Corey's Third Week

The third week of gardening is complete! I'd have to say time is zooming by in the gardening project. We had a very fun filled with many new vegetables to be planted and our two field trips. First we went to the Glenmalure meat farm. With the little time we did have with Mr. Kelly we received and abundance of info on his farm from the past, present, and what he has planned for the future. He raised sheep, cows, donkeys, pee fowl, and pigs on his farm. All his animals were grass fed unlike companies who feed their animals nothing but processed mill. Due to the processed foods they are given they have a higher chance of catching diseases unlike grass fed animals. A fun fact we learned is that his meat started at $8 a pound because that meat would come from one animal. Unlike the grocery store would usually be $5 because it came from numerous ground up animals. Later on in the week we went to Well Sweep Herb Farm with Mrs. Tuorto and her cooking class. It was as more exciting than the meat farm since we actually had someone to tour us around and interact with us. We learned a lot about the different plants he collected all from around the world. He had carnivorous plants, plants with wool on them like a sheep, and plants with medicines in them used to this day. We tasted and smelled many of the plants and herbs at the farm. I feel we learned so much from him such as grafting trees, what plants can heal in the human body, and what plants can be used in foods. We also were able to meet many of the animals on his farm such as the rabbits, sheep, kittens, and his rooster with the 10ft tail. After such a fun filled day the next day we were back at it in our own garden at school. We didn't have much to do but to check on our newly sprouting plants and to turn up the soil in the flower bed. We made the soil in the flower bed soft enough not to suffocate the flower seeds to be planted in it the following week. Overall I felt as if the week was full of traveling, hard work, and fun adventures.