September 14th update

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Chris has started to rake the soil next to our plot of crops to disrupt the weeds that has started to grow. We have also started this process to level out the soil and make it easier for the seeds of our cover crops we will plant there to germinate. In this section we planted mustard! 


Once the soil plot that we wanted to place our cover crops has been raked, we started to spread our cover crop seeds throughout the soil. The cover crops for this portion of soil we placed were gold mustard and buckwheat. The mustard’s purpose is to see the possibilities of how many pests it can keep away. The buckwheat is for attracting beneficial pests for biological control and pollinators. We choose mustard and buckwheat to attract beneficial pollinators.


Ryan is mixing more of the soil together in our plot for the cover crop seeds to mix deeper into the dirt. 


A thicker layer of hay is being placed down around our marigold and nasturtium plants. Weeds are blocked from sunlight using the hay to prevent them from continuing to grow. A circle is being placed around our marigolds and nasturtium to prevent the hay from blocking them from sunlight as well.




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