Winter planting

This week is the first week after winter break, meaning that we have to catch up on a lot of maintenance work from the past few weeks as well as preparing for the next growing season.  We began this week in class by outlining what new plants we will be growing in our beds. We did this by determining what amount of growing room we have and deciding what to grow there based on if our bed had been growing heavy feeders or givers.  After we determined what we will be growing where we went out to the farm to weed it and cut back growth to ensure that the path is clear. My personal bed had a large amount of bell beans growing over the path, so we cut them at the base to make it easier to walk by.  We also removed the potato plants because they were dead and we needed more room to grow new vegetables that are well suited for the winter. We also removed the weeds in the sections where we were going to grow new plants and from where we have plants that will continue to grow.  Essentially this week we have prepared to grow new plants in our bed suited for the winter. - Calvin