10/26

This week our activities included pulling weeds and watering. 

My last remaining collard plant is doing well. It looks healthy and is growing every week. 

I was excited to see an eggplant beginning to grow from the flower. This is my first eggplant and I can't wait to see the rest grow.

My pepper has also gotten bigger and seems like it is almost ready to be harvested. 

My only remaining tomato plant is still alive and healthy! There is even a little tomato starting to grow.

The beans are also alive and healthy. There are many flowers on the plants and there are even some very small beans forming.

Lastly, my broccoli, cauliflower, and radishes are all still alive. I'm hoping to see them grow a lot in the next few weeks.

10/19

We began class this week by checking 

on our plants and weeding our gardens. I was happy to find 2 small pepper, flowers on my tomatoes and eggplants, and taller bean sprouts. After weeding, we planted 3 broccoli, 3 cauliflower, and 2 radishes. We then added manure to the soul and watered our whole garden. 

10/12

Today we began class by removing all of the weeds from our gardens. My bed had quite a few weeds but I was careful to remove all of them to allow more water and nutrients to get to my plants. After the weeds were removed, I planted 2 sunflowers in my garden and watered all of the plants. After watering, we sprayed all of the leaves in our garden with BT. 

My bean plants were growing nicely and seem to be healthy.

New sunflower plants

Cilantro surprisingly still alive

Bell pepper staring to grow

My one healthy collard plant left 

9/21/15

In this weeks class, we began by checking our plants to see if any pests had visited or any of the plants died. 

This collard plant had a few dead leaves and my tomato plants were not looking too good.

I was happy to see all 3 varieties of beans begin to sprout and hope to see them grow even more next week.

Our work in the field by first making a BT spray to protect our plants from bugs such as caterpillars. We mixed bt and copper then added water to create the solution. Next, we fertilized our plants using a 10-10-10 fertilizer. When that was finished, we went into the greenhouse to plant sunflower seeds. I then received a wonderbell pepper and a cilantro plant to add to our garden. 

9/28/15

We began class again by checking our plants to see if any were dead and if the fertilizer we used last week was affective. I found 2 of my tomato plants and 1 of my collards dead and had to remove them :( The pepper plant that I planted last week was still alive and the cilantro is hanging in there (kind of). Hopefully it survives. 

My beans were sprouting nicely and I hope to see them grow even more this week.

After examining my garden, I pulled all of the weeds out from around my plants. Then I replaced my 2 dead tomatoes with eggplants. After my garden was cleaned up, it was time to apply the compost of cow manure. This wasn't my favorite task, mostly because of the idea of cow manure, but I put it around all my plants and I am looking forward to seeing results next week. I then finished by scrubbing my hands with a lot of soap and very hot water.