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 | Videos examine a wide range of plant cultivation including a community garden, raising carnivorous plants, and even a garden in Antarctica.
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Science of Gardening: Everybody Gets Lunch (Clip)
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Sonoma Valley farmer Bob Cannard doesn't fight nature: he collaborates with it. The result is bountiful fields of healthy, beautiful plants, some of which end up in the kitchen at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. Here Bob speaks eloquently about appreciating and respecting nature. As he says, "it's simple...it's all right there before you."
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: gardening, farming, bob cannard, cannard farms, organic, sonoma valley, california, alice waters, chez panisse
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: gardening, farming, bob cannard, cannard farms, organic, sonoma valley, california, alice waters, chez panisse
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Science of Gardening: Compost Tea (Clip)
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Bob Cannard, a Sonoma Valley farmer explains how compost is generated, both by nature and by human gardeners. Cannard creates a special compost 'tea' to use on his bountiful crops
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: compost, gardening, sonoma valley, farming, soil, dirt, food scraps
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: compost, gardening, sonoma valley, farming, soil, dirt, food scraps
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Science of Gardening: Intro to McMurdo Station, Antarctica (Clip)
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McMurdo Station is the American staging area for Antarctic research. At the edge of Ross Island, off the coast of the continent, a small town of workers feed, house, prepare, supply, fuel, transport, and protect those who conduct field research throughout Antarctica and the surrounding waters. The community numbers 1,000 in the summer and 200 in the winter.
And the community has a garden. In these conditions
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: January 8, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: garden, hydroponic, mcmurdo, antarctica, weather, extreme
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: January 8, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: garden, hydroponic, mcmurdo, antarctica, weather, extreme
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