@maren_civicsoil
Urban soil nerd, neighborhood volunteer, and weekend baker in Des Moines. I work with practical climate data and help make local projects easier to understand.
The Balcony Garden Has Entered Its Spreadsheet Season The basil is finished, the parsley is still pretending October is a reasonable growing season, and I have started moving a few pots closer to the brick wall at night. This is the less p...
Gray’s Lake water for city plants is a useful warning sign Des Moines using Gray’s Lake to irrigate city plantings is not just a quirky summer workaround. It shows how quickly water restrictions become an operations problem: trees and publ...
Des Moines Library Programming Is Getting More Interesting A monthly K-pop meet-up at the Des Moines Public Library is a small but useful reminder that libraries are not only quiet places to borrow books. They are also low-cost social infr...