5 days ago, we prepared seeds and seedlings to be transplanted. We put soil in a half a bamboo stem and put some soil and manure to make a bed for the seeds. We put the seeds in the bamboo and under a roof. In 2 weeks we are going to transplant them into the garden. The reason we put them into the bamboo instead of just planting the seedlings directly into the garden is because they might not survive the elements that are too harsh for seedlings. So we put them in the bamboo and placed them in a shelter so that we can manage the amount of sunlight and water that the fragile seedlings get. Now we are just waiting until they are strong enough to get transplanted into the garden. Written by: Alice
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adding ylang ylang and watering our gardenAfter we picked the seedlings we wanted and transplanted them to our gardening space, it was time to add the manure, alang alang and start watering. A few of us walked down to cows near the bridge and collected the manure. When we had collected a few buckets of manure we walked back up to the garden and spread the manure evenly over the top of the beds. Once we had the soil evenly distributed over the beds, some of us went on a walk to the green campsite. We handpicked some alang- alang to cover the nutritious soil. The point of covering our garden beds is to keep the soil cool and moist. We walked back up to our garden and split up the alang-alang into pieces. After we had split up the alang-alang we spread it over the beds. Written by: Lila & Joia |
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