Colby Moorberg
@colbydigssoil.bsky.social
Husband, dad, soil and wetland scientist, academic, bike commuter, advocate for open textbooks and active transport, sports fan, and sourdough baker
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You heard it here, folks. LinkedIn says so.
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You heard it here, folks. LinkedIn says so.
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Every mention of Beri Weiss in the news makes me think of this beer first, and I want to keep it that way. It's not a great beer, but it's better than the news. #BeriWeiss #BerryWeiss #Leinenkugels
October 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Every mention of Beri Weiss in the news makes me think of this beer first, and I want to keep it that way. It's not a great beer, but it's better than the news. #BeriWeiss #BerryWeiss #Leinenkugels
If anyone wants to join me in calling out NPR for victim blaming in this story, this is at the bottom of the article.
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If anyone wants to join me in calling out NPR for victim blaming in this story, this is at the bottom of the article.
The r/soil subreddit has a crazy number of posts of people using a jar test to determine what their soil texture is. I wonder why laypeople go with that test instead of just doing texture by feel. It's not difficult. I don't get it.
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The r/soil subreddit has a crazy number of posts of people using a jar test to determine what their soil texture is. I wonder why laypeople go with that test instead of just doing texture by feel. It's not difficult. I don't get it.
My kid told his mom, "If Dad can bike to work in the rain then I can bike to school in the rain." #ProudDad #CommuteByBike
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My kid told his mom, "If Dad can bike to work in the rain then I can bike to school in the rain." #ProudDad #CommuteByBike
The Kansas Forest Service (not on Bluesky) has a calery pear (Bradford pear) buyback event on Oct. 4. See details from their email below. Their callery website is www.kansasforests.org/forest_healt...
September 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Kansas Forest Service (not on Bluesky) has a calery pear (Bradford pear) buyback event on Oct. 4. See details from their email below. Their callery website is www.kansasforests.org/forest_healt...
I followed a Bobcat skid loader while commuting on my @surlybikes.bsky.social Skid Loader this morning. #CommuteByBike
September 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I followed a Bobcat skid loader while commuting on my @surlybikes.bsky.social Skid Loader this morning. #CommuteByBike
We held our first #Agron635 Soil & Water Conservation lab field trip today. The students measured ground cover and slope. They will be developing a conservation plan for this farm. I spotted a wolf spider carrying an egg sack in freshly cut hay and a velvet ant as I was hiking between the groups
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We held our first #Agron635 Soil & Water Conservation lab field trip today. The students measured ground cover and slope. They will be developing a conservation plan for this farm. I spotted a wolf spider carrying an egg sack in freshly cut hay and a velvet ant as I was hiking between the groups
We saw the Budweiser Clydesdales tonight during our Final Friday #CriticalMass ride with #BikeWalkMHK.
August 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We saw the Budweiser Clydesdales tonight during our Final Friday #CriticalMass ride with #BikeWalkMHK.
Today is my 21st first day of college and my 34th first day of school!
August 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today is my 21st first day of college and my 34th first day of school!
I got this little ripper all tuned up and ready for the school year.
August 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I got this little ripper all tuned up and ready for the school year.
After waiting for parts for a week, I'm finally back to commuting on my Surly Skid Loader! I got it serviced last week and got a new chain. The bike shop didn't have the right brake pads in stock, and it turned out my favorite gears on the cassette were worn out so the new chain was slipping.
August 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
After waiting for parts for a week, I'm finally back to commuting on my Surly Skid Loader! I got it serviced last week and got a new chain. The bike shop didn't have the right brake pads in stock, and it turned out my favorite gears on the cassette were worn out so the new chain was slipping.
I'm Colby. I'm in Manhattan, Kansas and study wetland soils (yes, we have wetlands in Kansas!). I also write open textbooks for college level soil science courses and coach the K-State Soil Judging Team.
August 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm Colby. I'm in Manhattan, Kansas and study wetland soils (yes, we have wetlands in Kansas!). I also write open textbooks for college level soil science courses and coach the K-State Soil Judging Team.
I took my eBike to get its 1-yr service at Ottawa (Kansas) Bike & Trail and brought my gravel bike to ride the Prairie Spirit Trail to Garnett and back - 50 miles round trip. I snapped some obligatory bridge pics and a caboose pic! I've never seen so many lizards and velvet ants on a bike trail!
August 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I took my eBike to get its 1-yr service at Ottawa (Kansas) Bike & Trail and brought my gravel bike to ride the Prairie Spirit Trail to Garnett and back - 50 miles round trip. I snapped some obligatory bridge pics and a caboose pic! I've never seen so many lizards and velvet ants on a bike trail!
My barbershop's dog, Buck is sporting a new, blue Mohawk and is looking rad as ever.
August 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My barbershop's dog, Buck is sporting a new, blue Mohawk and is looking rad as ever.
Almost 4 years ago I switched from canned shaving cream and disposable razors to a safety razor, shaving soap and cup, and a shaving brush. I bought a 3-pack of Arko shaving soap. Today I just opened up my second shaving soap. I've saved a ton of money and produced much less trash.
August 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Almost 4 years ago I switched from canned shaving cream and disposable razors to a safety razor, shaving soap and cup, and a shaving brush. I bought a 3-pack of Arko shaving soap. Today I just opened up my second shaving soap. I've saved a ton of money and produced much less trash.
311's breakthrough album is 30 years old this year. Thanks, YouTube Music. My students already remind me enough that I'm old. Also, when will FM radio be dominated with millennial music like it was dominated with 60s-80s music when I was a kid?
July 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
311's breakthrough album is 30 years old this year. Thanks, YouTube Music. My students already remind me enough that I'm old. Also, when will FM radio be dominated with millennial music like it was dominated with 60s-80s music when I was a kid?
I added a new decoration to my office today.
July 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I added a new decoration to my office today.
We stopped at the Bidwell fountain at the KSU Gardens on our ride and I told everyone about OW Bidwell, a pedologist and the first soil judging coach at KSU who donated the fountain to the gardens.
July 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We stopped at the Bidwell fountain at the KSU Gardens on our ride and I told everyone about OW Bidwell, a pedologist and the first soil judging coach at KSU who donated the fountain to the gardens.
We rode on the BikeWalkMHK Final Friday Critical Mass Ride today with both of our eBikes. I rode my bike wearing Birkenstocks for the first time, and they might be my favorite biking footwear now! This video is from the ride home.
July 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We rode on the BikeWalkMHK Final Friday Critical Mass Ride today with both of our eBikes. I rode my bike wearing Birkenstocks for the first time, and they might be my favorite biking footwear now! This video is from the ride home.
I also found the Iowa Conservation soil tunnel just east of Loon Lake during our Day 2 ride. I had to stop and talk shop for a bit.
July 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I also found the Iowa Conservation soil tunnel just east of Loon Lake during our Day 2 ride. I had to stop and talk shop for a bit.
On Day 2 of RAGBRAI we rode from Milford to my hometown of Estherville. We rode 42 miles and 2442 ft of climb, and we rode the gravel segment while we were in Minnesota.
July 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
On Day 2 of RAGBRAI we rode from Milford to my hometown of Estherville. We rode 42 miles and 2442 ft of climb, and we rode the gravel segment while we were in Minnesota.
Day 1 of RAGBRAI is in the books! We rode 64 miles with 3724 ft of climb and a 10 mph headwind out of the east all day, but it was cloudy and cool. Overall, it was a great day to be on a bike!
July 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Day 1 of RAGBRAI is in the books! We rode 64 miles with 3724 ft of climb and a 10 mph headwind out of the east all day, but it was cloudy and cool. Overall, it was a great day to be on a bike!