Important Times

Students were introduced to the One Bed Fall Project earlier this week, the most important assignment of this semester. For the entire year students have had 60 square feet of farm assigned to them, along with three other students, in which they have been growing crops. For this project students have been asked to create a compilation of all the work they have done thus far and create a powerpoint with it. Through this project students are supposed to cover aspects such as: what they have planted, how much they have harvested (in pounds and calories), what their inputs have been in respect to fertilizer, water, and labor, and other important areas of discussion. In the Sustainable Agriculture Farm students are not only growing crops, we are also growing soil. To reflect the importance of maintaining healthy soil students have been asked to report the Nitrogen, Potassium, and Phosphorus levels in their soil, along with their soil type. In my bed the soil type is Sandy Loam, which is good to have as we are striving to have Loam, the healthiest soil type. Lastly students are asked to discuss the future of their one beds in respect to what they are planting and the yields they expect to receive. Students have been working very hard on this project (as seen by the pictures attached) and everyone can't wait to hear how everyone's bed is doing.

-Alex Diaz