Final Farm Day Reflections!

Girl Farm is officially coming to an end! We have learned, worked, and sweated well together... For this post, I would love for each you to reflect upon this experience.  Please answer the following questions...

1. What question do you still have about organic farming or local food?

2. What knowledge from Girl Farm will you use in your future life?

3. What is a fun memory that sticks out in your mind from Girl Farm?

june farm day!

rainy day farm day!

Plot Map

Girl Farm Plot map 2011!

Because Long Strings of comments bother me... I'm doing a post instead.

Hello!

 We(me at least)  learned:

• that in keyhole gardens you actually have to dig out the key holes a little bit. I thought you just stomped them or something. 
•  why we used straw on the paths.
• That when you lay out the square foot gardens you do a zig-zag-y thing so it doesn't lean.

Three sisters is Corn, beans. and pumpkin. The beans grow up the corn and the pumpkins shades the ground.
I had a TON of fun!

I think that it vas sooo fun and i cant wait to do it again...i cant think of any good inside jokes....anyone?

May 7 Farm Day!

Saturday was a great day on the farm! It was beautiful out, so we had a quite a full day of work, and accomplished a ton! We consulted our farm design plan to get our plot laid out efficiently using biointensive garden techniques.  These techniques will make our plot produce a high volume of food per square foot and encourage biodiversity for good relationships in the environment between species. Here are a series of photos from the day....

Before: ready to get the plot set!

On their way to the middle of the plot!

They found the center! This is where the 3 sisters garden will go. Who can tell me what 3 sisters means??

Izzy and Lydia work to measure our plot precisely.

Hello Farmers! 

Juliet meticulously designs the square foot grid.

Square foot garden plot.  Each square will house a different crop.  This maximizes the space and the high volume of plants helps prevent weeds by leaving little exposed, unused soil for weeds to take over.

Keyhole garden plots measured and drawn out.

Composting the keyhole gardens.  What can you tell me about keyhole gardening Girl Farmers?? 

Teamwork to move the heavy straw bales! The straw was laid in the pathways to suppress weeds and define the pathways 

Seeding the transplants in the greenhouse. 

Seeding in the greenhouse.

Still smiling after a long day farming!

Can get enough of the Chickens!

A video of the fruits of our day's labor!

What did you learn this week at the Farm? What was the best part about Saturday's Trip??