Wyandotte High School Kansas City Kansas garden area
The 'No Till' plot. (The plot had been tilled before the challenge). The newspapers to be used for weed barrier.
Tiling the plot with overlapping newspapers for weed barrier.
Laying mulch on newspaper barrier.
Students hard at work.
The mulch transport line.
Steve Mann finishing up.
Weed barrier and mulch plot completed
Getting the last bit of soil/compost mixture.
FNLie Richard Mabion checking out the planting
FNLie Sarah Shmigelsky helps Tabby determine proper spaceing of pea seed using a planting ruler.
No Till beds almost complete
Students plant in the tilled plot.
Wyandotte High School Science class completing garden planting
No till beds with peas and radishes sprouting. Less exposed surface ares means less damage and erosion.
Tilled area showing damage to the soil structure and subsequent erosion from heavy spring rains. No till using mulch protests the soil surface from this damage and loss.
Dr Hotz's Potato patch. Using no till methods he expects to pull up a potato plant and have a string of potatos like grapes hanging there. We'll see.
These babies are sprouting through our community.
