Land Clearing (part 2), Liming and Sowing Seeds

     It's me again. So for this week we continued clearing the land a bit more as there were some remaining weeds and stumps on the farm. Same as the week before, time to bring out the machetes. 

    Besides that, we also did liming on the soil. This is because the soil was too acidic for the plants to grow. The liming process is done to neutralize or to bring the pH of the soil to a reasonable level. The pH level is important as plants, especially for our plants, as they need a pH level of 6 to 7 to grow properly. We used limestone for the process. The limestone was spread around the farm plots evenly (kinda). 

    Not only that, we also did seeding for the plants in trays. First, we filled the tray with organic soil and watered it. Then, holes were poked and the seeds were placed in the soil. It is then covered again with soil. You can water the soil again if you want but the initial watering is more than enough for the seeds. After that, the trays were placed in the greenhouse and is watered daily until it is ready to be transplanted into the farm plot. Important note, when watering the seeds, make sure to not use high pressure water as the seeds may be discharged or removed due to the high water pressure.

     We also built a bridge for an easier access to the farm plot. We chopped some tree trunks and built the bridge using it. The farm plot is surrounded by water trench so we really needed the bridge.

  

That's pretty much it for what we did this week. See ya later.