During this week on the Sustainable Agriculture farm, all of the students teamed up and worked on some of the E beds, which are located behind the hoop house. With all of our efforts combined, we were able to finish four beds in one day. This included double digging, putting some compost on top, transplanting many different crops, and adding organic fertilizer to the bed.
We added many different plants to the farm that day, including lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, and spinach. All of these plants are classified as heavy feeders, which means the plants need a lot of nutrients from the ground to grow. Onions were already growing in one of the E beds, but it is a light feeder and will be able to grow well with these other plants. Peas were planted in one of the C beds along the fence, and those are classified as legumes, which help rebuild the soil and put nutrients back into the ground. The farmers have accounted for each plant and know that the next rotation for crops should be a light feeder or legume to allow the soil time to revitalize.
At the end of the period, all of the members of the Sustainable Agriculture Farm looked back on what we accomplished in just an hour and 20 minutes. All of them felt proud that together they were trying to create a more sustainable way to live.
Donald Ahn
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