During the week in sustainable agriculture Mr Stewart told us that we were going to be having a "pop quiz". Whenever I hear the words pop quiz I think oh no, but this time it wasn't all that bad, it was also the start to our class beds. All the groups had to double dig ⅓ of a bed using or knowledge from what we read in the textbook. After all the double digging and the fertilizer was added we planted our crops. In my group we decided to plant broccoli, beets, fava beans, garlic, potatoes, lettuce, sweet peas and latter on we added some arugula. I learned that it is essential to water your plants for a couple weeks right after you plant them. And also to make sure the roots are buried almost all the way to the first leaf. I also learned that not all of the crops we planted would make it, they might have wilted or got eaten by pesticides.
—Kate B.
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