We had visiting field hands arrive last friday from an intercity school in town. They came to learn about how we work the land, and to help too! We head down to the plastic mulch garden.
After a quick lesson in how we're going to transplant, we start firing the norstar gold onions in!
The process goes like this: I punch the hole through the plastic at the right distance with the transplanter. One kid drops a pinch of kelp meal down the tube, another drops a pinch of bonemeal. Then with one kid holding a tray of onions, two more children pull 4 plugs out of the tray and drop them down the tube.
Lastly a group of 3 or 4 people cover and set the plugs. In one hour we`ve planted 1200 transplants!!
The kids have lunch and then back on the bus to the city. Everybody had a good time, and the kids have had an experience that they`ll remember for awhile.
After a quick lesson in how we're going to transplant, we start firing the norstar gold onions in!
The process goes like this: I punch the hole through the plastic at the right distance with the transplanter. One kid drops a pinch of kelp meal down the tube, another drops a pinch of bonemeal. Then with one kid holding a tray of onions, two more children pull 4 plugs out of the tray and drop them down the tube. 
Lastly a group of 3 or 4 people cover and set the plugs. In one hour we`ve planted 1200 transplants!!
The kids have lunch and then back on the bus to the city. Everybody had a good time, and the kids have had an experience that they`ll remember for awhile.
2 comments:
this is awsome...nice to see kids getting out and getting their hands dirty...and learning all the while. fun to watch the seasonal progression on the blog too. thanks farmers
peace
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Thanks Eric,
Hope the summer gives you a chance to surf it up, nice trout by the way.
Matt
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