Dirt

33 min • 4 maj 2021

A wiser man than me once said “worms make the dirt and the first makes the Earth.” And that’s true. Join us as we learn about the stuff everything on earth walks, sits, and poops on all day, every day! Thanks, dirt!

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Desert of Maine

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/travel/escapes/22down.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-desert-of-maine-freeport-maine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/why-desert-middle-maine-180951555/

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/maine/articles/the-true-story-of-how-maine-got-its-desert/

Panic grass in geothermal dirt

https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2009/10/all-for-one-and-one-for-all.html