About Colin McCombs

Hello my name is Colin McCombs, and I have lived in San Jose California all my life. My parents lived in Michigan through their child hood and moved here for better job opportunities after they graduated from Michigan State University, and all of my moms and dads family still lives in Michigan or Kansas.

Ever since I was a kid I have had a garden in my backyard filled with fruits and vegetables. My parents every year would always make me help them set up the garden and plant the seeds. We would always plant lettuce, many different kinds of tomatoes, strawberries, flowers, basil, and many other herbs. I don't have very much experience with farming but when ever my family and I would go back to Michigan we would help my grandpa plant and harvest his crops from the spring and summer. I really have no knowledge of cooking things from scrap besides cereal, waffles, pancakes, and eggs. Although, my parents are trying to get me the knowledge and help me to learn the recipes to our homemade meals so I can cook for my self and others when I grow up.

Comments

Blog Post #8- A Matter of Selection (Colin McCombs)

W hile studying our Brassica oleracea plants in the WGHS GOLD Main Garden me and my team discovered and observed a lot about the plants. We found that the shape size and texture of the different plants varied in the garden the most. Some of the plants had smooth thick ruffled leaves, some had hairy ruffled leaves ,and some had hairy flat leaves. All of the leaves also varied in size along with texture and collected this data by observing and taking measurements from the Brassica oleracea in the garden. This is a picture of the plant #1 leaf. From the picture you can see that this leaf is very smooth and thick and doesn't have any hairs or spines. It is a lighter green color with a blue hue and is very ruffled especially around the plant leaves edges. We measured the length of this leaf and it came in at 13.3 cm which is bigger than some of the plants but not as big as the ones you will see later. This is a picture of the plant #2 leaf. This leaf is very ...

Blog Post #5 - Kevin West's Seed Story (By Matthew Guerrero)

For our project, I interviewed my friend Kevin West (he's very handsome). He talked about his experiences that he went through while working on his Story of the Seed and all the thoughts that he had on the project. I first asked him what he had learned about while working on The Story of the Seed. Kevin learned about the biochemical cycles and how they applied to the plant in the garden. He then when on to say that he started to understand all the materials needed to keep a plant healthy and grow sufficiently. Then, I asked about the most surprising or amazing things he encountered. It amazed Kevin at which the speed their plant grew, he had expected his plant to take a very long time to grow but instead his plant grew somewhat fast. It also surprised him how much time and effort went into growing a plant. The next thing I asked Kevin was about the funniest things he saw, and while there wasn't a lot that he found funny he sti...

Blog Post #6

1) My groups plant has been getting larger and growing over the course of the past few months. It has been preforming the process of photosynthesis to add biomass and the amount of resources available to the plant. Photosynthesis is one of the main ways a plant comes to thrive in it's environment, this is when plants take sunlight to convert CO2 into O2 and high energy sugar. Despite the fact that it's winter right now and the sun isn't out as much, our plants have still been able to take the available light energy and use it in photosynthesis. Another big process that is occurring to allow our plants to grow is known as Mitosis. Mitosis is the replication and division of cells inside a living organism to allow that organism to grow and stay healthy. Mitosis is also vital to allowing space for new cells to take up a spot in the organism, as the organisms grow and mature they'll need more cells to keep up with the rapid advances in size and functions. This is made especi...

The Story of The Seed

Search This Blog