Howdy! So this week overall had some great weather. Not too hot and not too cold with some breeze here and there. This week we ended up cleaning up the farm pretty well. As you can see in the picture at the very bottom there were some beds around the sustainability building that were weed heavy. We also took to sweeping the walkways and sitting areas around the Holistic Garden. Gab and I along with many volunteers got to work around the building and eventually got it looking pretty neat and clean, well as clean as a farm can look. The picture to the right was another bed around the building that we got weeded. The picture above is actually a plant that I have never previously worked with called a Sunchoke. This vegetable is in the Artichoke family, if you didn't already guess, so you eat the underground portion of the plant. To give this pair of plants a good area to grow we weeded the bed and then loosened up the soil. The picture above is the final look at the bed when we got them planted. I cannot wait to see them grow because it is a completely new thing to me. Overall, with a peek at nice weather this week at the farm, it was fun as always. Thank you for everyone who comes out to volunteer!
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AuthorHowdy! My name is Joshua Johnson and I am a senior Horticulture Major. I love everything that has to do with plants and one day aspire to be a Plant Breeder. If you ever want to talk about plants, come visit me at the Howdy Farm! Archives
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