Water

Water today is an essential ingredient to life and has been for thousands of years. The Earth is made up of 71% water, mainly that being 96.5% of ocean water. Understanding Sustainable Agriculture, you will need to understand how to appropriately use water to help The Farm grow correctly and not accidentally drown the plants with too much water or incorrectly distribute it. The classes that work out on the farm are separated into groups to work on specific functions of The Farm, and one is the water irrigation group that monitors the water being distributed throughout the pipes and lines placed all around The Farm, mainly located on each of the beds. With the help of the water irrigation group they monitor the water distribution and fix any problems, like leaks, with the lines. But there won't always be a prefect distribution of water and it will be required to water your groups whole bed. However long your bed is, there is a way to distribute water evenly with measuring the amount of water you currently have by gallons and the area of the bed with surface feet. Plants within The Farm's beds should be with overall 10 gallons of water per day every 100 square feet. It should take around 2 minutes per day to supply enough water to your bed and also others if you feel like helping out there bed so there plants don't die as well. In this community though, Marin receives around 300 gallons of water, so the water must be disrupted properly so it's not wasted. To safe the limited amount of water supplied, conserving the beds is a great option. Do this by choosing drought resistant plants so you are taking care of plants that won't dry up very easily, and use close spacing to maintain shady microclimates for your plants, so they don't absorb too much sunlight. Following these steps with show you soon enough that it will help your beds properly grow healthy and nutritional plants. 

Kaiden Houghton