Bioregionalism!

This list of questions is taken from the Department of Bioregions. I like thinking about where I live. I've picked a couple of questions to start learning more about the Louisville area.

What soil series are you standing on?

It's time to learn about some soil! Soil is a whole ecosystem made up of organic materials, minerals, living microorgansims, gases, and liquids. I love getting my hands dirty in my garden but I don't know much about the specific soil in my backyard. I do plan to get my soil tested through my local extenions office but in the mean time, I've being learning about my local soil through the USDA's Web Soil Survey.

50% Urban Land

25% Alfic Udarents

25% Crider

This is actually the state soil of Kentucky! The Natural Resources Conservation Society says this about Crider:

The Crider series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands. They formed in a loess mantle and the underlying residuum from limestone. Slopes range from 0 to 30 percent. Near the type location, the mean annual precipitation is 48 inches and the mean annual temperature is 57 degrees F.

USE AND VEGETATION:

Nearly all of the soil is used for growing crops and pasture. The chief crops are corn, small grains, soybeans, tobacco,and hay; truck crops are grown in a few places. The original vegetation was mixed hardwood forest, chiefly of oaks, maple, hickory, elm, ash, and hackberry.

What is the elevation above sea level where you live?

According to Wikipedia my neighborhood likely sits at around 540' above sea level.

How long is the growing season where you live?

The USDA says our frost-free period is between 172 and 204 days long.