of view) new house lot to a healthy and diverse ecosystem, as I make discoveries, mistakes, and hopefully progress. I am not an expert or professional. The project started in February 2023 and the location is Seguin, Texas, USA.
Rewilding My Lot 