Personal Narrative: Year-Round Planting

One thing that does not interest me anymore is going outside. I used to always love going outside but not anymore that is like the top uninterested thing i'm into rite now. When i was a kid i loved going outside, after i got older i only go outside on the daily-bases now that i'm more mature.When i get in trouble my parents make me go outside for my punishment. Outside is just not interested to me

Going into the fall 2014 semester, my family was not in a good place financially, and I was not mentally. Our income had been reduced, meaning I had to step up to help my family. This caused my already weakened mental state to become even more strained and took a toll on me physically. I was not able to concentrate on anything at school, work, and home, it was almost in a blur. When I resigned from the fall 2014 semester, I knew it was something that was needed to make sure I stayed healthy, mentally and physically. Two years went by and I found myself in a better place. Going into the fall 2016 semester, I found the perfect balance between studying, work, and home life. In the end I exceeded all the expectations I had set for myself in every

After reading “A Discourse of Western planting,” by Richard Hakluyt, several things are brought to attention regarding the European perception of North America’s potential. In Hakluyt’s argument of over 20 reasons of why England should make colonizing North America a priority, it becomes evident that one of England’s main contributing factors is to gain a foot hold above rival countries, mainly Spain. However, though England’s reasons for pushing colonization are not directly equivalent to the rest of Europe’s motivation, it does provide insight into what public opinions were on colonization.

I hope you are as excited as I am about taking this last class of the program. I am enrolled as Robert France but friends and family have always called me “Jeff” (from my middle name). I live in Columbus, Ohio and have been an RN for 27 years. I finally decided to go back to school a couple of years ago to earn my BSN so that I could better serve my patients. I currently do not have plans to study for an advanced degree, but since I work at the OSU Medical Center, that may be an option in the future.

Many different views were available as I travelled across Wyoming. Leaving the forest fire behind was a real load off my mind. I was struck by how many trees were brown among the green backdrop of other conifers on the mountainsides. When a dead tree was ignited, it would burn fiercely for a few minutes,sending up a huge column of fire and smoke into the dwindling light of day. As darkness descended on the valley over the site of our cabin, the flaming eruptions became even more impressive. Many fire fighting rigs were parked along the park roads and highways, filled with firefighters from several different western states, ready to jump into action to save lives and property.

When the majority of people think of vegetable gardening, they instantly associate it with planting seeds in the spring and then harvesting the rewards in autumn. This does not mean, however, that gardening vegetables in the fall is not an option, too. Some plants are quite well disposed for being gardened during the fall.

The author of the book, “The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World” (2008), Dan Koeppel, who is a famous journalist describes in a fascinating way banana’s cultural importance, threats associated with the crops of banana in the future and banana’ history. Banana is a very delicious fruit and is eaten all over the world. Banana is one of the world’s fourth largest harvests in the world. Dole and Chiquita are eminent American based distributors and producers of banana. They are claiming to produce the banana on low price. In this book, Koeppel discusses the risks associated to the plantation of banana around the world. He also discusses the fact that due to blight, the plantation of banana is destroyed (Koeppel, 2008). He points out that the farmers and the producers have no insight at all regarding this matter (Koeppel, 2008).

A simple jaunt, to a small slew, along a gravel road bracketed by cropland and pastures, leaves one watching out the window instead of peering at a screen. Cows, moving at a glacial pace, graze on the stubble left in a field, gleaning the last bits of nutrients from the nearly barren field. Snow is imminent. A farmer creates a windbreak with hay bales in order to partially protect his cows. This spurs a conversation between my father and me. The topic: why would a farmer set the hay bales in that arrangement, which would cause water and snow to become trapped? Those treks to far flung fishing holes with my father have sharpened my observation skills and developed my inquisitive nature.

Some summers ago, my brother Jack, and my cousins, Amber and Ethan, and I were on my grandma's 600 acre farm playing in the fresh breeze that smelled like the flowers in my grandma’s garden. While the strong heavy wind whipped my hair around we discussed walking to the creek behind the house past the corn field. Without any consideration of the consequences we merrily headed towards the corn field that was full of towering, green corn stalks. Running briskly through the corn we almost got lost, but we kept running carelessly while being smacked by the corn husks until we were out and could feel the warmth of the sun on our backs.

Last week, our whole class attended a week-long outdoor school, Walden West. I had a great time, and met several friends there. Even though I enjoyed and loved every part of it, my favorite part was our outdoor field class. During field class, our instructor, Rae, would take us hiking. On the hike we’d see things we’d never seen before; different types of fungus, bacteria and invertebrates (The FBI), new animals like newts, deer, bats, and slugs, and learn about plants.

We adjusted very quickly. The kids loved it since day one and we got right to our everyday life just like if we were still back in Virginia. Our routines were set in place, chores, mommy's summer school began and we even started walking everyday again. That led to our discovery of the On Post Garden which eased my green thumb cravings. I have had some setbacks, I wouldn't be human if I didn't. I constantly struggle with keeping an upbeat attitude in the middle of a move. Its normal and I embrace it.

Growing up on our farm, I watched my Dad and Granddad work from sun up to sun down, often through most of the night. I was always so inspired at their work ethics and how they never quit until they got the job done, and not once was their a complaint. I spent every chance I could up on our farm learning how to operate and run every piece of equipment we had as well as ride a horse and care for our cattle. I was taught a lot of things at an early age; however, the most important thing I learned on our farm had nothing to do with equipment or safety. I learned how to work at what I believed in and never to quit until I achieved what I had set my mind to do. I used what I had learned on the farm and applied it to an early dream I had set as a

My friend stopped by my house, Sunday afternoon. She was very exited and worried in the same time. She is planning to get married in a few months, and she is worried if everything is going to turn out like she wanted them to. She brought a few catalogs with a lot of hairstyles. She wanted my opinion about which hairstyle she should choose for her weeding day. We looked over all the pictures and we agreed on a couple of them that we both really liked. She said she would pick up her weeding dress in few days. We went over the weeding planner, the weeding list to make sure we have everybody on the list. It took us about one to two hours to finish looking over all of the things, but I was happy to help her. I listened to her and I definitely could

Early spring planting is a great way to enjoy an abundance of early produce that normally wouldn 't be available until the late spring or early summer. Many smaller gardens can be started indoors with setups as simple as a few herb seeds in a windowsill planter or as complex as a multi-light hydroponic system. One of the most common mistakes that happen with starting your spring garden indoors is stating too early. Conditions must be timed exactly right so that as the indoor plant becomes ready for transplanting to a full bed, the conditions outside will at least allow transplanting the now grown seedlings to cold frames. Once the weather turns and the last frost has gone, the cold frames are removed and the plants will be well on there way to a quick spring start. This can give you the chance in some areas to allow for two or even three growing seasons throughout the year. Simple systems and complex indoor growing operations all have one thing in common; they need light. Without sunlight through a windowsill or high powered light bulbs, plants just won 't grow. In fact very few organisms can survive without sunlight, and those that do live in the sea or caves. A good source of light is crucial to the success of starting your spring garden indoors. When starting from seeds, you 'll need to germinate them first. Most seeds can be started in simple containers like paper cups, but some prefer peat cups or biodegradable cups. The choice doesn 't matter so long as they are

Over time, gardening has evolved from its roots to become more advanced in many different areas. Starting thousands of years ago with early humans growing a few plants to feed themselves and expanding to dedicated farmers growing hundreds or thousands of crops to sell to those around them, the scale increase of gardening has called for numerous changes and improvements in the process. These improvements range from adding fertilizers to creating new equipment to growing plants in new mediums. One of these new mediums for growing plants is used in hydroponics.