LEARN ABOUT CREATURES
(IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS)
this project is called LOCAL BIOLOGY (until we think of something better)
Identify twigs in winter
A great activity for winter biology, in places with leaves that fall off trees: identifying twigs. The twigs shouldn't change much for the long winter, so you have lots of time. You can do this indoors, and what you learn makes a landscape of barren trees and shrubs a little more welcoming and approachable.
Background
Scarred twigs
Grow Moss
I learned about growing moss at my class last night, "Botany for Artists," taught by Dr. Robert Bergad (Minnesota School of Botanical Art.)
He says it is very easy. So I tried this as soon as I got home, since I had a spore capsule.
Here are some instructions:
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