DASHIELL’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because: I believe that working here will provide me with some great work experience and some good practice working with other people.

Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are:

  1. I would like to get much better at gardening.

  2. I would also like to work on my social skills.

Two things I hope to learn from working at the Dallas Youth Garden are:

  1. I would like to better manage my time, as it is an issue i have had in the past.

  2. I would also like to better learn how to work independently, as that is a very important part of having a job.

I think my biggest challenge will be: Managing deadlines.

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: Carrots.

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: A bit of muscle and hopefully a little morale.

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Marigolds

  2. Tomatoes

  3. Carrots

  4. Onions

  5. Cabbage

  6. Zucchini

  7. Dill

  8. Crookneck Squash

  9. Marigolds

  10. Yellow Squash

  11. Lettuce

  12. Pumpkins

  13. Peppers

  14. Beets

  15. Beans

  16. Butternut Squash

Rows of vegetables planted: 14

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 14

Planned Garden Yield:

Planned Biggest Producer:

Changes in my plan during planting: Had to replace a plant with another, as it didn’t end up making it

GARDEN LOG

  • May 1-3: May 1st I was unable to attend due to a track meet, however on the 3rd I helped prepare the garden for the summer.

  • May 4-10: May 7th I attended a meeting to plan out my garden, and I continued making these plans on the 8th. On the 10th I assisted with the clean up of the Master Gardener plant sale.

  • May 11-17: May 13th I began planting getting 2-3 rows done, I arrived early as I had track practice in addition to the garden. I did a similar thing on the 15th, arriving early and planting 2-3 rows. On the 17th I attended the zoom meeting as the weather made working much harder.

  • May 18-24: May 20th, I planted 2-3 rows, and the same goes for May 22nd. May 24th however, I planted 4-5 rows, which set me on track to finish my garden much earlier than I had anticipated.

  • May 25-31: May 27th, I planted 2-3 rows, May 29th, I finished my garden, and May 31st, I got my sign in the my plot and started weeding.

  • June 1-7: June 3rd, I watered and weeded, June 5th, I did the same, June 7th, I helped lay down straw.

  • June 8-14: June 10th, I watered and weeded, found a few bugs but nothing too interesting, June 12th, I watered and weeded, no new bugs, June 14th, I helped lay straw by delivering it in wheelbarrows.

  • June 15-21: June 17th, I watered and weeded, found a bug or two, June 19th, I was there for the optional day, June 21st, Helped with laying straw by loading and moving wheelbarrows.

  • June 22-28: June 24th, I watered and weeded as usual, nothing of note, June 26th, I was absent, June 28th, Finished laying straw down (Yay!).

  • June 29-July 5: July 1st, I watered and weeded, found a few bugs, July 3rd, I was unfortunately sick and could not show up, July 5th.

  • July 6-12: July 8th, I watered and weeded as usual, July 10th, I watered and made a lot of progress weeding, July 12th, Pretty average, but Minions really helped with productivity.

  • July 13-19: July 15th, Average day, picked some squash and weeded a little, July 17th, I watered and weeded, standard fare, July 19th, I help move bark dust to make a path between two parts of the garden.

  • July 20-26: Both the 22nd and 24th were rather unremarkable, however I focused on weeding the flowering plants in order to prevent the further spread of weeds. On the 26th I helped finish spreading mulch in between the rows.

  • July 27- August 2: July 29th, I focused (much like the week prior) on weeding the flowering weeds as a preventative measure. However, on the 31st these weeds were mostly gone, so I turned my attention to the plants that seemed to be struggling and gave them some extra care. On August 2nd, I attended and assisted with the open house.

Final Thoughts:


My favorite garden vegetable was:
Because:
I harvested _____ pounds of produce from my garden.
My favorite job was:
My least favorite job was:
I could have done better at:
I did the best I could doing:
The two things I learned most at the garden this year were:
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2.

GARDEN PROJECTS

1.Project One

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: A Nejiri Kama (Weeding Sickle) that had been rototilled and rendered unusable.

Answer(s) I found: Reforge it into a new tool, via a smithing workshop, and donate back to the garden. I started by flattening out the blade, so that I could work with it with more ease. After straightening the blade, I took it too a grinder, in order to remove the layer of rust on the outside. In addition, I also gave it a bit of an edge and added two notches along the handle. I used these notches as the bounds for the handle, which I made by wrapping paracord along the length and pulling it tight. Finally, I added a layer of orange spray paint in order to prevent rusting in the future.

URL Reference:

Reference

2. Recipe

Name:

Vegetable Used:

Ingredients:

Steps to Make it:

Opinion:

3. Another Project

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: The Garden needs some training videos to simplify the integration process.

Answer(s) I found: Helping everybody by editing their videos as an extra layer of polish. I started by learning the basics of video editing (As I was not previously very well learned on the subject) and from there I just started. The hardest part was splicing the clips together, because getting them to sound natural took a lot of fine tuning. However, this experience has taught me a whole lot about video editing, and was also pretty fun. I think I might try to get better at video editing in the future, as it was something I took to pretty well.

URL Reference:

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MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked _____ Days Off __2__ Extra Days Worked ____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):____

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