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....
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| Before: ready to get the plot set! |
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| On their way to the middle of the plot! |
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| They found the center! This is where the 3 sisters garden will go. Who can tell me what 3 sisters means?? |
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| Izzy and Lydia work to measure our plot precisely. |
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| Hello Farmers! |
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| Juliet meticulously designs the square foot grid. |
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| 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. |
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| Keyhole garden plots measured and drawn out. |
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| Composting the keyhole gardens. What can you tell me about keyhole gardening Girl Farmers?? |
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| Teamwork to move the heavy straw bales! The straw was laid in the pathways to suppress weeds and define the pathways |
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| Seeding the transplants in the greenhouse. |
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| Seeding in the greenhouse. |
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| Still smiling after a long day farming! |
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| 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??
We all had a ton of fun last Saturday! I learned how to make square-foot gardens, how to spread compost nicely, and why laying hay in the pathways is beneficial. I'm excited for the next visit....
ReplyDeleteThe 3 sisters are corn, beans, and squash. They are often planted together because they help each other be successful plants.
OOOOOOO YAHHHHH!
ReplyDeleteoh and laura...u seemed really-for lack of better words-excited...haha u were just picking up flags :)
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