10/02/2025
We’ve been hard at work knocking back the summer over growth and getting our cool season crops tended.
A lot of w**ds have been pulled, a lot of tomato vines chopped, and the mowers/w**ders have run non-stop, but it’s looking much better. Our white aster Is in full bloom and is serving as a final nectar/pollen buffet for our hungry pollinators.
Students have been learning about composting/mulching (alongside covercropping and root exudates) as part of the nutrient cycling process in both agriculture and ecosystems, and which plants utilize toxins (like johnson grass) to protect from predation or are invasive (like bind w**d) which need their own separate compost pile. They’ve also learned a bit about surface area and how it impacts the rate of decay both in compost, but also in tilled soil in the form of CO2
With our hoop house having such a successful summer, there’s been a lot to compost. 😊
