10/6/15

  Welcome back!

  We learned more about GMOs in class today, which even included an interesting video about a discredited study against a certain corn GMO. They accused it of causing tumors in rats, but the results could not be duplicated with other species,  did not include a large enough test size, and may have been attributed to insufficient diet variation.

  We did some basic maintenance by weeding, fertilizing, and watering in the plots. I also had to add more support string to my trellis. Today was very easy, and i was done by 6:00. Everything seems to be doing well, as I've only lost one collar and a couple eggplants so far. Everything is cooling down, and making it much easier to work outside. I appreciate what little rain we've gotten recently, since we actually don't get any water from the overheads.

  One of my numerous pepper plants is already producing fruit, which may be a bad sign at such an early age. Here's a picture of the tiny thing:

  We used more granulated organic fertilizer today, which we poured into trenches like before and then watered. We did not add any to the beans for some reason. In the following picture you can see a second layer of string on the trellis which was put up just in time to save a falling tomato plant:

  Everything is looking great from diligent weeding, watering, fertilizing, and composting. I've been taking pride in those activities, often staying later than most, and I'm hoping it will soon show!


--Check back next week and see.