This morning we split up into three groups for our community service day. My group weeded (with hard work and minimal complaining), planted lettuce and thinned carrots and kale at the North Coventry Elementary School garden. It is necessary to thin or take out plants so that others next to them have more room and sunlight to grow and so they aren't robbed of all their nutrients by competing plants.
The group that worked in our garden building had a busy day too. The harvested cucumbers and zucchini, weeded and mulched and made seed balls to throw into the French creek. These were made with sand, compost soil and of course seeds. Floating down the stream, the seeds eventually lay to rest somewhere and sprout.
The group that went to Park Springs came back half an hour late because they were so concentrated on getting the job done! They weeded, fixed a bike rack and put up a fence.
This afternoon, some of us went to a farmer's market to sell corn bread and zucchini brownies, some discussed money management and some talked about the program thus far. During the money discussion we talked about what was completely necessary to spend money on and what you should think about second. We all said what we had spent our pay checks on and why. I think that gave more awareness to some people about what is really important and what is not so important.
The group that discussed the program briefly discussed pros and cons and what they thought could make it better in preparation for next year.
The group that worked in our garden building had a busy day too. The harvested cucumbers and zucchini, weeded and mulched and made seed balls to throw into the French creek. These were made with sand, compost soil and of course seeds. Floating down the stream, the seeds eventually lay to rest somewhere and sprout.
The group that went to Park Springs came back half an hour late because they were so concentrated on getting the job done! They weeded, fixed a bike rack and put up a fence.
This afternoon, some of us went to a farmer's market to sell corn bread and zucchini brownies, some discussed money management and some talked about the program thus far. During the money discussion we talked about what was completely necessary to spend money on and what you should think about second. We all said what we had spent our pay checks on and why. I think that gave more awareness to some people about what is really important and what is not so important.
The group that discussed the program briefly discussed pros and cons and what they thought could make it better in preparation for next year.
