Trip To the Marsh

This week we were forced to spend most of our time in the classroom due to poor air quality and lack of days due to school being cancelled on Friday. However the main focus of this week and the week before was companions on the Farm and how they interact with the plants growing on the soil and whether they are a pest or a beneficiary. To examine further the companion plants and animals in out local ecosystem the class took a short walk to the march on the east end of the school campus. Once at the march we observed the different plants and animals we saw and how many there was. We saw many different types of birds such as ducks and crows as wells as many plant species that were both invasive and native. This experience was very good for the class to understand how our farm should run like it would naturally without human interaction. We examined the similarities and differences between out fram and the local ecosystem and pointed out possibilities to improve the farm. - Cole