I'm looking forward to introducing you all to the farm this week! We'll give you a quick farm tour when you arrive and then we're going to jump right into some of the basic elements of farming and gardening: seeds and soil. We are beginning to start transplants indoors for the farm and we'll show you a few different methods for starting your own transplants at home and talk about why you might want to do this rather than purchase your plants from a greenhouse.
Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants (and healthy food!) and so we spend a lot of time and energy working to improve the vitality of our soil. One way that we do this is by adding compost to our growing beds. This week on the farm we'll show you one of my favorite methods of composting: vermi-composting with red worms. Each lab group will set up a worm bin on the farm that they will then care for throughout the remainder of the quarter.
Here's a video that explains why vermicompost is so great for plants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGQR5ERaPQ. Take a look!
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