The Rest of the Farm

This week in the farm we took a break from working on our individual beds and worked on the rest of the farm. The majority of the class worked on aerating the soil and weeding the beds to keep the already established crops growing while others re-established paths.

We used tools such as a U-bar to aerate the soil to allow the crops to gain as much water and nutrients as possible. Within the bed we hand weeded to ensure we were not damaging the crops. Any loose leaves left behind from weeding were left in the bed to decompose, further enriching the soil with nutrients. Around the beds we mainly weeded large amounts of bermuda grass with sickles to clean up the beds and make room for path restoration.

A small amount of students who were not assigned to restoring the beds were in charge of restoring the paths. Cardboard from bike boxes was recycled to lay down as a base layer on the paths to make them more sturdy and cover wet spots. The cardboard was then covered with wood chips to make the pathways even more sturdy.  Our individual beds are doing great and the rest of the farm is on its way as well.

Reyn R