Thurs 5 November

Today I helped Manuel with watering the different vegetable gardens. The irrigation system is very useful because there are small tubes that water all the plants for you. To irrigate first you need to hook up a pump that mixes the nutrients into the main water line which goes into the small tubes. Then you put the tube from the mixer into a solution bucket with the nutrients and then turn on the water. The mixer does all the work and the pressure from the main water line distributes all of the water and nutrients through the small tubes to the plants. After helping Manuel with watering, I worked on cleaning edges of plants and scraped away all the small weeds and sticks with a machete especially for this task. Around 830am Alex Pacheco picked me up and we went to the small farm in Argentina to finish building the urban garden for them. When we got there, everything was set up and easy to put together thanks to another students help. We planted all of the plants and then ate lunch there. After I got a small tour of this farm and it was very impressive. The woman who owns the farm went to all of the classes that EARTH offered on how to have a sustainable farm with different types of compost and ponds with a special type of plants to clean the water to wash the animals. Also she learned how to make soap and started a business with a couple of her neighbors. She is very motivated and I was impressed with all that she had done. After the farm, I went back to work at the Perri Urbana, continuing cleaning the edges. After work I did yoga at home and then chilled. Later in the night, the British Ambassador came to the house for drinks after his presentation that he had had in the University. I met him and then went to bed.