Tag: ecosystems

What is a cinder garden?

If you Google “cinder garden” you’ll likely get lots results for DIY gardens made of cinder blocks. There is also a much more beautiful and natural interpretation of “cinder garden”. Natural cinder gardens, also called “Devil’s gardens” exemplify resilience and the circle of life. These gardens form as an early step in the reclamation process […]

Why do trees eat things?

Remember that time you watched Jurassic Park at age 7 and spent the next five years convinced you had to hide under the covers and not breathe or else the T-Rex would get you? If we’ve learned anything from Jurassic Park, it’s that life will find a way, and not just dinosaurs. Plants are plotting […]