[UrbanCropCircle] Location of Nickelsville

Sun Jun 14 13:12:15 PDT 2009

Here's a map of the approximate location of Nickelsville.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Seattle&state=WA&address=2nd+Avenue+Sw+%26+W+Marginal+Way+Sw

They are in that triangle of land bordered by 2nd Ave SW, W Marginal Way SW, 
and Highland Park Way SW.

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>      in Chicago (Michael R. Wolf)
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> From: "Michael R. Wolf" <MichaelRWolf at att.net>
> Subject: Re: [UrbanCropCircle] Edible Garden Tour
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> On Jun 12, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Ingela Wanerstrand wrote:
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>> We need help with the Edible Garden Tour.
>>
>> ~This Sunday Jennifer needs help selling tickets down at the Ballard
>> Farmer's Market: jennifer at sustainableballard.org
>> ~We need help the day of the tour 6/27.For a two hour commitment,
>> you get 4 hrs and a free ticket to go on the tour.
>> Please contact Ingela at sustainableballard.org
>> Thank you,
>> ~Ingela
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>> Ingela Wanerstrand
>> Garden & Natural Environment Guild Coordinator
>> Sustainable Ballard
>> ingela at sustainableballard.org
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> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:51:43 -0500
> From: "Michael R. Wolf" <MichaelRWolf at att.net>
> Subject: [UrbanCropCircle] Wow -- I had an "Underground Adventure" at
> the Field Museum in Chicago
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> Wow!!!!
>
> I'm glad I played "hooky" and hung out in Chicago for a few days
> instead of returning directly to Seattle after a business trip.
>
> The Field museum had me be 3/4 inch tall 2-3 inches below the surface
> of a typical yard or prairie.
>
> Instead of me having to peer into a microscope, they shrunk me.  (Well
> that's their story, any way, ala "Incredible Voyage".  What they
> *really* did was to grow the underground environment by 100x so that I
> could explore it on my own terms)
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> I've heard about, read about, and seen pictures of that environment,
> but having roots the size of my arm and strings of fungus the size of
> wires was a different way to "know" it.  I now know it with my body.
>
> Some highlights:
>   * different size/shape/arrangement of roots (we recognize them from
> their top-side structure, but bottom-side, they're just as different)
>   * nematodes the size of my thumb
>   * worms as big as my leg
>   * water drops as big as my fist
>   * crumbly soil with air pockets I could reach through
>   * seeds (acorn, grass), some of which are sprouting
>   * ants, crayfish, and other critters tunneling (tiny to huge) so
> awesome that they scared the kids (who, by the way were about food
> size to the critters)
>   * super-magnified roots where you could see the nitrogen fixing
> nodules, bacteria, fungus, and the symbiotic relationship of the
> growing point
>   * multi-scale feeding frenzy on a dead root (bacteria, spring bugs,
> pseudo-scorpions) -- a multi-level feast of food and eaters, most of
> whom were fulfilling *both* roles
>   * grasshoppers, ants, and spiders were shown.  Moles were not.
> They would be so huge that they gave nod to their existence in the
> "emergency room" where they tracked their presence in case evacuation
> was necessary.  Fighting would be futile against such huge creatures.
>
> If you're passing through Chicago, definitely stop in the Field Museum
> and take in their "Underground Adventure".  It's a great exhibit!!!
> Not only is it fun, it tells the story that "life depends on soil;
> soil depends on life".
>
> Wow!!!!
>
> Very well done.
>
> To my thinking, very much like a great cartoon -- aimed at children,
> but layered so richly that it appeals at toddler to adult levels.
>
> Here's a link:  http://www.fieldmuseum.org/undergroundadventure/  (The
> virtual tour is heavy on the big critters (larvae, ants, spiders).
> What was more interesting to me in person was the structure and
> composition of the soil, and the little critters (nematodes, etc).
>
> I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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> Get here if you can.
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> Michael
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:53:52 -0700
> From: Paula Jenson <pjjenson1 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [UrbanCropCircle] UrbanCropCircle Digest, Vol 12, Issue 5
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> I am returning on Monday and am definitely willing to do a shift or two 
> for the garden tour.  Also where is Nickelsville?
> paula jenson
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>> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:36:49 -0700
>> From: Ingela Wanerstrand <ingela at qwest.net>
>> Subject: [UrbanCropCircle] Edible Garden Tour
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>> Cc: Jennifer Mundee <jennifer at cascadedesigncollab.com>, steph shelton
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>> We need help with the Edible Garden Tour.
>>
>> ~This Sunday Jennifer needs help selling tickets down at the Ballard
>> Farmer's Market: jennifer at sustainableballard.org
>> ~We need help the day of the tour 6/27.For a two hour commitment, you
>> get 4 hrs and a free ticket to go on the tour.
>> Please contact Ingela at sustainableballard.org
>> Thank you,
>> ~Ingela
>>
>> Ingela Wanerstrand
>> Garden & Natural Environment Guild Coordinator
>> Sustainable Ballard
>> ingela at sustainableballard.org
>>
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