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  • Outdoor Farm, Indoor FarmLogin to Hold

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    Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

    Lindsay H. Metcalf

    Discover how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year in this vibrant, rhyming picture book.Outdoor farm, tractors toil.Indoor farm, zero soil.With energetic, enchanting verse and sunshiny, colorful illustrations, discover how the food you eat is grown both outside—and inside! Join two children as they explore the inner workings of an outdoor farm and an indoor farm. You’ll see how a variety of amazing machinery like tractors and drones along with innovative farming techniques yield the wonderful food we all love to enjoy.This book must be returned.
    Categories: Farming, Food, General Agriculture, Literacy Project Books, Plants, Science, Soils, Technology, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Gardening with Less WaterLogin to Hold

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    Gardening with Less Water

    David A. Bainbridge

    Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently — using up to 90 percent less water for the same results. With illustrated step-by-step instructions, David Bainbridge shows you how to install buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to a plant’s roots with little to no evaporation. These systems are available at hardware stores and garden centers; are easy to set up and use; and work for garden beds, container gardens, and trees.This book would be an excellent resource for 6th-12th grade educators looking to provide water conservation engineering challenges for their students.This book must be returned.
    Categories: Gardening, Soils, Washington County Library, Water
    Resource Type: Books, Instructional Units
  • SeedLogin to Hold

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    Seed, Soil, Sun

    Cris Peterson

    Seed. Soil. Sun. With these simple ingredients, nature creates our food. This beautifully written book by Cris Peterson, brings both wonder and clarity to the subject of agriculture, celebrating the cycle of growth, harvest, and renewal. The photography that conveys this story is a perfect fit for this story. The companion book to the Seed, Soil, Sun lesson plan and the Seed, Soil, Sun Kit. Please check the kit out separately.
    Categories: Gardening, Literacy Project Books, Plants, Science, Seeds, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Compost StewLogin to Hold

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    Compost Stew

    Mary McKenna Siddals

    Kids everywhere can help the environment! Not only is composting becoming more common in households and residential gardens, but many school gardens feature compost piles, too. But how do you start a compost pile? What’s safe to include? Perfect for an Earth Day focus or year-round reference, this inviting book provides all the answers for kids and families looking for simple, child-friendly ways to help the planet.
    Categories: Animals, Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Cycling Back to Nature: Soils Alive! — From Tiny Rocks to CompostLogin to Hold

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    Cycling Back to Nature: Soils Alive! — From Tiny Rocks to Compost

    Robert Horton

    This hands-on guide explores Mother Nature's development of soil and soil enhancements through composting.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, Soils
    Resource Type: Instructional Units
  • Diary of a WormLogin to Hold

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    Diary of a Worm

    Doreen Cronin

    This is the diary of a worm. This worm lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn't have legs, he just can't do the hokey pokey – no matter how hard he tries.This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Dirt - The Scoop on SoilLogin to Hold

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    Dirt – The Scoop on Soil

    Natalie M. Rosinsky

    Engage young readers in real science with this informative, fun, fact-filled book. This series is aligned with the standards, "The Earth" and "Forces of Nature" as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust BowlLogin to Hold

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    Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl

    Darcy Pattison

    When the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. For decades, he had studied the soils in every state, creating maps showing soil composition nationwide. He knew what should be grown in each area, and how to manage the land to conserve the soil. He knew what to do for weathering and erosion.To do that, he needed the government’s help. But how do you convince politicians that the soil needs help?Hugh Bennett knew what to do. He waited for the wind.This is the exciting story of a soil scientist confronting politicians to encourage them to pass a law to protect the land, the soil. When the U.S. Congress passed a law establishing the Soil Conservation Service, it was the first government agency in the world dedicated to protecting the land, to protecting the Earth.
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, History, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Vegetable GardenLogin to Hold

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    Vegetable Garden

    Douglas Florian

    Children are fascinated by watching plants grow, and in this colorful picture book even very young children can follow along with a family as they plant, tend, and harvest a vegetable garden. Follow along as the sun shines brightly, summer rain falls, and vegetables ripen! This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, General Agriculture, Plants, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Worms Eat Our Garbage - Teacher's GuideLogin to Hold

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    Worms Eat Our Garbage – Teacher’s Guide

    Mary Appelhof

    Activities for all grade levels, nicely supplement Mary Appelhof's book Worms Eat my Garbage. After completing the activities in this unit, the student will understand the physical characteristics of the earth worm, understand the behavior of the earthworm, understand the needs of the earthworm, understand the habitat of the earthworm, and understand the relationship of plant, mineral, and animal kingdoms to the earthworm. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Growing Vegetable soupLogin to Hold

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    Growing Vegetable soup

    Lois Ehlert

    "Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup." So begins Lois Ehlert's bright, bold picture book about vegetable gardening for the very young. The necessary tolls are pictured and labeled, as are the seeds (green bean, pea, corn, zucchini squash, and carrot). Then the real gardening happens...planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, shopping and cooking! In the end? "It was the best soup ever." Ehlert's simple, colorful cut-paper style illustrations are child-friendly, as is the big black type. A recipe for vegetable soup tops it all off! This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Farming, Food, Foods & Nutrition, Plants, Seeds, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Winnie FinnLogin to Hold

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    Winnie Finn, Worm Farmer

    Carol Brendler

    Winnie Finn is crazy about earthworms and knows everything about them. When spring arrives in Quincy County, all she can think about is the county fair coming up. This year, she would like nothing more than to win a prize for her worms so that she might buy a shiny new wagon for transporting them around. Trouble is, there's no prize at the fair for worms . . .
    Categories: Animals, Conservation & Natural Resources, Insects, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Wiggling Worms at WorkLogin to Hold

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    Wiggling Worms at Work

    Wendy Pfeffer

    Crawling through the dirt, worms are hard at work, helping plants to grow. Worms help the fruit and vegetables we eat by loosening the soil and feeding the plants. Read and find out about these wiggling wonders! This book pairs well with lessons on compost and soil health.
    Categories: Insects, Lifecycles, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big DifferenceLogin to Hold

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    One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

    Katie Smith Milway

    Inspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many. One Hen shows what happens when a little help makes a big difference. The final pages of One Hen explain the microloan system and include a list of relevant organizations for children to explore.
    Categories: Insects, Lifecycles, Science, Soils, Washington County Library
    Resource Type: Books
  • Our School GardenLogin to Hold

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    Our School Garden

    Rick Swann

    New city. New school. Michael is feeling all alone—until he discovers the school garden! There’s so many ways to learn, and so much work to do. Taste a leaf? Mmm, nice and tangy hot. Dig for bugs? “Roly-poly!” he yells. But the garden is much more than activities outdoors: making school garden stone soup, writing Found Poems and solving garden riddles, getting involved in community projects such as Harvest Day, food bank donations, and spring plant sales. Each season creates a new way to learn, explore and make friends. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Conservation & Natural Resources, Gardening, General Agriculture, Plants, Soils
    Resource Type: Books
  • Plant PlumbingLogin to Hold

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    Plant Plumbing

    Engage young readers in real science with this informative, fun, fact-filled book. Students learn how the different parts of plant function and how they all work together to grow higher and higher. This book needs to be returned. 
    Categories: Gardening, Plants, Seeds, Soils
    Resource Type: Books