Today we set up an ecocolumn that had three sections. The tertiary was composed of pond water, a tadpole, snail, leech, algae, and a fern type water plant. The decomposer section consisted of a bottom layer of leaves, grass clippings, cedar mulch, a banana peel, mushroom and lettuce. The soil had a great deal of mulch mixec in with black humus and clay. Plants were diversified to include a gum seedling, oak seedling, grasses, and weeds. A spider and grasshopper were moved into this top floor condominium.
It is our wish that all of the living organisms will thrive in this environment. Will the tadople have enough food to eat and oxygen to survive? He seemed frantic when we put him in the ecocolumn. Will the stress of the new environment be too much for him?
Will fruit flys hatch to provide food for the spider and grasshopper. We will watch carefully for two weeks and report daily.
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