Welcome to the sixth of November... or that's what last week felt like with the cold weather. This week's routine starts with the twirly roundabout thing. Our solo male greenhouse representative did a lot of work this week on watering the garden tower in the mornings and the greenhouse during the day. Speaking of the greenhouse, that's where we've been spending the majority of our time as greenhouse worker bees. The week started with planting more marigolds as some did not sprout, as well as seeds such as marjoram and frilly edible crysanthamum. Our secret planter started sewing some snap and snow peas this week as well. As usual, there was lots of watering which happened, as well as refilling the tank and the many, many jerry cans which live there. It's very peaceful, assuming you don't drop the jerry can in the water and cause a tidal wave which lands on your head! We watered the plants, the ground and ourselves. We also refilled the water tank for the volunteers who come up on the weekends. Thanks to the guy who lets us use his water (the man at Changing Gear)!! More work included transplanting what seemed like a thousand amaranth plants (or at least too many to count). Our ladies, Ang and our secret planter, spent the mornings filling trays and trays.... and trays................. and trays. We must have filled over thirty trays. Now the trays are ready for our extra helpers who will be coming up this afternoon to help speed things along. Some work this afternoon will include planting all of the sunflowers and MORE TRANSPLANTING!!! One of the funner things this week was harvesting some little baby radishes from the greenhouse... YUM!! Aside from regular greenhouse activities, our group participated in the AURORA learning styles workshop on Wednesday and Thursday which was hosted by Learning Disability Association Yukon (LDAY). Our secret planter also took a break from planting on Friday to provide some much needed help in the Challenge storefront. Thanks secret planter!! Thanks for tuning in and off we go to the greenhouse with our extra helpers!! Pictures next week will be much fuller, and so will our hands with all of the watering cans..... sooooo muuuuuuuch waterrrrrriiiiiing! If you ever need a new arm workout plan, stop by our greenhouse and help out.
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about usWe are part of the Employ Ability Skills Program with Challenge Disability Resource Group. We take part in a 12-week program that allows us to learn new skills and foster our interest in growing our own food organically. Archives
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