Thursday, 26 February 2015

Farm/Garden Visit

Wow, we are lucky!  We got to visit Loutet Farm today and learn all about getting the farm ready for Spring.  We removed straw from the garden beds (they don't need to be kept warm anymore) and moved the straw to the walkways in between the beds.  We looked at the garlic plants that have been growing since November (and will continue to grow until July) and measured them to see how much they grow in between visits.  We also did some weeding to prepare the beds for planting.  We had a little tour of the greenhouse and felt how much warmer it was inside.  We saw some baby radish plants growing in the greenhouse.  They only take one month to grow.  I took LOTS of pictures because everything was so interesting.  I hope you enjoy looking at our time at the farm…..

on our way to the farm, we stopped to look at Brooksbank's bee habitat.  So interesting!



this is Jason, he teaches us all about the farm


some of the farm's volunteers helped us with our jobs

this is Jillian, she helped us measure the garlic plants

looking at the garlic plants

uncovering the beds, getting ready for spring





examining the rows of garlic

weeding the beds

garlic








entering the greenhouse to look at the baby radish plants


then our groups switched and we got to do something new

garlic


uncovering the beds




weeding




measuring




in the greenhouse



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