Pebblekeeper

We were at the beach a while back, and saw a sight similar to this one –

The water coming in is forming a lake/pond/puddle where there was none, but it is not growing, the water there in the outlet just sinks into the sand. The question(s) Jon asked is:

“What makes the water stay in Devil’s Lake?”
“How does the lake stay full?”
and “How are lakes formed?”

I had looked up quite a few resources for a Lake Unit Study – but none of them seemed to answer his questions. They want us to know what is in the Lake – but not specifics.

This past week – God seemed to want to answer the last question – “How are Lakes Formed?” which I showed you a couple of posts ago – here : https://pebblekeeper.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/winter-forest-walkflood-style/

If you have facebook, my neighbor, JoDana, posted a video – we are in it – of the flooding on her property – http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1531786935984

We clearly saw that with one night of rain – rivers could form, topsoil and gravel stripped away, lakes formed, Basements Flooded, Roads gone, etc etc.  6 inches of rain – can do quite a bit to an already soggy coast.

We are working on a few soil experiments that are answering how water is held by the earth – and I will post them as we do them, instead of making this post REALLY long.

Do you have any favorite soil experiments?  Do you test your garden soil? Do you know what sort of loam is in your yard? Share with me! (And um, Jon, cause – ya know, it is his question)