Jim Bruner 10/8/23 Jim Bruner 10/8/23

The Age of Steel - Part 1

For the past six years I have relied on cedar pickets to keep animals and livestock out of the gardens. All that is changing with the switch to steel fencing.

10/5/23 10/5/23

Hopes and Dreams

A quick recounting of how post COVID my summer camp kids gve me the confidence to dream big again.

9/25/23 9/25/23

Nuisance and Willful Animals

What happened to all the leaves on my glorious sweet potato vines and why are there eight eggs in that raised bed? Find out here.

9/24/23 9/24/23

Multi-Modal Transportation and Energy

I attended a presentation on thje future of mult-modal transportation, I decided to do an audit at Mezzacello as well.

9/22/23 9/22/23

We'll Keep a Light On for You

In this blog post we begin to document the strategies for bringing light for afterschool and evening programming

9/16/23 9/16/23

History Repeats and the Line is a Circle

Why does history repeat? And is that a bad thing? An essay in redemption and growing. All lines are circles after all.

9/15/23 9/15/23

Mezzacello After Dark

A brief tour of Mezzacello after dark after a visit from the Girl Scouts to explore STEM Careers on an urban farm.

9/14/23 9/14/23

The Waste Water Cycle at Mezzacello

This is a blog post about the water cycle at Mezzacello. The many ways I collect, purify and reuse water on my urban farm.

9/11/23 9/11/23

Summer Camp Infrastructure and TheoDoor

A blogpost about making fine engineers with the help of Columbus City Parks and Recreation.

9/11/23 9/11/23

BioEngineering From The Eyes of a Child

This was a surprise gift fro one of my bioengineering summer camp kids. It made me very proud of my impact this summer.

8/29/23 8/29/23

A River Ran Through It; Alum Creek, Kerr Mill, and a Farmhouse

This house will be 155 years old this year. A quick history of the house and the land around it.

8/27/23 8/27/23

From Data to Compost to Life

We take data very seriously at Mezzacello. This is a blog post about how surveys become part of the compost. This paper contains accelerant.

8/20/23 8/20/23

Engineering With Orb Weaving Spiders

I almost ran into this one meter wide orb weaver spider's web this morning. I was annoyed, and amazed! Life on a farm.

8/19/23 8/19/23

BioEngineering Summer Camp 2023 Guest Blogs

These are two guest blogs written by middle school brothers for my last bioengineering summer camp. Their drawings!

8/19/23 8/19/23

Heat, Water, and Built In Systems at Mezzacello

I decided to cover how I teach summer camps around water management, recycling, and purification.

7/23/23 7/23/23

Sustainability and Renewables on an Urban Technology Farm

I presented to the Global Innovation Field Trip this Saturday, 7/22/2023. I created a new equation.

7/8/23 7/8/23

Creating Unique Fertilizers From Scratch

This is an introduction to the various types and styles of fertilizers and compost that are created at Mezzacello.

7/2/23 7/2/23

Building Out The BioLab at Mezzacello

A quick update on the status of the biolab at Mezzacello. The building 4 facility for all lifescience and microscopy.

6/23/23 6/23/23

Expanding the Growing Area of Mezzacello 2023

This is a post detailing the construction of 16 new raised bads at Mezzacello and I how I did it and why!

6/1/23 6/1/23

USDA Zones vs EcoRegions

The USDA Hardiness zones are broad approximations of climate and weather reality. The truth is more complex.