April meeting

Well, quite a bit of time has passed since the last post, but the gardening has been continuing! There have been 3 gardening club meetings since March. We mainly have planted seeds, transplanted some of the seedlings, and done some 'experimenting'.
On this rather dreary Wednesday, we dug holes, evenly dispersed worm compost (with the worms) into each hole added dirt and planted the seeds: sweet peas, morning glories, and nasturtiums. These are the plants that will climb up the teepee. We had a talk by our resident worm expert (seen in the pink coat - you can't see it, but she is holding a big, fat worm!).
We talked a little about soil, and compared soil from the ground to compost by timing and measuring water that passed though each soil. Unfortunately for the experiment, there wasn't any difference, but maybe that means that we have great soil for growing things! We also measured the pH of the soil - neutral (again, good for the soil, but not very interesting for us experimenters) - and what pH means (don't forget! the 'power of hydrogen').