On Friday the kuleana group talked about the basics of gardening here at PQ. We went over soils, the nursery, transplanting and companion plants and then did a full garden tour. The students were receptive, especially when it came to learning about bananas and sweet potatoes. Students then harvested sweet potatoes from one of the …
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Notes from Land Manager Patrick Leatherman
Patrick Leatherman (on right side) is our organic gardening specialist at PQ. He works to help the students develop connections between gardening and their individual therapeutic processes. I have cut and pasted some of Patrick’s notes from the weekend. I have deleted the students names to preserve confidentiality. Nalu Camp: Friday morning we met in …
Land notes 1/1/10
On Friday the kuleana group talked about the basics of gardening here at PQ. We went over soils, the nursery, transplanting and companion plants and then did a full garden tour. The students were receptive, especially when it came to learning about bananas and sweet potatoes. Students then harvested sweet potatoes from one of the …