December 11 Garden Claire

I worked on December 11 with Kehau, Gaby, Reina, Keoni, Maeflor, Tiana, Jorydnn, and Travis. Travis, Megan, Kehau, and I worked in Mrs. R's section of the garden by her trenches. We were weeding, but it was much difficult because we couldn't water the soil because they were putting piping along the side to keep the soil off the sidewalk. There was a lot of weeds in the trenches and surrounding the trenches, but I think we did a good job of getting them out. It was kind of difficult because there were plants in the trenches that looked like weeds, but luckily we didn't accidentally take out any of the good plants. The next group that works in Mrs. R's section should continue weeding the trenches and around the trenches and fence. 

I worked on December 13 with Reina, Raelynn, and a 8th grader. The garden had lots of weeds and a cane branch fell with many leaves. Our group weeded around the plants and I weeded around the cane as well. I also picked up the cane branch and tried to break it because it wouldn't fit in the garbage but we had to leave it by the garden because Mrs. Bentenquart said will deal with it when we come back. The next group should cut the sugar cane so it will fit in the trash, they also should weed more around the plants. Nothing is ready to be harvest but we should check on the new papaya tree when we get back from break.

I worked on December 11 with Claire, Megan, Gaby, Reina, Keoni, Travis, Kehau, Maeflor, and Jordynn. When i first got to the garden I noticed that there were lots of weeds especially around the plants. Jordynn, Reina and I weeded around the plants and the step stones We also picked up all the leafs around the cane. The next group should check on the papaya tress that maeflor and keoni planted and weed more. some plants look like they still need a little bit before harvesting.

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I worked on December 11 with Clarie, Kehau, Gaby, Reina, Keoni, Maeflor, Tiana, Jorydnn, and Travis. Travis, Kehau, Clarie and I worked in Mrs. R's section of the garden.  We sprinkled the soil with water just to moisten it up a bit. Then we started to take the weeds out. I then helped Mr. Spencer with putting in a piece of plastic boarder to keep the dirt in the garden. While we were in Mrs. Rs, Keoni and Maeflor, were planting papaya trees... I think. and the others were pulling weeds. At the end, we rinsed off all our equipment and put everything away. Once done with that, We pulled the dead sugar cane leaves from off the ground. After break, I think the next garden group needs to keep weeding and check on the papaya trees.

The date that I had worked was on Wednesday, October 27, 2013.  The observations that I had made before working was that there had been a lot of weeds that were needed to be pulled, and also the large amount of dead leaves on the cane grass.  The work that I had done individually was to clean the weeds that had been growing in the trenches that had been previously dug, and also taking the wheel barrow back and forth with dried cane grass that had been pulled.  I am not too sure on what my group had accomplished. The work that needs to be done by the next group is to pull the rest of the weeds around the growing plants, and to also maybe dig some more trenches that were only half way plowed to plant more plants.  With the harvest of some of the planted crops maybe we can use it grill it and make vegetarian kabobs.

My group worked on 12/9/13, or last Thursday. Some observations I made before I worked was the amount of weeds that were continuing to grow in the garden. It didn't seem like many groups before mine picked weeds. Individually, I picked weeds mainly around the where the plants were growing, and then I picked weeds were they were most abundant. My group accomplished in getting many weeds pulled around the plants, and all over our garden. The next group definitely needs to finish pulling weeds so we may continue with other things in the garden that need to be done. We should eat the harvest...duh.

Garden group

Yesterday me Clair, Megan, Keoni, Reina, Kahau, Tianna, Jordynn, Maeflor worked on the garden. Me Clair, Megan and Kahau worked in Mrs.Rs section and we pulled weeds around the tomato plant. Keoni and Maeflor I think planted some type of plant. And all the others pulled weeds and did other things. I know coach Robby help with keeping the dirt off the sidewalk. After everything happened we had to pick up sugar cane leaves and then we were done.
  

Garden Work on December 11

Yesterday, I worked with Claire, Megan, Travis, Keoni, Reina, Tiana, Jordynn and Maeflor in the garden. Claire, Megan and Travis were working on Mrs. R's section of the garden. Keoni and Maeflor were planting papaya trees...I think. Jordynn, Reina, Tiana and I were pulling out the weeds. Towards the end of the working session, everyone gathered the dead leaves of the sugar cane and cleared up that area. The next group should clear out the rest of the weeds that weren't pulled out by us. 

