Friday, September 16, 2011
I have watered the orchard for the past week. The burning bushes have had white spots appearing on them. I have constantly watered the belle of Georgia peach trees, but they seem to be dying. All the other plants look healthy. No signs of bugs. Some of the leave have been changing colors for fall, and its getting colder outide. Can't wait for the fall season!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Greenhouse Construction
This week Kirstie, Samuel, Kirsten, Adam, and I are fixing the greenhouse. We patched holes, put new plastic on the door, and washed the greenhouse. We still hae a lot of work to do! Hopefully it will be done soon!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
How to make a square foot garden!
1. Begin by laying out the 2x6's after drilling holes where the boards will be attached to each other.
2. Paint the boards if the wood you are using is treated.
3. Let the paint dry.
4. Once the paint is dry, screw the 2x6's together in the holes that you previously drilled.
5. Take the weed stop fabric and use a staple gun to attach it to the box.
6. Now you can admire your new square foot garden.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Hey guys! At the top of the blog just under the description you'll notice a twitter and facebook link. That means if your on the blog, you can post some of the pics and what not onto your facebook or twitter! Just fyi.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Collards and Cabbage
The furrows have been completed and now planted!
The first row had been dedicated to growing cabbagge and 9 pre-potted cabagge seedlings have been planted at a distance of 18 inches apart.
But it's in the next two rows that the fun begins.
The seed package for the collard greens recommended a planting distance of 2-3 feet between each plant. I and my team found this to be an excessively gracious distance and thought a much humbler 10 inches would be sufficient for the greens to reach full production without all the wasted space. But, Mr. Hardin disagreed. It is his opinion that the greens will bush out amply to fill in the extra distance and that planting the plants 10 inches apart will simply stunt their growth and will produce no more greens than if the collards were planted according to the package's instructions.
So naturally a challenge was issued, and in the scientific course of determining the winner, an experiment was created.
Hypothesis: "Collard greens planted 10 inches apart will produce more greens per row than collard greens planted 2 feet apart."
Thus the four remaining rows were planted; two (group A)with 6 plants each and spaced evenly at 2 feet apart, and the other (group B)with a dozen plants each and spaced evenly at 10 inches aprat. The rows will be kept equally watered and weeded. At the beginning of harvest, a half a row from each group will be collected and the produce wieghed, the group with the greatest production weight of greens will be crowned victorious.
The soil is set and the seeds are taking root, let the competition begin.
The first row had been dedicated to growing cabbagge and 9 pre-potted cabagge seedlings have been planted at a distance of 18 inches apart.
But it's in the next two rows that the fun begins.
The seed package for the collard greens recommended a planting distance of 2-3 feet between each plant. I and my team found this to be an excessively gracious distance and thought a much humbler 10 inches would be sufficient for the greens to reach full production without all the wasted space. But, Mr. Hardin disagreed. It is his opinion that the greens will bush out amply to fill in the extra distance and that planting the plants 10 inches apart will simply stunt their growth and will produce no more greens than if the collards were planted according to the package's instructions.
So naturally a challenge was issued, and in the scientific course of determining the winner, an experiment was created.
Hypothesis: "Collard greens planted 10 inches apart will produce more greens per row than collard greens planted 2 feet apart."
Thus the four remaining rows were planted; two (group A)with 6 plants each and spaced evenly at 2 feet apart, and the other (group B)with a dozen plants each and spaced evenly at 10 inches aprat. The rows will be kept equally watered and weeded. At the beginning of harvest, a half a row from each group will be collected and the produce wieghed, the group with the greatest production weight of greens will be crowned victorious.
The soil is set and the seeds are taking root, let the competition begin.
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