By All Beans Necessary
This is my second Action project of the Spring term. We have been trying to adjust to virtual learning, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We are only taking four classes right now, and this project is for our new STEAM course is called Food. In this project, I will be discussing gardening, both what I have already done, and what plans I have for the future of my garden.
My family has a garden, and we use storage containers with holes drilled in them to grow the plants. We also have a canoe with raised seating. I decided that for my garden plan, I would use this to allow the plants to get levels of shade that make sense for them. Since the beans need more sun than the wildflowers, I put them above. This means the wildflowers will get closer to the amount of sun they need, since the raised bean platters will provide shade. This is an example of a symbiotic relationship. It has no impact on the beans, but is beneficial to the wildflowers.
I wasn't able to make this vision a reality, but I did plant some wildflowers and beans. I first had to measure out the soil, which I used two cups of. I put it in an old coffee canister, and sprinkled the seeds in. They haven't had enough time to grow yet, but hopefully will work well together.
We did many things to prepare for this project. We tested our soil for things like nitrogen and phosphorous, and we learned about various well known farmers approaches to farming, like Fukuoka of Japan, who believed that the best way to farm was to simply let nature do its work. This doesn't really fit under that, but it was interesting nonetheless.
We watched a TED Talk from Ron Finley, a guerrilla gardener in LA. He told us that with just one mile of land, you could plant over 27 million plants. We didn't do that today, but you've got to start somewhere.
I wasn't able to make this vision a reality, but I did plant some wildflowers and beans. I first had to measure out the soil, which I used two cups of. I put it in an old coffee canister, and sprinkled the seeds in. They haven't had enough time to grow yet, but hopefully will work well together.
We did many things to prepare for this project. We tested our soil for things like nitrogen and phosphorous, and we learned about various well known farmers approaches to farming, like Fukuoka of Japan, who believed that the best way to farm was to simply let nature do its work. This doesn't really fit under that, but it was interesting nonetheless.
We watched a TED Talk from Ron Finley, a guerrilla gardener in LA. He told us that with just one mile of land, you could plant over 27 million plants. We didn't do that today, but you've got to start somewhere.
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