I was picking up my Grad pics on Thursday June 18 at the Uni Centre, and I thought I would take the time to see how the garden/plantings were doing. I was sadden that to see that the wheat with the petunias had been meticulously weeded out. However I was very excited and happy to see the beans doing really well, the corn and the zuchinni were also going strong. I didn’t think the plot would nourish and support all those vegetables but really nature is amazing. Then I looked under the tree at the wheat and that is also going really well. I don’t know if the current heat wave will damage this new growth but maybe some students or workmen will water the vegetables since they are the most noticeable so far. I am anxious to see how all grows, like the unravelling of a novel
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Hello Able Gardener 2!! I noticed in the paper today the scare over Wheat Rust. And there’s (Bill Gates’s) money being poured into research. I wonder if any of it will be diverted to companion planting or perhaps increasing the production of other bread and pasta crops, like spelt? Or is it all focused on genetics and hybrids?
I watered the boxes Tuesday night. It’s hard to get a water source when the campus is a construction site. I had to carry buckets over to the washrooms across from Alumni Hall. The faucets have been changed to automatic spray and timed for handwashing, so it was difficult filling a bucket. There’s handwashing posters for H1N1 and the flu pandemic. At times like these this project feels precarious…