{"id":273,"date":"2022-05-20T04:17:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T04:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/?p=273"},"modified":"2022-05-20T21:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T21:41:46","slug":"week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8: Taters!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monday, 5\/16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Potato day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today was focused on the Community Gardens in order to support Sarah Dyer before the upcoming summer season. We planted leeks and potatoes and continued to weed and harvest out of the rest of our plot. There were so many worms of all shapes and sizes today, it was fun to find the baby ones as I was working in the dirt. After a bit of a harder weekend, this was exactly what I had needed to get my week started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, with Sarah Dyer and Beth, I have come up with a plan for the rest of this quarter and my time as a Food and Ag intern. My finishing goals are to have at least the left half of the herb garden, including the center herb spiral, completely weeded and mulched. I do not think this should be too hard to accomplish, especially with Sarah Dyer and I planning to work together during some of our afternoons before the quarter is over. Another goal of mine is, again, to finish the updated herb garden map using watercolor and ink, which I am planning to get started on this weekend if I am able. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, due to the amount of money still available in our program budget this quarter, Sarah Williams has allowed me to choose any new herbs for the garden that I am interested in adding, which I am super excited about. With support from classmate, Laura Reusche, I am planning on taking a trip to the Olympia Farmer’s Market and the Eastside Farm and Garden store to explore what our herb options could be for the end of the quarter. The two of us discussed herbs we would be interested in, which include specific sleep and anxiety support herbs such as valerian and passionflower. I am excited to have another chance at adding new plants to this special garden! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, 5\/17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Gluten-free peanut butter cookies!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Since last week’s bake night had gone way later than originally anticipated, this week, we arrived with a plan to tackle a few simpler bakes and hopefully be finished before 9 pm. This week’s bakes included cereal bars, dipped pretzels, vegan snickerdoodles, lemon poppy seed cake cookies, and 3-ingredient gluten-free peanut butter cookies. I also volunteered to make brownies the following evening to balance out the amount of cookies we had at the sale. Things ran a lot smoother this time around, everyone chose an item to take the lead on and we all worked together to get things finished just around 9 pm. It was a big success and I continue to be super appreciative of these community moments with my club friends! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 5\/18<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday’s volunteer hours began with a focus on the rhubarb and asparagus beds, where cardboard was laid down in order to add mulch over top. However, we ran into a couple of problems along the way: first, the farm truck got stuck in the mud before it reached the bed with all of our mulch, and second, the wind was blowing so hard that the cardboard kept getting swept up, crushing the fragile asparagus stalks as it landed. After finally getting the cardboard all weighed down with logs, we paused our mulching work to plant some extra asparagus plants that had not sold at the market stand. I really enjoy this part of the work I am doing, getting to lovingly work with a new plant and place it into the soil that it will grow in until it is ready to harvest is really satisfying for me. I am excited to watch the continued growth of these asparagus plants!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next challenge was getting the farm truck unstuck from the mud. This was probably my favorite adventure of the day, we got some concrete stones to try and wedge under the tires, as well as some excess mulch, and as Andrew hit the gas, the rest of us pushed from the back until the truck finally rolled out of the muddy hole it had gotten caught in. I really enjoyed the teamwork, but we did not attempt to bring the truck back out to the asparagus bed so the mulching was put on pause until a different day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weeding in the lavender fields<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We ended the afternoon in the lavender beds, removing lots of thistle and morning glory from the far end of the beds. Weeding is such relaxing work, and Beth joined us as well so it was another nice opportunity for all of us to connect as a community. I left the volunteer hours feeling tired but quite satisfied with all that we accomplished together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 5\/19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Almost entirely sold out!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today’s bake sale was a huge success! With nicer weather and a delicious variety of treats, we drew in lots of happy customers and raised over $100 for SCARF! We sold out of all of our brownies, peanut butter cookies, and lemon poppy seed cookies and donated the few items left at the end of the day to the campus food bank. I feel as if we made more connections with Evergreen students this week as well, we got 4 new SCARF members and continued to spread the word about our bake sale to whoever showed up. I also spoke with Beth about her plans to start a Tuesday market up on campus at the beginning of June, which may be something for the club to consider as it may draw in even more students if our booth is more accessible on campus. Either way, I believe our bake sales have been a huge success so far and I am extremely grateful for all the love and support that have gone into them up to this point. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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