(Keoni and Megan posing in the garden)

GARDEN WORK

I HAVE WORKED ON DECEMBER 11, 2013. I HAVE WORKED WITH TRAVIS, KEONI, GABY, JORDYNN, MEGAN, CLAIRE, KEHAU, REINA, AND TIANA. I HAD DIGGED OUT SOME WEEDS. ALSO, KEONI AND I PLANTED SOME PAPAYAS. I SUGGEST THAT THE NEXT GROUP WOULD PULL SOME MORE WEEDS OUT AND TO WATER THE PAPAYAS.

I worked on Tuesday the 10th. I worked with Brannon. I initially saw that the entire garden was extremely overwhelmed with weeds. The ground was hard and rocky as well. Individually I picked out large amounts of weeds from areas close to crops. My group accomplished taking out almost all of the weeds close to the crops. I think the next group should take out the rest of the weeds and maybe loosen up the soil and plant plants. We should eat the harvest.

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Last week Friday I worked with David and Grant. The garden was overwhelmed by weeds and in only a short amount of time, we could could only weed a small portion.

Garden group

Today, during garden group I mainly focused on weeding around the plants on the right side of the garden. I was really suprised to see how many plants and vegetables had grown such as eggplants and squash. I think the next garden group should continue weeding because there is a lot more to do. 112/11/13

Date I worked: December 14, 2013. I worked with Mindy, Maurica, & Annabella. The observations I made before we started to work was that there were many dead leaves hanging off of the new grown plants. More weeds had grown around them. The work that I did individually was pulling the weeds out of the ground. I also helped clean up the dead leaves, threw a few mushrooms away, and helped carry the sugar cane into the wheelbarrow. Our group accomplished cleaning up the garden and throwing away the cane grass. The next group will probably do the same tasks that we did. With the harvest we can make food.

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Date I worked: December 9th, 2013

           Before I began working, I observed that the garden was very overgrown. The problem was not that the soil was bad. On the contrary, the soil must have been extremely good because the weeds that were growing were very lush and green. They were growing a lot particularly near the roots of the squash plants. If they had not been weeded out, it is possible that they could have grown over the squash vine and suffocated it.  I also noticed that the weeds seemed to grow around the stepping stones because the actual stone provided a good base for the root to take place. Some of the weeds had extremely sharp thorns protruding from the stem.  Individually in the garden, I weeded out the areas around the roots of the squash vines as well as the area around the squash vine itself. I also cleared the surrounding are of a stepping stone. In order to get all the roots of the weeds, I used a hand trowel. There is now a whole patch that I weeded out that now has no noticeable weeds. I was the only person in my group that worked today, so everything I accomplished is all my group accomplished. I think that the next group should continue to weed and complete the job. There is a lot more left to do and it can be accomplished if a few more groups work on it. The harvest could be used to make food. For example, the squash could be made into veggie pizza, squash soup, or even a type of squash pie like pumpkin pie. The seeds could be roasted and salted.



December 4, 2013

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The date that I had worked was on December 4, 2013.  The observations that I had made before I began working was the mass amount of weeds and dying leaves on both the ground and on the cane grass.  The work that I had did individually had been helping Ms. Betancourt to trim all of the tall sugar cane, break off some of the dead leaves, cut them into small pieces, and then place them all into the dumpster.  The work that the group had accomplished was cleaning off the cane grass and pulling out weeds from the ground along with dead leaves from some of the plants that had been growing.  I think that the next group should pull out a lot of the weeds that had been left behind.  With the harvest I think that we should use the sugar cane to make chao tom which is grilled shrimp paste on sugar cane its really good. 

Garden Group

I worked in December 6, 2013 with mostly Grant. Towards the end, Claire and Soraya came and helped with cleaning up. Before we started, me and Grant noticed Ms. Betancourt and the plot behind her's was covered in weeds. Grant and I quickly got to work and I basically pulled weeds with a garden hoe. The work we accomplished was help the clear up the weeds in Ms. Betancourt's garden plot so, in the future, grow more plants. We should use the harvest, if there is one, for the cafeteria to use in their cooking.