Watershed Magazine
A watershed is an entire region or system draining into a river, lake or other terminus. Watersheds contain a structure of life, and many things within a watershed are related to one another. In this art project, we addressed different information on watersheds, and in a group of three made a magazine with all of the information. These magazines contained helpful articles about a variety of things as well as different art forms such as drawings and watercolors.
In this project, we made a infographic that related to a certain type of person and how they affected the watershed. I chose to evaluate how farmers effect the watersheds around us:
In this project, we made a infographic that related to a certain type of person and how they affected the watershed. I chose to evaluate how farmers effect the watersheds around us:
When doing this project, I went out to a lagoon to take some pictures. Here are a few of the pictures that I took:
While making the magazine, we also needed some text to go in it. In order to make a page, I conducted an interview about the agriculture and watersheds. Here in the transcript of that interview:
From Garden to Kitchen
Frank Boensch the fifth is an experienced gardener who has lived from coast to coast experiencing different weather conditions. He grows a variety of plants including a collection of over 50 bonsai, a variety of fruit and vegetables, and dozens of trees. His opinion is important because he represents an everyday gardener, not big corporations. He also manages to grow these plants while also living an everyday normal life. There is also a discussion about the effect of rising water prices and changing climate.
I’ll start off with some basic questions about your background. When did you begin planting and growing plants and why?
“About 25 years ago or so. When I first bought a house and started gardening, and growing plants and doing bonsai.”
So what do you enjoy about gardening and why do you do it?
“I like having the fresh grown vegetables and I enjoy seeing things grow. I like shaping the growth. It adds to the environment and the beautiful surroundings and makes the yard look nice.”
Has experience in anyway make you a better gardener?
“Ya, I know more about how much to water and what to plant and what not to plant and things like that.”
So you said how much you water, you’ve learned more about that, can you elaborate on that maybe how different plants need different amounts of water and how you learned that?
“Well, in the course of planting and reading about different plants you learn certain plants use less water and also learn about drainage and how certain soils drain better than other soils and some certain soils will retain water and how you can use supplements in soil to retain the water.”
So when the water drains from the soil does it just go down deeper into the ground or what does happen?
“Well it depends on if your plants are in pots or in the ground. If they are in the ground, they go deeper into the ground, which is good because it doesn't dry out so fast. If it’s in the ground the plants like it because the soil retains the water more because if it is in a pot it evaporates faster and it is heated faster because the sun is hitting the pot. Also the water goes back down into the water table so you can reuse the water and if you pump it out of the water table and things like that it replenishes the water table that is in the ground”
Can you elaborate on your understanding of the water table, like what is a water table in general?
“The water table is what's in the ground. When farmers pump water out of the ground, they draw it out of the water table. And when you pump too much water out of the water table without it being replenished then there is no water to pump out of the ground, so the farmers don’t have any water. Some municipalities use pumps to pump water from the water table to bring to their water treatment plant. So if their is no water for the water table, there is no water for the municipalities to pump up to provide water for residential use either.”
From Garden to Kitchen
Frank Boensch the fifth is an experienced gardener who has lived from coast to coast experiencing different weather conditions. He grows a variety of plants including a collection of over 50 bonsai, a variety of fruit and vegetables, and dozens of trees. His opinion is important because he represents an everyday gardener, not big corporations. He also manages to grow these plants while also living an everyday normal life. There is also a discussion about the effect of rising water prices and changing climate.
I’ll start off with some basic questions about your background. When did you begin planting and growing plants and why?
“About 25 years ago or so. When I first bought a house and started gardening, and growing plants and doing bonsai.”
So what do you enjoy about gardening and why do you do it?
“I like having the fresh grown vegetables and I enjoy seeing things grow. I like shaping the growth. It adds to the environment and the beautiful surroundings and makes the yard look nice.”
Has experience in anyway make you a better gardener?
“Ya, I know more about how much to water and what to plant and what not to plant and things like that.”
So you said how much you water, you’ve learned more about that, can you elaborate on that maybe how different plants need different amounts of water and how you learned that?
“Well, in the course of planting and reading about different plants you learn certain plants use less water and also learn about drainage and how certain soils drain better than other soils and some certain soils will retain water and how you can use supplements in soil to retain the water.”
So when the water drains from the soil does it just go down deeper into the ground or what does happen?
“Well it depends on if your plants are in pots or in the ground. If they are in the ground, they go deeper into the ground, which is good because it doesn't dry out so fast. If it’s in the ground the plants like it because the soil retains the water more because if it is in a pot it evaporates faster and it is heated faster because the sun is hitting the pot. Also the water goes back down into the water table so you can reuse the water and if you pump it out of the water table and things like that it replenishes the water table that is in the ground”
Can you elaborate on your understanding of the water table, like what is a water table in general?
“The water table is what's in the ground. When farmers pump water out of the ground, they draw it out of the water table. And when you pump too much water out of the water table without it being replenished then there is no water to pump out of the ground, so the farmers don’t have any water. Some municipalities use pumps to pump water from the water table to bring to their water treatment plant. So if their is no water for the water table, there is no water for the municipalities to pump up to provide water for residential use either.”