Fertilizing our GHGP plot

After school we went to the Greenhouse and Garden Project (GHGP) to work on our little garden plot. Only a short time earlier had we finished weeding, and now we wanted to add some nutrients back into the ground.


GHGP horse manure plot

So we piled up a wheelbarrel with horse manure and straw from the GHGP horse manure plot. Apparently the GHGP has an agreement with some horse boarding group to get free manure from time to time.


GHGP plot before fertilizing, R and M doing some weeding

Although we're not certain how beneficial horse manure will be for out plot, we nonetheless overturned the earth in our plot and raked in the horse manure.


GHGP plot after fertilizing and hoeing rows

Because I had finally received certified organic seed potatoes (All Blue, Yellow Finn, Colorado Rose) we hoed three rows at the back of our plot.


GHGP plot -- view of hoed rows for potatoes

Our little garden is just starting to come together despite it looking a bit rough.


GHGP fruit trees -- a pear tree

We took some time to check out what trees were fruiting. We saw apple, pear, fig, loquat, and pomegranate trees with smaller-than-store-size fruit, but none that we wanted to eat were ripe.


GHGP fruit trees -- small apple