9/29/15

Welcome to post number 4!

  Today we did the typical chores of watering and weeding our plots, but with one exception. Like last week, we dug trenches near the plants, but filled them with compost rather than factory fertilizers. Most students were done fairly quickly, but I wanted to do a very good job as you'll see below:

  I then filled the trenches, and added a half inch of top soil . Unlike with the fertilizer, we had an unlimited supply of manure, and I used over 3 buckets of it. Hopefully this will make all the difference.

  I had to replace a tomato pant that was dead with a fresh pepper plant, making it now four in my plot, oops. At least they're all supported! I'm also hoping we apply pesticides again, as half of my plants are new. I would have replaced that dying collar in the picture, but I do not want 5 peppers.

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9/22/15

Welcome to Post #3 of HOS1014

For today's activities we replaced dead plants, applied pesticides, added fertilizer to our plots, and watered them all, of course. Specifically, I replaced my Dwont Taylor beans, which had not even begun to sprout, with some Kentucky blue pole. I also had to replace two of my eggplants, but may have somehow grabbed peppers... again.

It looks like the weather is being very forgiving on our young plants, and hopefully continues. Also, due to the tilling, we now have many many fire ant hives popping up, which can be quite annoying.

*Anyways, here's a picture of me next to my plants!

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9/15/15

  Today we built supports and planted beans. So far the weeds have not begun to show, and hopefully will stay that way for a little while longer. I am excited to begin seeing some growth, but am worried some of the plants may die. I was last to get many of the seedlings, and thus have the least healthy. We are now past the point of replacing dead plants, so I will have to make due.

  Here are pictures of the bean varieties:

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