Good afternoon fruit flies! (in a good way) Speaking of thank goodness, our little red mites seem to be relocating.... somewhere far, far away. Or all over Terri. Either way, we're glad to see them go. We've had some struggles with our Bokashi buckets lately. We had a tap break, as well as ended up dumping two because we didn't start them right in the fall. After doing some research, we found that we aren't using enough dry ingredients, so need to balance the buckets out with more breads and eggshells. Also, the buckets were likely getting too much oxygen and so we will be opening them less to allow them to ferment properly. A couple of side steps we had this week were causing our new pregnant AOC to dry heave after smelling the buckets, as well as an unplanned dumpster dive when losing a tray during dumping out the buckets. What. A. Waste. (get it.... cause it was garbage!?). For more Bokashi bucket support, see here: http://www.leangreenhome.co.uk/bokashi/bokashi-troubleshooting/553 It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it! We finished the digging out the greenhouse and filled it with brand new, beautiful smelling soil. It is yet to be watered - looking for winter solutions currently. Let us know if you have any ideas. SPROUTS! We successfully started new ones, and harvested, spicy lentil crunch, radish sprouts and kamut. The radish sprouts are spicy and hot if you're looking for a little heat - like our woodshop supervisor! Yum. :) Speaking of planting, the 6-Plex has been labeled and successfully seeded (pictures below). Some of the things we planted include Amish Deer Tongue lettuce, which actually looks like a deer tongue, hard and soft garlics, some lovely edible flowers (nasturtiums) and sweet peas! We have started some seedlings outside of the tower to ensure they grow properly which include two types of basil, peppermint, chives and parsley. Only the strong will survive - and make it in to tower. With our office tower, on location, we have put up a quick list as we are hiring lots of new people during this time of year, to make sure our garden tower is cared for with as much love, by everyone at Challenge, as we give it everyday. This week we started the funnest vegetable garden you'll see. We used our Psychedelic Salad kit and Funky Vegetable kit which we ordered off of Amazon from Plant Theatre. If you want to buy your own Plant Theatre products, follow this link: https://www.plant-theatre.co.uk/ You can also track our blog to see how your experience goes growing these kits. This morning our team went up to Changing Gear which is the location for our seed starting for our city streets planter boxes. We mentioned these in an earlier post and will keep you posted on this production process. If you want to check out Changing Gear, it is not quite a greenhouse building but their link is here: https://changinggear.ca/ Our last project today, which Bastien is leading, is a total seed inventory of all of the lovely seeds we have purchased, received by donation and found along the way. Last but not least, and on top of all of this awesome greenhouse stuff, the Challenge program participants received WHMIS certifications and Terri did up our Rendezvous window in our soon to be opening shop! Our woodshop, Twisted WoodWorks, will be having their shop grand opening on February 20! Be there, or be a turnip! Grow strong, see you next week!
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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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