Okay..... so bad news. I got quarantined due to being in close contact with my housemate who was covid positive. So basically, I don't really know the exact details of what our class did on this week. Therefore, I will be talking based on what my coursemate told me.
From what I heard, this week was basically another general maintenance on the farm plot and beds. First, watering the plants. Then, proceed with weeding if necessary. Check up on the condition of the plant. Observe any abnormalities on the plant and provide the necessary care for it. Another thing that I forgot to mention before is that you should also loosen up the soil from time to time. When watering plants, the water will pull down the soil downwards. This will cause the soil to be more compact and firm. This will cause a decrease in total volume and number of pores inside the soil. These pores are needed as plant roots require air to absorb the nutrients from the soil. And guess where they get the air from, yes from the pores which contain pockets of air. Loosening up the soil also provides good aeration in the soil. Naturally, underground creatures such as earthworm will aerate the soil. However, our farm plot is too dry and is not really suitable for the earthworm. Therefore, we need to manually aerate the soil. This can be done by using hand trowel and hand cultivar. Make sure not to injure or damage the plant roots when loosening up the soil.
That's all I got for this week. See you later.
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