Planting Day!
Planting
day! My son has been looking forward to this day since we started this
project. I told him to grab his tools,
seeds, and notes and meet me in the backyard.
As we prepared, he made sure that we had everything on our list. We first discussed how we wanted to set up
our garden. There are a few ways to
planting in your garden. You can create
rows or squares or stagger each plant.
We decided to try a triangular shape that was recommended by a
friend. We dug little holes in the shape
of a triangle and placed 2-3 carrots in each hole about 12 inches apart from
each other. We placed some of the
leftover compost in each hole and then filled the rest of the hole with
soil. We end up having about 4
triangles. We then placed a garden identification stake that said “carrots” to
mark where they were placed.
We then dug a bigger hole to fit
the biodegradable pot with our bell pepper plant in it, and placed it further
away from the carrots to make sure it had enough room. We added a tiny bit of compost and filled the
soil in around the plant. My son then
wrote down “peppers” on an identification stake and placed it next to the bell
pepper.
After planting the seeds and the pepper plant,
my son sprinkled some water using our watering can and we went to the side of
the house to check on the grapes. We
found that the grape plants were still alive but did not need anymore water, as
there is a drip system in place. We did
notice that the grapes needed some major maintenance work on them. I told my son that tomorrow we would learn
about the responsibility of maintaining the upkeep of these plants to
grow.
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