Wednesday 6/10/09 Activities

• Started with Dr. Wilkie talking to some interns individually about various topics while everybody arrived

• Left shortly at around 1:25 to Scott's farm called Comet Farm in Union County (approximately 30 miles away) and did many activities including:

• Discussed various possible farm chores for interns to undertake at the Comet Farm
  

• Pulled weeds around various crop areas

• Planted some tomatoes and peppers by transferring small plants from flower pots and putting them in the ground

• Dug holes around perimeter of tomato growing crop rows
  

• Partially submerged tree limbs in holes we dug into the ground to use as posts as a temporary fence around crops so they don't expand into adjacent rows
  

• Connected the logs with ropes to complete this fence
  

• Sawed and transported tree limbs parts from fallen trees adjacent to farming area to be used as mini fence posts around crop rows

• Deweeded parts of greenhouse

• Applied hay to various rows of crops in garden

• Left to Gainesville around 5:20

• Written by Divik Schueller