{"id":211,"date":"2021-04-21T00:06:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/?p=211"},"modified":"2021-05-26T02:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:44:22","slug":"week-4-co-curricular-community-gardens-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/week-4-co-curricular-community-gardens-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4 \u2013 Co-Curricular Community Gardens Stewardship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Collaborative Community Garden <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210419_113010308_HDR-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"166\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210419_113010308_HDR.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/img_20210419_113010308_hdr\/\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210419_113010308_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210419_113010308_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210419_113010308_HDR.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Coming right along.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_124739916_HDR-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"215\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_124739916_HDR.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/week-4-co-curricular-community-gardens-stewardship\/img_20210420_124739916_hdr\/\" class=\"wp-image-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_124739916_HDR-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_124739916_HDR-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_124739916_HDR-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_124739916_HDR.jpg 895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ali and Caleb rest after finishing work for the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210422_115155281_HDR_edited-782x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"253\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210422_115155281_HDR_edited.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/img_20210422_115155281_hdr_edited\/\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210422_115155281_HDR_edited-782x1024.jpeg 782w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210422_115155281_HDR_edited-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210422_115155281_HDR_edited-768x1006.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210422_115155281_HDR_edited.jpeg 916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Caleb Poppe poses with the new potato bed.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Photography by Sarah Dyer.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve noticed this week in particular how my community garden time and POF shifts have a certain synergy to them. Caleb mentioned, rightly so, that this is a natural consequence of working with the earth and the ebb and flow of growing food. This week, transplanting leaf lettuces was a huge priority on the farm; these fast-growing greens are essential to keeping our farm stand stocked until some of our other early veggies come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was excited to try some intensive intercropping with head lettuce and cabbage in two full plots; we arranged the cabbages in well spaced rows and added lettuce transplants to the arrangement in a diamond pattern. We also built two deeply trenched rows for potatoes, which we willed with fingerlings that Caleb saved from last season; after placing the potatoes in the trenches, we lightly covered them in soil and will bury them as they begin to form leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;On the fringes of modern intensive agriculture, intercropping is important in many subsistence or low-input\/resource-limited agricultural systems. By allowing genuine yield gains without increased inputs, or greater stability of yield with decreased inputs, intercropping could be one route to delivering \u2018sustainable intensification\u2019.&#8221; <\/p><cite> Rob W. Brooker et al.: Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also enjoyed watching all of our seeds sprout: Dragon carrots, hakurei turnips, phacelia, scarlet runner beans, white clover, and flax. I don&#8217;t know much about flax, so I hope to spend some time in week five studying it&#8217;s cultivation and uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our beans will require good support, I&#8217;m going to donate two large wooden trellises to our project. I reclaimed these trellises from discarded queen sized box springs, and have used them several times, but this year they are sitting against the fence waiting for a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My excitement last week for water was met with irrigation problems today; a section of the line had to be dug-up and replaced on the farm, causing us to lose water for a couple of days. Caleb came prepared with 5 gallons of water, which we used to try out the fermented plant juice we made last week. We&#8217;re expecting rain all weekend long; how lovely for our transplants to get a good drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_103923368_HDR_edited-890x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" width=\"278\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_103923368_HDR_edited-890x1024.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_103923368_HDR_edited-261x300.jpeg 261w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_103923368_HDR_edited-768x884.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210420_103923368_HDR_edited.jpeg 1043w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption>Alegra Dunn in the herb garden.<br><em>Photography by Sarah Dyer.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I took a moment to stop by the herb garden during my POF farm shift. I&#8217;ve enjoyed watching the space transform, and have started enjoying my breaks on one of the benches there. It&#8217;s amazing haw cut-off from everything I feel behind that hedge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also a plus that I can stop by and say hello to Le&#8217;Allen and Alegra as I&#8217;m passing by. On days where I miss community garden time because of scheduling conflicts, I still feel very connected to the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Do\u2019patsa Makihi\u2019k\u011b: Four-Vegetables-Mixed <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174600314_HDR_edited-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241\" width=\"346\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174600314_HDR_edited-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174600314_HDR_edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174600314_HDR_edited.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption>Ashley Lewis and I are double digging our bed. She brought duck bedding to help add nitrogen to the soil, and we will use the straw as mulch.<br><em>Photography by Sarah Dyer.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley and I met at the garden on Monday afternoon and worked for about four hours prepping our garden plot. We started double digging from the west end of the bed, moving east and squaring off the edges as we went. Due to the squaring, we&#8217;ve added another foot to the width of the bed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After removing the occultation tarp, we were greeted by several garter snakes. I&#8217;ve enjoyed seeing them so much; in POF, we were moving a tarp to a new field the other day and there were 7 of them under my corner of the tarp. My group spent and few moments picking them up by the tail and moving them to safety before dragging the tarp. As we were working, the biggest garter snake I have ever seen crawled right by me and into the sunny compost bin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In taking a closer look at our surroundings, we discovered a lovely little apple tree being choked by weeds behind the greenhouse. The tree was nearly parallel to the ground, but in full bloom. Ashley and I took a bit of time to reclaim the tree; we found a metal frame to hold it upright, cleared the weeds, mulched over it with comfrey, and watered. Nearby, behind the compost bin, we took a closer look at an overgrown raspberry patch and made plans to reclaim it. We also discussed the possibility of adding another garden patch to our project, possibly to the direct east or south of our current plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley brought two large bags full of dirty duck bedding: perfect to add a little nitrogen and retain moisture in the soil as mulch. As we choose a design, build mounds, and prepare to plant, we will rake back the straw as to not combine it with our soil, which could tie-up the nitrogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"592\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174508163_edited-592x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"240\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174508163_edited.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/img_20210421_174508163_edited\/\" class=\"wp-image-240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174508163_edited-592x1024.jpeg 592w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174508163_edited-174x300.jpeg 174w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_174508163_edited.jpeg 694w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">We saved an apple tree! Ashley and I want to name her.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_145601504_HDR_edited-735x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"239\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_145601504_HDR_edited.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/img_20210421_145601504_hdr_edited\/\" class=\"wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_145601504_HDR_edited-735x1024.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_145601504_HDR_edited-215x300.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_145601504_HDR_edited-768x1070.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/466\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210421_145601504_HDR_edited.jpeg 861w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A large garter snake lounges in the compost on a sunny day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Photography by Sarah Dyer.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaborative Community Garden I&#8217;ve noticed this week in particular how my community garden time and POF shifts have a certain synergy to them. Caleb mentioned, rightly so, that this is a natural consequence of working with the earth and the ebb and flow of growing food. This week, transplanting leaf lettuces was a huge priority &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/week-4-co-curricular-community-gardens-stewardship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Week 4 \u2013 Co-Curricular Community Gardens Stewardship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"geo":{"latitude":47.0755692,"longitude":-122.9856796,"description":"Olympia, Washington, 98502, US"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-sarah-d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}