2009-10-24 Farmer Adria's Report (with pictures!)

Here are a few pictures I took Thursday & Friday...

5 days after planting rye grass on the bottom terrace:


8 days after planting:


In a few more weeks the entire bottom terrace should be thick with rye. Their roots will extend deep into the soil, helping break up the clay hardpan.

Oh, does anyone have connections with the school landscape team? Could we ask them not to mow the actual garden area? The rye will grow tall and it may look like it needs to be cut, but we want to let it go till year. :o)


Here is the third terrace in between the square-foot plots & bee aivery. We'll put down clover here next week sometime. Hopefully it will take hold and keep the ground covered (and bees happy) till spring planting.


The terrace was chock full of stones, iron pipes and large chunks of asphalt. Most of the big pieces have been removed, but before next spring we'll have to pick out a few more.




Here's the top terrace after students planted last week. They decided to section off the area instead of using traditional rows, and added foot paths to walk around.





That's it for now - have a great weekend!