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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.