Carrots, beets, fennel, sunflower seeds, and horse manure

Wow, what an abundance of sunflowers seeds! The 5th graders did a magnificent job harvesting, sorting, soaking, roasting and sharing their seeds with the school and community! We just harvested the beets, carrots, and more fennels seeds. Our greens are growing like crazy as are our onions and garlic. Boy, we may have started our fall crop late but this wet warm weather is helping a lot.

We just finished picking up a large load of 18 month old horse manure. The stall bedding at this farm is newspaper. This is wonderful, completely composted manure and it is full of worms and other beneficial critters. Parents are bringing bags of leaves that we will mulch, add to the manure then add to our beds.

The students will take soil samples for analysis before we add the compost and leaves and cover crops. Then they will take soils samples in the winter and mid-spring for comparison.