Hanna and Mike's Blog

         This week we began the long and tedious task of digging the actual bed of our garden. We used hoes and a pickaxe to remove the grass and some of the roots. We then soaked the ground in our desired area with water to soften the compacted dirt and make it easier to loosen before we plant our plants. On Wednesday, during project based learning we continued digging up the roots of all the grass and other roots that were in there. After loosening some more of the dirt we got a wheelbarrow and put some of the root invested dirt in it, it was much easier to get the roots out after that. We got the wheelbarrow about half way full before we had to stop and clean up and put the tools away, time is the enemy, as usual.We plan to continue digging and finish soon so we can get our plants in the ground.

On Thursday, mike and I met up at the high school to work on our planter box. We built the frame of the box, and removed grass from the area the planter box is going to be put. We left the area to soak in water using a sprinkler device, so the soil would loosen up and be easier to dig when we come back to work on it. Next weekend we plan on digging up and softening the soil in the area, and also adding more soil to fill up the planter box, so it will be ready to receive the plants. 

           This is the location for our garden and we plan to have finished all of the tasks involved in creating our planter box by the end of fall break! This week we gathered the materials for the box its self and continued to keep up with the plants we are already growing. This coming week I plan to have finished constructing the box and to have at least cleared the grass in the target area.