Just yesterday we planted the first sprouts in our garden! Gaby was handing off the duties to Mary (Olin '15) and I, as she's just headed off to Zambia for her summer work. We got up before work started (in the garden at 7:30am) to go plant the first sprouts of ours tall enough to be transplanted, corn and beans.
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| Gaby holding some beans. |
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| Getting everybody in the dirt. |
After planting, we made sure to water the base of each plant with enough water to get it through the already sweltering hot day (think high in the mid 80s, humid, and no clouds). Mary and I learned from Gaby that you have to be careful to not get beads of water on the leaves when watering them, because during the day they can act like magnifying lenses and burn the fragile young plants. We'll be keeping close watch over them in the next few days as they get accustomed to their new environment.
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| Watering the corn |
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| Our first plants! |
We made our door a little more protective than it was, now that there's actually plants inside. We've got rocks holding down the extra lip so that critters don't crawl or dig under. At some point we'll want to make a more legitimate door, one which actually opens and closes easily, but for now this works.
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| The door. |
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