Week 8

- Filled the raised gardens with soil

Week 7 Vegetables

 Celery

A marshland plant from the Apiaceae family. It is vegetable with long fibrous stalk that tapers into leaves.

Squash 

This is a herbaceous vine from the gourd family. It is native to Mesoamerica and the Andes. There are five species known and grown worldwide that have edible fruit. These species include squash, pumpkin, and gourd.

Carrots

This is a root vegetable. It is typically orange; however, they can be red, black, white yellow or purple through all the cultivars there are. The forms of these domesticated carrots come from the original wild carrot that is native to Europe and Southwestern Asia.

Week 7 Chicken Breeds

 Marans

A French breed of chicken. Originates from the port town of Marans, in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of southwest France. It descended from local feral chickens with fighting chickens from India and Indonesia.

Silkie

Typically fluffy while their feathers feel silky and like satin. Has many unusual qualities, like black skin and bones, blue earlobes, as well as five toes on each foot. Most chickens have four toes on each foot.

Barnevelder

This is a domestic breed of Dutch chicken. It results from crossing Dutch chickens with Shanghai chickens imported to Europe from Asia. These breeds could have potentially included the breds: Brahma, Cochin, or Croad Langshan.