Over the Easter holiday Amogha, Manoj, Aileen & Tyler work on the Mentor Terrace. Together they were able to uproot enough weeds on their terrace to make 6 large piles. They estimate that the sum of the weed root systems must have been about twice as large as the root systems of our vines!
Not anymore though! The tables have turned and the vines now have the upper hand in the stuggle for nutrients in our soil. The weeds will be used as compost which will replenish our soil with nutrients thus aiding our vines!
The Mentors use their terrace as a model for what is
to be done next on the terraces of our Learning Partners.
(Above) An example of vines that are surrounded by weeds which are inhibit the vines from gaining what they need from the soil. (Below) Here is an example of rows of vines which have been weeds have been cleared away by their roots. This will help keep weeds from reappearing as quickly as they would if one simply cut them.
