We have been noticing that it is time to harvest garlic. We watch the scape straighten out and the seed-head with it gets more defined (you can see individual seeds inside the scape-skin forming). Some of our scapes are breaking … Continued
Today we gathered at Sol Feliz Farm to make more progress on what we started a couple of weeks ago (see our post on July 2). We still have several piles of alfalfa and other biomass in piles that you … Continued
Today we gathered at Sol Feliz to get started on our composting process for this season. First we cut down all the alfalfa and other biomass in the South field of Sol Feliz. We have been irrigating this field and … Continued
I checked on the Grow Dome yesterday to see how the system was running. It was not as dramatic as the loss of fish, but I entered the Grow Dome and found about half of our plants dried up and … Continued
Today three of us met to hoe weeds at the Parr Field Garden Project. Our crop plants are bigger now so the job is easier with less danger of accidentally weeding our crops. Nevertheless, it seems like every weeding episode … Continued
We did not create blog-posting updates for all the trial and error we experienced over that last month or so in trying to get this aquaponic system going. We have had about three failures and learning experiences about getting the … Continued
It is bittersweet to finish a program like this. I only came to this school three times, but in those times I got to know many students by face and by name. The program will end this Friday and we … Continued
Unlike yesterday’s workshop on cultivating weeds in the garlic patch, today’s effort was a walk in the park! The weeds at Parr Field are so small that weeding them is easy to the point where a stir-up hoe is all … Continued
Today we were honored to provide the Not Forgotten Outreach organization with seed to plant in their fields. Some of these seeds are acclimatized to this area and other seed has been acquired for various school gardens over the last several … Continued
