Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Last Day
Monday, May 24, 2010
Herding Chickens
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Friday
Weekly Reflection
This week on senior project I learned how to plant beans, build a chicken tractor, use a hammer and saw efficiently, move a chicken tractor, how to identify droids, worker bees, and the queen bee, and about germination need of different plants, and many other things. It is hard to list everything that I have been learning on senior project because I am learning new things every second but I am not thinking “Oh, now. Right now! I am learning. OK, now I am not. But, now I am”, as we do in classes.
The week went by smoothly without any surprises or confusion. Everything happened as I expected it would. really enjoyed the work I was doing this week. All the work that I do is worthwhile and beneficial to myself and the land. I am glad I was able to help build the new chicken tractor. One of my goals was to understand how a chicken tractor can benefit a small farm and to learn how to take care of chickens. What better way to learn about chicken tractors and chickens then to clean the tractor everyday, collect eggs, feed and water chickens, and build a chicken tractor? I will benefit from the work I do at the farm by gaining experience.
Just before senior project started I as worried that I wouldn’t be able to achieve the three goals I set in the fall when I wrote my proposal. But, after the first week I realized that all the work I was doing on the farm was helping me to reach the goals. I believe that at the end of the second week I have achieved my three goals. I haven’t completed all three activities that I proposed I would for each goal. I have done other activities instead of the proposed ones. I think that the activities replacing the proposed ones were practical and hands on. A lot of the activities I proposed were things that I already knew how to do like take photographs, make lists, graphs, and write explanations. I didn’t know what kind of activities would go into propagation seeds because I didn’t know how to propagate seeds. I had to learn a bit more about my goals before I knew what activities would steer me in the right direction. You can’t write your directions until you know the destination.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Queen Bee
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Chicken Tractor Construction
Here is a sample of the germination needs spreadsheet
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
How to Drive a Tractor
5/18 Day Seven
Monday, May 17, 2010
Flower Day
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Weekly Reflection
This week on senior project I learnt how to take care of chickens, monitor green house temperatures, spread black plastic, set up drip tape, seed into trays, transplant, put up pea fencing, planting based on the moon cycle, and about beekeeping. I really enjoyed all the work that I was doing. I especially enjoy taking care of the chickens and collecting eggs. I haven’t had any surprises yet on senior project. The work I have been doing is what I was expecting. I have been doing activities everyday to achieve my three goals: to understand the organization and planning of a small farm, to learn how to propagate seeds, and to understand how a chicken tractor can benefit a small farm and to learn how to take care of chickens. The morning chicken duty is an activity that will help me fulfill my goal of understanding chicken tractors and how to take care of chickens. Recording the green house and hoop house temperatures and reviewing the yearly farm plans are activities to that I have done to reach my goal of understand the organization and planning of a small farm. I am working on my goal to learn how to propagate seeds every day by helping with seeding, soil-mixing, transplanting, and watering. I believe I am on track to achieving my goals and already have a greater understanding of chickens, organization and planning, and seed propagation.