Science with Phil: Episode 3

Today we’re winding up our soil science experiment by seeing how much water remains in the root zone mix (and thus, available for plants to use) after a rainstorm.  We’ll also add another five inches of water to the system to compare how quickly it drains into the wet soil versus how quickly it drained [...]

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Science with Phil: Episode 2

Yesterday’s post showed you an example of how our Management and Maintenance team constructs a soil profile for highly-trafficked areas in the parks.  Part of the advantage of this kind of soil structure is that it helps to infiltrate water more effectively than some of the existing soil structures in the parks.  And better water [...]

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Science with Phil: Episode 1

Today we’re taking you underground! Over the next few posts we’ll be looking at how specially constructed soil profiles can help to reduce the problem of storm water runoff we’ve been talking so much about lately. Our Director of Management and Maintenance, Phil Gruszka, conducted a science experiment last week to see whether the soil [...]

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