I installed a trellis today to accommodate the snow peas I have to transplant tomorrow. The trellis is a very simple design made up of plastic netting attached to T-posts. Our trellis will also support beans and tomatoes I intend to plant later this week.
I have never been more excited to come to class when I noticed that my beans have sprouted! However, some did not make it. I suspect birds were able to…
This is our recipe we used for our potting soil. Two buckets of coconut coir. Apply water on the dry blocks of coconut coir in a large container like a…
Aphids are one of the pests farmers need to control. Luckily, ladybugs, a beneficial insect, feed on the aphids which help the farmers keep their crops healthy without using much…
We have plowed our plots and raised our beds. Now it’s time to install our irrigation system. Where we tap from the feeder line, we placed a timer to control…
Today was field maintenance day. I used a hula hoe to remove weed, and the BCS tractor with the rotary plow attachment to create three beds in preparation for the…
My mom planted Indigo Rose tomatoes, Hybrid Chinese cabbage, Pink eggplant, Lipstick pepper, arugula, kale, swiss chard, snow peas, and Habanero peppers on January 9, 2016. The image below was…