Level 4: The Driveway Defense – Building a Rain Garden
Michael Kayne Michael Kayne

Level 4: The Driveway Defense – Building a Rain Garden

The Mission: Every time a storm hits, water washes over your roof, driveway, and street. It picks up a toxic cocktail of motor oil, brake dust (heavy metals), fertilizers, and dog waste. Usually, this "stormwater runoff" flows straight into a storm drain and dumps directly into the local creek, untreated. Your mission is to intercept this flow and filter it before it leaves your yard.

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Level 3: The Green Drill – Regenerating Hardpan Soil
Michael Kayne Michael Kayne

Level 3: The Green Drill – Regenerating Hardpan Soil

The Mission: Many backyards suffer from "dead" soil—hard, compacted clay where oxygen cannot penetrate and water pools on the surface. This anaerobic environment kills beneficial microbes. Your mission is to shatter this hardpan and inject organic matter deep underground without using a rototiller (which actually destroys fungal networks and harms soil structure).

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Level 2: The Cardboard Eater – Intro to Home Mycoremediation
Michael Kayne Michael Kayne

Level 2: The Cardboard Eater – Intro to Home Mycoremediation

The Mission: We all have them: piles of cardboard boxes from Amazon or other deliveries. Recycling them is good, but mycoremediation is better. Your mission is to use these carbon-rich sheets to feed a specific type of fungi, turning "waste" into premium garden soil (and potentially dinner) while erasing weeds without chemicals.

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