New Planting

Nick Welch 9/11/19

This past week we had our first harvest of the 2019-2020 school year. It turned out to be a huge success! These weren't planted by our class of students but rather the ones from last year. The crops grew over the summer break so there was plenty to harvest. Now that our first market is over we have started aerating and fertilizing our beds. We first pulled out of the plants that had just been harvested that couldn't produce any more product. We pulled most of the plants from my bed A10. We left a big celery plant and a few mint leaves here and there. Our bed alone harvested 5.5 pounds of tomatoes for the last market so we are starting with a relatively clean bed. Today, we started aerating the soil with broadforks. The soil was very hard to mix around but after a good effort, we got the job done. My group and I then sprinkled fertilizer and compost across the bed. Tomorrow is the day we are planting our potatoes, onions, beets and fava beans seeds. We also are planting a basil plant. All of the groups can choose something different to plant but those five seem to be the most common ones. Overall I am very excited to go through the full process of planting and harvesting our crops. The picture shows the crops before they are about to be sold at the market.