Fourth Week

This week has been very interesting and exciting. It was exciting to see our hard work pay off as our plants grew and our lettuce became ready for harvest. Our tomatoes have been doing very well and our radishes will be ready in the next few days. Also, we visited the Cloisters in upper Manhattan which is a monastery built from original parts of medieval monasteries. It has gardens that have plants that have various functions from medicine to die-making. I found it interesting that medieval monks cultivated these plants not just for decoration but actually used them in their everyday work. The medieval tapestries and sculptures were interesting because of the amount of accuracy and dexterity required to create them. One tapestry in particular intrigued me because it told the story of a unicorn which was celebrated, hunted and killed. It was interesting because of the different meanings it held. There were undertones of a marriage between two families and also religious undertones where the unicorn represents Jesus. This week was exciting and I hope to see the rest of our crops come to harvest.