Time spent: 4 hours
Action: planting in the greenhouse
Next Action: I plan to clear more weeds in the soil beds in the garden
How am I doing?: After we planted brocolli and kale in the greenhouse, Loretta explained to the volunteers the importance of planting these and its effect on the soil. Also, the plants' nutritional content for the human body was another factor for planting these. Loretta also taught us in a specific way how to plant in the greenhouse and correct spacing for each plant to ensure maximum growth.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Pacifica Gardens Day 4
Date of Service: March 26, 2011 Time Spent: 4 hours
Action: -Volunteer Meeting
-Flatting Sunflower seeds, Sifting Compost, planting seeds
Next Action: I plan to continue and rehabilitate the beds by planting nitrogen fixers into the soil. There may also be projects involving more planting and weeding.
How am I doing? I arrived at the Linda Mar Education Center for our mandatory staff/volunteer meeting. We discussed the overall progress of Pacifica Gardens-financial aspects, volunteer support, projects, and upcoming calender of events.
There were a number of things including Construction/ Infrastructure, Garden, Programs, and projects not budgeted or planned that were discussed.
Since the soil all around the garden was rained through and hard to work in, I was assigned to the greenhouse, where I was taught how to flat sunflower and broccoli seeds. I was introduced to the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae which included russian kale, cabbage, broccoli, bok choy and dino kale. Plants from the Brassicacae family are all rich in vitamin C and soluble fiber and contains the multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties including diindolylmethane and selenium. The 3,3'-Diindolylmethane found in broccoli is a potent modulator of the innate immune response system with anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer activity. Broccoli also contains the compound glucoraphanin, which can be processed into an anticancer compound sulforaphane.
Action: -Volunteer Meeting
-Flatting Sunflower seeds, Sifting Compost, planting seeds
Next Action: I plan to continue and rehabilitate the beds by planting nitrogen fixers into the soil. There may also be projects involving more planting and weeding.
How am I doing? I arrived at the Linda Mar Education Center for our mandatory staff/volunteer meeting. We discussed the overall progress of Pacifica Gardens-financial aspects, volunteer support, projects, and upcoming calender of events.
There were a number of things including Construction/ Infrastructure, Garden, Programs, and projects not budgeted or planned that were discussed.
Since the soil all around the garden was rained through and hard to work in, I was assigned to the greenhouse, where I was taught how to flat sunflower and broccoli seeds. I was introduced to the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae which included russian kale, cabbage, broccoli, bok choy and dino kale. Plants from the Brassicacae family are all rich in vitamin C and soluble fiber and contains the multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties including diindolylmethane and selenium. The 3,3'-Diindolylmethane found in broccoli is a potent modulator of the innate immune response system with anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer activity. Broccoli also contains the compound glucoraphanin, which can be processed into an anticancer compound sulforaphane.
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