On Tuesday in class, we had a guest speaker who informed us on the topics of plant genetics and breeding and also the importance of being educated on the foods we eat on an everyday basis. Matt, the speaker, was very informative and did a swell job in his role as guest speaker.
We then headed out into the real world of farming in order to embark on our next vegetable-related activity. To many of our classmates' dismay, we were informed by our teacher, Carlos, that we are going to be applying animal feces to our plants. The purpose of the manure was to add organic matter to the soil so it may retain all the micronutrients my plot needs in order to become the best and most bountiful garden it could possibly be.
To make it worse, UF's too cheap to buy us gloves so we manipulated the ever-so-smelly poo(yes, thats one big pile o'poo :o) with our hands as you can see below.
Upon arriving at my plot, I was pleasantly surprised at what I saw; my garden was thriving. The three bean types have sprouted nicely. The tomatoes have shot up very nicely and are showing great promise for the salad I will eventually make with them. And Lastly, the black Beauty Eggplant and Georgia Collared greens also showed nice growth and actually the yellowing in each of the leaves has subsided most likely due to the flawless execution of the application of fertilizer last week
Take a look at the growth progress:
I am very pleased to say the least.
Well, once again I am out of time, see you next week.
Stay golden,
Mitch
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