On March 25, I worked only with Ms. Betancourt in pulling some weeds out of the garden. Before the work started, there were weeds almost the size of the papaya trees(the trees weren't really that big yet). After the 30 minutes was up, the bigger weeds were pulled out of the ground, and some of the weeds next to the papaya tree and tomato plants were pulled out. The work accomplished was just getting some of the weeds pulled out of the ground. The next group should focus on doing the same thing I did and/or work on the assigned tasks, like the vermiculture or the hydroponic gardening group. We will hopefully be able to use the harvest for future salads we can eat or give the crops to the cafeteria to use in lunches or salads there!

Garden Party

For 30 minutes, the vermaculture took out the worm castings by shoveling it into a bucket and removing any excess egg and avocado shells. Then we layered the last bin with wet shredded paper and food scraps and rotated the bins. Temperature: 55 degrees Celsius.

March 7, Garden Party

  On March 7th, I worked for 2 hours. The compost group and I worked on weeding the compost area. We also added water to the bins and stirred them. We added green shreds to the bins. After working on the compost area I helped clean up the sugar can area. Gaby and I worked on getting everything into the giant trash can in the back. I had to get into the trash can and stomp stuff down.

I worked on the 25th and 26th of February. Since Mrs. Betancourt was absent, I had to work alone. Nobody else showed up. I pretty much pulled out extra weeds and watered the garden. The following group should probably plant some more . We also need to put up the garden signs to indicate which plant is which. With the harvest, we should serve it to our class. We can pig out for 45 minutes. I also worked on March 7, 2014 during the "Garden Party." I weeded for about 6 seconds before i moved on to vermiculture. During the 30 minutes, we checked the temperature and put the compost in a separate bucket. I took scraps of paper, got it moist, and layered it on the bottom bin. The next time we work, we should finish layering the bin.

I worked on Friday March 7th. Some observations I made was that the garden was overwhelmed with weeds, the future flower bed was starting to be cleared out, and plants needed to be planted. Observations I made for the vermiculture bins were; the bins needed to be refilled with food and the top bin was ready for harvest. Individually in the garden I pulled weeds and helped with taking trash that was compiled. Individually in the vermiculture, I put the harvested castings in a bucket to be given to the garden, and I placed a layer of paper on the bottom bin. As a group in the garden we all pulled weeds, planted new seeds, managed the compost bins, and clear the space for the new flower bed. The next group definitely needs to pull weeds and try to plant more vegetables. With the harvest, we could make a salad, have a fruit salad(watermelon), or vegetable soup.

Garden, Group 4

Last Wednesday and Friday, I worked in the Garden. On Wednesday, I worked with David, Austin and Mindy. We pulled weeds the entire time and cleared out most of the big weeds. Celia also came by and helped us out with watering the garden. On Friday, it was the Garden Party and we pulled out the weeds and plants by the Compost bins. The area is now cleared. We also cleared the sugar cane area out a little. The next group should pull out the rest of the left over weeds and scraps from the cleared areas and get some crops planted. 

Garden group

I worked on March 5, 2014 with David, Mindy, and Gaby. Gaby and I worked in the garden for the entire time, but were joined by David and Mindy later on. We weeded the garden and got rid of most of the weeds in the far right section of the garden. We also started on removing some weeds from around the compost bin. The next group needs to keep on weeding, the garden and the compost bins, and water all the plants. The harvest should go towards a garden party where we actually eat food that we had all planted and now harvested.

I had worked on March 5, 2014.  First I had worked with David in Ms. Betancourt's classroom on the hyrdoponic garden, planting some of the seens that we could into the softened soil.  Then we worked in the garden to help pull out the weeds with Austin and Gaby.  The reason for doing this noticing that there had been mold beginning to form in the old hydroponic garden, and that there had been many weeds that had formed over winter break. The next work that needs to be done in the next group is cleaning out the rest off the weeds. With the harvest we should create a salad and serve it during lunch who had helped participate in the success.  

I worked with Mindy first with our hydroponic garden, then with Austin and Gaby for the last minutes in the garden on March 5th, 2014. Mindy and I worked on the hydroponic garden, which was cleaned out earlier that day. We basically separated the dirt pots and got rid of the dirt that was useless in growing seeds in. After we finished, we helped Austin and Gaby with some of the weeding in the right side of the garden. All four of us weeded the garden. We accomplished cleaning out the garden, making it clearer than before. I believe the next group should complete weeding out the entire garden. When we do have a harvest, we should the food for the cafeteria because they will be able to serve healthier options during lunch

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