Angel's Farm Reflection 21

Angel Arias                           Silk Tree Farm                         6/3/13

In the morning I started off starting some grains in the jars. The sprouting system itself has developed very well and is continuing to. Last week sometime, we made some new holders for grains. As in, new containers to sprout inside of which we made by sticking with holes made by heated metal rods, and washing thoroughly. These containers were something stouter than the other containers, and I suppose that it is because of that reason that I thought it wouldn’t really do as well. Maybe I’d thought that because it was less stretched and thicker that it would be more likely to incur mold; but it seemed to be working really great. It may have even been denser than the other trays due to its smaller frame. Cathy talked about adding more seed to each tray, since they seemed to be doing quite well and she thought they could handle more. We did some more planting around the farm, in the front squares of land. Hauled up compost in buckets since the tractor wasn’t working, and planted a lot of plants that we extra of. Also, on this day, I was picked up a bit earlier than usual, so the margin to do things within was a bit smaller. We also checked on the worms and fed them (Just putting food in their container), and did a few other small things around the farm. This wraps up my day at Silk Tree Farm.