Taste: Herb Garden Module

On this page, Taste: What We Hunger For students will be able to see what the weekly plans for herb garden work during our Community Gardening module will be. I will post weekly goals to be viewed over the weekend, with a follow-up of what actually occurred during class as well.

Be sure to come to class prepared for any weather! Rain or shine, class will be happening. Check here for updates: Weather forecast

Preparation for Week 9:

Weekly Goals:

  1. Continue weeding the entire left side of the Herb Garden, including the inner herb spiral
  2. Make a list of herbs to be added to the garden before the end of the quarter
  3. Lay cardboard and mulch any fully weeded beds

Preparation for Week 8:

Weekly Goals:

  1. Support in the Community Gardens!

Preparation for Week 7:

Weekly Goals:

  1. Weeding in Quadrants 2 and 5
  2. Putting woodchips down if Quadrants 2 and 5 are fully weeded

Preparation for Week 6:

Weekly Goals:

*After missing work in the Community Gardens last week, prepare to support Sarah Dyer there on Monday this week. If time allows, Herb Garden work will be as follows*

  1. Weeding in Quadrants 2 and 5
  2. Putting woodchips down if Quadrants 2 and 5 are fully weeded

Resources for Skimming:

Preparation for Week 5:

Weekly Goals:

  1. Finally transplanting new lavender plants!
  2. Containing/moving herbs that have spread out of their specific area
  3. Weeding
  4. Laying down woodchips in fully weeded quadrants

Resources for Skimming:

Preparation for Week 4:

CANCELLED

Preparation for Week 3:

Weekly Goals:

  1. Weeding
  2. Containing tansy/other herbs to assigned spaces
  3. Herb identification work

Week 2:

  1. Personal meeting with Beth before class to discuss weekly herb garden goals:
    1. Weeding
    2. Containing tansy/other herbs to assigned spaces
    3. Eventual creation of updated herb garden map
  2. Greenhouse tasks to support Beth
    1. Clearing moss/weeds and adding new soil to potted plants in the RBGH
    2. Mixing fertilizers and soils in the heated greenhouse

Week 1:

  1. Introductions!
  2. Brief tour of the community garden
  3. Weeding of two class community garden beds
  4. Meeting Beth on the Organic Farm to help with weeding fava bean beds and then planting 300 feet of fava beans
  5. I stayed after class with Sarah Dyer to help plant three different arugula varieties and extra fava beans from Beth in our community garden plot