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Category Archives: Programs

Citizen Science – Week 3

August 11, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

So, I have been derelict in posting these last sessions for citizen science, mostly because life got kinda busy (new house, new hobbies, new jobs, etc.) But, I am going […]

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Citizen Science, Geo-spatial Analysis, Girl Scouts, Programs, Soil

Groundbreaking!!!

June 4, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

After a several month delay due to health circumstances, the ground is finally broken on the Citizen Science Agronomy project.  The sweet sorghum crop is in my hand, and will […]

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Agronomy, Citizen Science, Cover Crop, Girl Scouts, Programs

African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best!

May 26, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best! So, I love combining art and soils, and this is by FAR my favorite activity! I have done several variations of […]

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Art, Girl Scouts, Programs, Soil

Six Weeks of Crazy, and a Saturday to Forget

May 12, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

This week, I got my Sawzall and angle grinder, so I have been tearing up the pallets needed to construct the new quail and guinea pig cages! YAY! I also […]

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Agronomy, Chickens, Citizen Science, Construction, Eggs, Girl Scouts, Guinea Pigs, Homesteading, Incubation, Pallet, Programs, Quail

Citizen Soil Science Rain Garden Day

April 26, 2014by dirtartful 2 Comments

I realize that I am skipping ahead like seven blog posts… but my girl scouts are doing amazing job teaching younger girls about rain gardens before we plant our final […]

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Art, Citizen Science, Girl Scouts, Programs, Rain Garden, Soil

Soil Science: Citizen Science Series Week 1 & 2

November 7, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

For those of you who didn’t get to read, Duke Energies gave the Girl Scout Council a grant to build a rain garden at the Camp Mary Atkinson Leadership Center […]

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Citizen Science, Girl Scouts, Problems, Programs, Rain Garden, Soil

Kids in Agronomy Plot Layout

August 17, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

It has been awhile since I have posted anything, what with the selling/consuming of all of my rabbits, and I have been busy with my doctoral written prelims. So, I […]

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Agronomy, Cover Crop, Programs, Rabbits, Update

Make Your Own Soil Color Book

July 15, 2013by dirtartful 2 Comments

Soil comes in many different colors, including purple, white and green! This is a project I came up with, and will be testing it later this week for the first […]

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Programs, Soil

Soil Horizon Cupcakes

July 15, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

I love soil, it is super important to a lot of basic life functions, and it very pretty!Soils generally have different horizons. The topsoil (A) contain a majority of the […]

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Girl Scouts, Programs, Recipies, Soil

Camp Acres – Week 9 and 10

July 8, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, I have had back to back weekends with Agility Trials, so I haven’t gotten to update as planned. Every year at camp, the state health inspector comes. My boss […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Phesants, Programs, Rabbits

Ipad Program: Awesome Fungus in Raccoon Loft

June 27, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

Camp owns 8 Ipads for use in technology education. I was tasked with coming up with engaging activities. We are doing citizen science combined with a fungus hunt! With all […]

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Fungus, Girl Scouts, Natures Oddities, Programs, Soil, technology

Camp Acres, Week 8

June 24, 2013by dirtartful 2 Comments

The chickens have moved permanently to a new home. The 12 of them are snug inside the coop at night (as it is only 0.7 square feet per chicken); however, […]

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Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Phesants, Programs, Rabbits

Chicken Program #2: Finished Tractor!

June 24, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

We made many different colors of paint (acrylic) available to girls aged 6-9 (and the helping CIT2’s). I didn’t know exactly what would happen in this mural of craziness, but […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs

Chicken Program #1

June 21, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, last week, I featured the rabbit program. They are still majorly successful due to the cute, fuzzy factor. Well, what about the chickens? Today, I was going to do […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs

Finished Tractor

June 20, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

Bloo and I finished the chicken tractor before lunch today. It is a beautiful masterpiece, even though some of the plywood got warped in the storm we had Tuesday night. […]

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Chicken Tractor, Homesteading, Programs

Counselors in Training Program 1: Chicken Tractor Building

June 19, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

So, we have some lovely chickens, which means it is time to build them a house at camp. I decided on building them a triangular chicken coop, with a nightly […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs

Camp Acres! Week 7

June 18, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

After returning from Harvard/MIT, I had discovered that one of the chickens died during the storm that knocked out power. They did not have access to water, or light (to […]

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Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Phesants, Programs, Rabbits

Bunny Program #1

June 10, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

This week, they are running an iCamp session with 18 girls. Each girl gets an ipad to photograph and document everything. We were going to head out and document and […]

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Girl Scouts, Programs, Rabbits, technology

My Agronomy Program

June 3, 2013by dirtartful 2 Comments

I just submitted a grant proposal, and have another to finish by midnight tonight… Reinvest in the American Society of Agronomy. It is for $10,000 and is a Girl Scout […]

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Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs, Update

New Youth Development Programs on the Docket

May 30, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

These are the programs I am running this fall for the Girl Scout Council… excited much?!?! You know it _____________________________________________ Program 1: Citizen Science:  Soil and Water Conservation in Action! […]

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Girl Scouts, Programs, Update

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