Kids and Horticulture

A girl in a mustard sweater and green vest kneels on a wooden porch, studying three jars of different backyard soils through a magnifying glass, with autumn-colored West Virginia mountains behind her
earth science

Snow Usually Reaches West Virginia in Mid-to-Late November: Dig Up Backyard Soil Now for a Winter Soil Science Lab

West Virginia's first snow usually arrives in mid-to-late November, so this week is the last...
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A girl in a straw hat, red long-sleeve shirt and shorts kneels in a desert yard examining a rock through a magnifying glass, with a notebook and trowel beside her and cacti and mountains behind
Arizona

Arizona's Hidden Soil Layer: Dig Into Caliche With a Homeschool Soil Science Experiment

Hit a rock-hard white layer while digging your fall garden? That's caliche. Turn it into...
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