{"id":347,"date":"2017-09-28T02:49:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T02:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.org\/garden\/?p=347"},"modified":"2025-04-07T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:41:00","slug":"over-grown-terraces-getting-back-in-the-swing-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/2017\/09\/28\/over-grown-terraces-getting-back-in-the-swing-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Over grown terraces: getting back in the swing of things."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the summer recess my new students and I came back to see that the school\u00b4s iguanas had had a great feast on our planted pumpkins and that the two terraces that had been developed before the summer had become overgrown with grass.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-286 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783.jpg 4096w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_0783-107x60.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4096px) 100vw, 4096px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first task was to get rid of the grass. This was done by digging up the grass, shaking soil from it, removing stones and demarking beds.\u00a0 Six beds were planned for the first terrace. Each is three meters in length.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-282 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File_006.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File_006.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File_006-330x248.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File_006-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File_006-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File_006-80x60.jpeg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This has taken the majority of the students\u2019 time. Additionally, learning from the iguana experience, we erected wooden posts cast in concrete that were not being used in the school. We are reusing these posts in order to erect a wire mesh fence to prevent iguanas and other pests from invading our terrace beds.<\/p>\n<p>The path between the first and second terrace was finished with stones.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the fencing is up, students will start sowing seeds.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the summer recess my new students and I came back to see that the school\u00b4s iguanas had had a great feast on our planted pumpkins and that the two terraces that had been developed before the summer had become overgrown with grass. The first task was to get rid of the grass. 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