We have our first transplants in the ground! Today I put in the sugar snap pea sprouts, hoping to take advantage of the upcoming rains and warmer overnight temperatures. If all goes well, I should have some to bring to market in May.
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| Peas are in the ground! |
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| Transplants are looking good. This little plant is kale. |
Working out on the urban farm
This week my dad and I used shovels and a wheelbarrow to move 8 cubic yards of compost into the urban farm's garden plots (that's roughly 10,400 pounds of composted manure!). The compost is super important for the health of our crops and our soil's fertility and structure. It also combats pesky weeds and helps to hold moisture. All that hard work means tastier veggies this summer!
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| Our huge pile of compost-- I was so happy to see it arrive (and so much happier when we finished moving it!). |
One of the benefits to this type of work is to the health of the farmer. According to my super scientific Googling, the average American office worker gets an average of 3,000 to 5,000 steps per day (this is supported by the office worker in our household who averages 4,000 steps). On just one of the days when we moved the compost I got 19,121 steps (this total does includes the 1/2 mile round trip walk to World of Beer for a much needed happy hour) and over the day I burned 3,062 calories. Not too shabby. And along with getting something important done, I didn't have to put on spandex!
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| What was I thinking ordering so much?!? |
I hope you all have a terrific week and a happy early growing season!
3 comments:
I watched as she did most of the work. Great job girl of mine!!
You all worked so hard this week!! Good job!!
Now we need yoga!
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