Well, here we are again with another update from the Farm. Now, while some of you may pass by and see us standing around and eating, we actually do get some work done. No really, we do! We don't always celebrate birthdays and eat cupcakes and cookies like on Tuesday. (By the way, it was Adam's birthday, so you can wish him a happy late birthday and give him a present.) Sometimes, we have delicious cinnamon rolls and bread with homemade fig preserves, like on Thursday. But we do work hard and deserve to relax and have some good food...most of the time.
Alright, enough about food we ate--let's talk about the food we're growing. We have made a few new pathways where the bush beans are growing and it has made it look so nice. We also planted some cool season plants in with the beans, like beets and some more radishes and I believe, some onions, too. This area is starting to take shape and look really nice.
There hasn't been a whole lot of planting this week, but the stage is being set for the cool season. Thursday, Kim planted some seeds in starter trays so that we can plant those in our Farm when they're ready. Once we get our greenhouse built, we will able to do some more prep like this. Don't worry, our greenhouse is on its way; we should be starting in the next week or so. Now that the cabinet's living roof is almost finished, we will start on the greenhouse. I know Marley told you last week that the living roof was finished, but we have found a way to keep working on it. Just a few more little touch-ups to make it look really nice. Trust me, it will be worth the wait!
It's really wonderful to be able to be in this environment and watch nature grow and mature. You get to see so many incredible things. It seems like every time I show up after not being there for a day or two, I miss out because everything has grown another foot in the night. The amaranth is taking over. Literally, it is taking over. Little did City College, as well as ourselves, know that this whole "Urban Farm" was just a way for Paul to further his "Amaranth Across America" campaign, but I have to hand it to him, it is very beautiful.
There are so many things I'm sure I miss out on seeing just because I don't watch the plants constantly. It's interesting to think about how much nature changes from day to day and what we don't see either because we are too busy or just not paying attention. I was lucky enough to capture some pretty cool pictures of some plants that have now changed and it makes me wonder what else I've missed. Our sunflowers are starting to bloom and they look beautiful, of course, but I captured a few before they opened and thought I would share them with you. I found this stage of the flower very interesting and quite stunning even though the flower has not yet emerged.
The other thing that caught my eye is that while most of the sunflowers we planted to seem to look the same right now, there are a few that look completely different. When we started planting the sunflowers I wasn't that excited about them. Although I do like sunflower seeds, I was more interested in planting food that I wanted to eat. But now that they have started to grow, I am really excited to see them in the garden, especially when they are full grown. This sunflower is probably one of my favorite plants in the whole garden.
I have learned a lot in these past few months working on this project, but the most important thing I am starting to learn is to enjoy the wonderful things nature can bring. To really sit and watch plants mature and grow is something we should not take for granted. I'm going to leave you with one more picture that while I was taking it, I thought was going to be a really cool photo for my entry. It turned out great and I was really excited about it, and the next day I went back to look at the squash plant where the flower was and saw the flower had wilted. Don't miss your chance to enjoy the beautiful things nature has to offer.
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