Svea - Lower Elementary
Today at the farm we started with a review of the farm rules. We measured our garlic growth rate and my job was weather person. We divided into two groups, upper and lower elementary and then we decided as a group who will perform what job. The jobs are scribe, weather person, garlic measurer and calculator. Then we did an experiment to test the soil in our very own garden to see the rate the soil percolates. We want to make sure that water moves through the soil at a proper rate. We each dug a hole in the bed 12” deep and filled them with water. We waited ten minutes and measured how much water had percolated through the soil. We multiplied the number of inches that percolated in 10 minutes by 6 since there are 60 minutes in an hour and we wanted to know the rate of percolation per hour. My soil percolated at a rate of 32 inches per hour.
The lower elementary got to work in the strawberry garden pulling the overflow of strawberry growth outside the bed. I did not because I am allergic to strawberries. I joined the upper elementary group and tested the PH in our bed. We found that the PH was 7. On a scale of 0 to 14 the PH of our soil was balanced at 7 so this means our plants will be able to get the nutrients they need from the soil. Yay!!
The lower elementary got to work in the strawberry garden pulling the overflow of strawberry growth outside the bed. I did not because I am allergic to strawberries. I joined the upper elementary group and tested the PH in our bed. We found that the PH was 7. On a scale of 0 to 14 the PH of our soil was balanced at 7 so this means our plants will be able to get the nutrients they need from the soil. Yay!!
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