Almost everyone turned up to take care of their lands/countries at Urban Farming Jam 3. It wasn’t as uphill a struggle with the land as on the first day. Most teams/countries were able to get the land ready and sow seeds. From how these seeds/seedlings grow we will learn about what we got right and what we didn’t.

the basic process we followed was:

• dig up the ground upto a depth of 6 inches
• clean all the soil of stones, roots and other coarse material
• put in the organic compost
• put the cleaned up soil over it or maix it up
• make small furrows/hillocks in the soil-compost mix in as many rows as can comfortably fit in the plot
• sow the seeds in the furrows at a depth of 10-15 mm and space out each “seed spot” by 5 cms
• keep the soil moist but not drenched

The status of all the countries:

1. RIP – Dharmang and Avinash sowed Tomatoes, Okra and Brinjal seeds in their small plot. They have been watering it and kind of keeping an eye on it. Have to figure out the sprout time for these vegetables, when they are supposed to start digging up the soil softly, and what organic fertilizers could or should they use.
2. SAP – Sargam, Aajwanti and Priyanka sowed Methi (Fenugreek) seeds. Ma says that Methi is supposed to one of the fastest growing veggies.
3. Mooli Maidan – Deboo, Tisha, Munmun, Sam form the vast Mooli Maidan team landed up yesterday. They worked at trying to expand their plot/country by digging the hard ground around where the cabbage sprouts where planted last time. Tomatoes and Carrots seem to be on the cards.
4. Four Five of Spades – Karno, Divya, Aprupa, Uditi and (who was the fifth member? will add soon…) sowed Spinach seeds.
5. Bharta – Tanushree sowed some Eggplant saplings at UFJ2. She is off to Gurgaon for an exchange program, sowe have been watering it for her. The seedlings seem to withering to me. Need to figure out what to do.
6. Unnamed – Koti spend careful time at diffing up and preparing his corner plot-country further. Will sow next time he said. Will also be finalizing a name.

Pictures here.