Animals, Composting, Garden, Recyling....
Friday, November 29, 2019
Friday, November 15, 2019
Q2 Week 3 November 18-22
Upcoming Items
Wednesday - RAIN
Friday - Last day before break.... Waffles and O.J.
Farm - Get the area ready for both rain and the break.
Garden - Ditto.
Recycling - Get it all bagged up and turned in.
Composting - Get it turned. We have been running at 130 degrees +
Wednesday - RAIN
Friday - Last day before break.... Waffles and O.J.
Farm - Get the area ready for both rain and the break.
Garden - Ditto.
Recycling - Get it all bagged up and turned in.
Composting - Get it turned. We have been running at 130 degrees +
Things happening around the farm November 11-14 Baby Goats, chickens....
Include photos of baby goats.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Q2 W2 November 11-15
Farm
Goats - The baby are now two weeks old and becoming extremely active.
Chickens - The baby chickens that were born between October 23 and October 28 are becoming very active. They have been in the second phase chicken coop, a small looking home outside room #1. They are about ready to move into a pin in the outdoor chicken coop.
Garden
Exterior Garden Planting - Working on a design for a small greenhouse attached to room #1. In this greenhouse, we will house the newly planted seeds. This was done indoors the past two years, and unfortunately, we encountered nature inside the classroom.
The newly created raised gardens have been planted with the plants received from the LA County fair farm and seeds. The onion seeds began to sprout.
Interior Garden Planting - We continued to monitor the lettuce seeds that were planted indoors two weeks ago. The seeds were placed outside next to room #1.
Recycling
Compost - This week we began a 20'x 20' compost pile behind the farm. We have a commitment from the district facilities group to place all of the new green waste into the area. HHS farm students will keep the pile watered and we will monitor the moisture and temperature of the pile.
Photos taken Sunday, Nov 17
Recycle program - The art department made four posters for the recycling program. Two of the posters were posted today in the quad area. Thank you, Miss Garcia.
Goats - The baby are now two weeks old and becoming extremely active.
Chickens - The baby chickens that were born between October 23 and October 28 are becoming very active. They have been in the second phase chicken coop, a small looking home outside room #1. They are about ready to move into a pin in the outdoor chicken coop.
Garden
Exterior Garden Planting - Working on a design for a small greenhouse attached to room #1. In this greenhouse, we will house the newly planted seeds. This was done indoors the past two years, and unfortunately, we encountered nature inside the classroom.
The newly created raised gardens have been planted with the plants received from the LA County fair farm and seeds. The onion seeds began to sprout.
Interior Garden Planting - We continued to monitor the lettuce seeds that were planted indoors two weeks ago. The seeds were placed outside next to room #1.
Recycling
Compost - This week we began a 20'x 20' compost pile behind the farm. We have a commitment from the district facilities group to place all of the new green waste into the area. HHS farm students will keep the pile watered and we will monitor the moisture and temperature of the pile.
Photos taken Sunday, Nov 17
Recycle program - The art department made four posters for the recycling program. Two of the posters were posted today in the quad area. Thank you, Miss Garcia.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Composting Additonally...
On Wednesday, November 6, UUSD district personnel gave us a 20' x 20' area in the back of the campus lot to start a larger compost pile. The district has been dropping off green waste for the past month all over various parts of the area in the back. But with no central drop off point, all the greens were drying out in the wind. The district personnel would then throw it all into a 10-yard dumpster and pay to have it hauled away. We are hoping to modify this activity. We hope to turn what was a money-losing proposition into a sustainable way to provide our own mulch for the various gardens in the Upland USD.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Composting
Last week or maybe the week prior we established two compost bins and loaded them up with brown and green leaves that were being dropped off in the area behind the farm. Today the temperatures of the piles each reached 110 degrees. Our goal is to get the internal temperature of the piles between 130 to 160 degrees for three days. After three days we will then turn the pile to start the process over three more times. After this process, we will then place the compost into a pile and cover until spring ( when we are ready to plant) We are doing this because of the use of chicken bedding and poop that has been mixed in as part of the composting process.
Baby Chicks Moved....and Baby Goats Videos!!!
The baby chicks born on or around October 23-28, a total of seven chicks were placed outside in the Pomona hen house in front of room 1. The heating lamp is still on at night.
Just in case I did not write about it earlier, but we moved the six Silkie chickens that were in the Pomona coop into the main coop in one of the smaller coop rooms.
The August 27 and Sept 11 chicks are now free-ranging with the regular flock.
I also received word from the young lady who took care of Felicia over the summer and who took 19 of our chicks that were hatched in early August that 9 of the chicks are roosters. Yipes. We will be rectifying this problem.
The baby goats are moving around the pen.
Goats November 3, 2020
Just in case I did not write about it earlier, but we moved the six Silkie chickens that were in the Pomona coop into the main coop in one of the smaller coop rooms.
The August 27 and Sept 11 chicks are now free-ranging with the regular flock.
I also received word from the young lady who took care of Felicia over the summer and who took 19 of our chicks that were hatched in early August that 9 of the chicks are roosters. Yipes. We will be rectifying this problem.
The baby goats are moving around the pen.
Goats November 3, 2020
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Quarter 2 Week 1 November 4-8
Things to do on the farm this week.
1. Cont. planting plants received from the LA County Fair Farm last weekend
2. Begin monitoring compost pile temperature, moisture content and, the daily temperature at the time of reading.
3. Add irrigation lines to the new raised garden planters.
4. Add plywood tops to new cages inside the coop.
5. Repair new fencing wire in middle cage
6. Start a recycling program. Come up with a way to separate food/plates/recyclables. Use existing box made a couple years ago.
7. Start plants insides.
Build something to hold trays
Purchase more lighting
8. Label plants outside..
9. Cont. labeling chickens
1. Cont. planting plants received from the LA County Fair Farm last weekend
2. Begin monitoring compost pile temperature, moisture content and, the daily temperature at the time of reading.
3. Add irrigation lines to the new raised garden planters.
4. Add plywood tops to new cages inside the coop.
5. Repair new fencing wire in middle cage
6. Start a recycling program. Come up with a way to separate food/plates/recyclables. Use existing box made a couple years ago.
7. Start plants insides.
Build something to hold trays
Purchase more lighting
8. Label plants outside..
9. Cont. labeling chickens
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