The Monday team have been working at the rooftop garden for nearly a term! Despite only working once a week, we have actually made quite a lot of progress.
Of course, we did quite a lot of watering and weeding. We tended to these two things every session, and even got all the old beds with only weeds growing in them clean.
One of the very important things we did with these cleaned beds was preparing them for new plants. Working in teams, one weeding the beds and another transporting soil, compost, and mulch from the other side of the school using wheelbarrows and pots to be laid out in the beds, we made them looking good and ready for new plant life again.
beetle baby
pepper
Using the new beds, we experimented with planting eggplant and chilies. Unfortunately, after two and three weeks of allowing them to take root, we haven’t seen a bud sprouting, which meant that the seeds failed to grow. This might’ve been caused by overwatering after the planting – learning from the mistake we’re sure to never overwater again.
After the eggplant and chilies, we planted leek and bok choy in the new bed. Hopefully they will sprout and grow, and give us a bountiful harvest!
(Boyi Li)