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feeheeheeny · 10-28-2015, 03:42 AM

Once her index card was updated, Soph fearlessly stuck her other hand back into the compost, gently pushing aside the layers to reveal more of what was underneath. Since the items hadn't decomposed yet, it was pretty easy to identify the next layers in there. Of course, the layer of shredded paper she revealed was all wet and kind of gross there, so much so that she thought it looked like a weird layer of white liquid at first as it must have gotten sprinkled with water at some point in the compost-making process, but she soon realized what it actually was. Juuuust some torn-up paper.

Directly under that, there were apple cores turning brown, also an easy enough component to identify. So far, whoever had made this compost had done a good job, hadn't they? The alternation of wet and dry materials was spot-on and, after she did a quick debating of nitrogen versus carbon in her head, she realized the ratio there was still pretty even, too. Niiiice.

Gently nudging the apple cores aside, Soph peeked under them to spy which material was just above the soil - twigs, not straws like she had used for her own compost. She was sure that was still a carbon-heavy thing for the nutrient part, though, so she went ahead to write all her findings down.

Text Cut: Card

There WAS a super even amount of nitrogen and carbon in this compost, wasn't there? Three nitrogen-heavy materials, three carbon-heavy materials. Unless she'd identified the materials wrong, which... was definitely a possibility since she'd been making her best estimated guess, so she tried to sound not 100 percent certain when she wrote her analysis of the compost at the bottom of her card. Just leaving some room for potential error so Myers wouldn't think she was an idiot if she'd stated something as fact.

Juuuust covering her tracks.

10-28-2015, 03:42 AM	#88 (permalink)
feeheeheeny Mod Babysitter Dwarf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: #8000FF Posts: 35,308 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia "Mia" Adair Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Leigh Upstead Hufflepuff Fifth Year x11	Herbology Homework 1 - Post #3 be curious, not judgmental Once her index card was updated, Soph fearlessly stuck her other hand back into the compost, gently pushing aside the layers to reveal more of what was underneath. Since the items hadn't decomposed yet, it was pretty easy to identify the next layers in there. Of course, the layer of shredded paper she revealed was all wet and kind of gross there, so much so that she thought it looked like a weird layer of white liquid at first as it must have gotten sprinkled with water at some point in the compost-making process, but she soon realized what it actually was. Juuuust some torn-up paper. Directly under that, there were apple cores turning brown, also an easy enough component to identify. So far, whoever had made this compost had done a good job, hadn't they? The alternation of wet and dry materials was spot-on and, after she did a quick debating of nitrogen versus carbon in her head, she realized the ratio there was still pretty even, too. Niiiice. Gently nudging the apple cores aside, Soph peeked under them to spy which material was just above the soil - twigs, not straws like she had used for her own compost. She was sure that was still a carbon-heavy thing for the nutrient part, though, so she went ahead to write all her findings down. Text Cut: Card Name: Sophie Brown House: Ravenclaw Year: Seventh Compost Contents: Abraxan manure (Nitrogen) Grass clippings (Nitrogen) Corn cobs (Carbon) Shredded paper (Carbon) Apple cores (Nitrogen) Twigs (Carbon) Soil - This compost has a pretty even ratio of carbon to nitrogen materials. There WAS a super even amount of nitrogen and carbon in this compost, wasn't there? Three nitrogen-heavy materials, three carbon-heavy materials. Unless she'd identified the materials wrong, which... was definitely a possibility since she'd been making her best estimated guess, so she tried to sound not 100 percent certain when she wrote her analysis of the compost at the bottom of her card. Just leaving some room for potential error so Myers wouldn't think she was an idiot if she'd stated something as fact. Juuuust covering her tracks. __________________