{"id":550,"date":"2019-01-16T21:33:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T21:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.org\/garden\/?p=550"},"modified":"2025-04-07T20:30:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:30:53","slug":"espanol-recuperation-of-the-terraces-nicolas-uribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/2019\/01\/16\/espanol-recuperation-of-the-terraces-nicolas-uribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Recuperation of the terraces &#8211; Nicolas Uribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we first arrived to the class and went down to the garden for the first time, the terraces were well constructed but needed maintenance after the summer recess. The majority of the rocks had already been removed by the previous class, but we found that \u00a0there were many small rocks still in the soil. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Working-on-the-terrace-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Working-on-the-terrace-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Working-on-the-terrace-330x440.png 330w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Working-on-the-terrace-45x60.png 45w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Working-on-the-terrace.png 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our first duty was to dig out the weeds and grasses that had grown over the summer, then \u00a0excavate and remove as many small rocks as we could. We dug all the soil out in two meter sections, and cleaned by removing stones by hand and using a metal wire mesh device. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-2-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-2-330x440.png 330w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-2-45x60.png 45w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-2.png 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20180918_125058553_HDR-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20180918_125058553_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20180918_125058553_HDR-330x440.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20180918_125058553_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20180918_125058553_HDR-45x60.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We then mixed the soil with compost, kindly donated by Felipe Olano\u00b4s parents, to increase the nutrients in the terrace beds. Once one section of the terrace had been prepared we moved to the next. We have managed to recuperate about half of the first terrace, about nine meters. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-3-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-3-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-3-330x440.png 330w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-3-45x60.png 45w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/working-on-the-terrace-3.png 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once prepared we waited a week before planting any seeds in the terrace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal is to finish recuperating the first terrace in its entirety this semester. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we first arrived to the class and went down to the garden for the first time, the terraces were well constructed but needed maintenance after the summer recess. The majority of the rocks had already been removed by the previous class, but we found that \u00a0there were many small rocks still in the soil. 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