March 26, 2011

Date of Service: March 26, 2011.
Time Spent: 4 Hours                                                                                          
Total Time: 16 Hours

Actions Performed: 

-Meeting with the Pacifica Gardens group

-Plant seeds in soil beds

Next Action: April 2, 2011. From 10am to 2pm. Actions will be determined on day of.

How am I Doing: I am doing great so far. I am a little more than halfway done with all my hours. I feel like I am making great progress. On March 26, I had a meeting with all of the members involved in Pacifica Gardens. We all discussed future dates and what we would do. Although next week is to be determined, the week after that will be a big dig. That big dig is an event where everyone literally digs. I feel like I have made great progress since I have started. I learned how to plant seeds and dig soil properly. I will continue to learn more about the garden.

Soil beds with seeds

In this picture, the woman above is my mentor, Ann Mason

March 12, 2011

Date of Service: March 12, 2011
Total Time Before: 8 Hours
Total Time Spent: 4 hours
Total Time After: 12 hours

Actions Performed: Pulling and raking weeds

Next Action: Meeting with Pacifica Gardens group

On this day, I mostly pulled weeds and threw them in the compost bin. Although I only did two tasks, it did not come with ease. Pulling weeds was actually tiring! Especially when they were thick at the bottom and you had to use a lot of force. Next time, I will learn something new. 

March 5, 2011

Date of Service: March 5, 2011
Total Time Before: 4 hours
Total Time Spent: 4 hours
Total Time After: 8 Hours

Actions Performed: Planted holes for fruit trees. Pulled weeds

Next Action: Enhancing the garden

First, I had to dig a hole for a couple of fruit trees. The hole was 4-7 feet wide in diameter. I had to dig 4 holes. After digging down a couple of feet, I placed a cage in the hole to help grow the roots grow in the right direction. I then planted the tree by placing soil, then adding compost over it.

The next task was that I had to move sheep feces. I had to carry them in wheel barrels from the livestock farm to the garden. The feces is used for compost on top of soil. For now, we placed them in a pile of compost. The compost will be used later in the year.

The last task was cleaning the berm. We had to pull many weeds, but we got the job done. Many weeds pulled led to a nice berm in the end.