Today was another great day on the farm! The sun was shining, which was a relief after all of the rain, and it was ideal conditions to work in the outdoors. We started off the day by preparing some land for a butterfly and bee garden. This is an important part of the farm, as bees are needed to fertilize the plants.

To prepare the garden we started off by weeding the 6 foot radius circle that would soon be a garden. I learned just how deep a dandelion goes in the ground, because if you dont take the whole root out then you just wasted your time (sine the plant will just grow back). The layout of the circular garden was very interesting, like no other garden i've seen before. It alternated (starting from the center) rings of wood chips, to walk on, and arable dirt, to plant in. By the end of the day we completed the entire layout of the garden of the garden and were able to plant the inner ring.

We also made strides in our composting effort. We had a close friend of our sponsor come to speak to us about a new composting method. It involves cultivating indigenous microorganisms. The microorganisms help to speed up the composting process and has been found to produce incredibly healthier soil compared to the conventional composting method.