Our Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station has a suite of sensors that are used to measure and calculate a variety of climate data. The sensors incorporated into the weather station are as follows: UV Sensor: a photodiode, that measures UV in the range of 280 to 360nm. It gives values of minimum, low, moderate, […]
The greenhouse has been used to produce a good number of herbs, sage, basil, ponte alerio, fruit, tomatoes, and vegetables, maize, radishes and garlic chives, but has been shadowed by tree growth and excess humidity. Thus we have been enthusiastically weeding the greenhouse, pruning nacadero trees and our Inga edulis tree so that more light […]
In 2022 we were on the cusp of finally purchasing a meterological weather station when unfortunately, the school was hit by a huge cyberattack and the plan had to be put on hold. Last year a census of how a weather station could be used by staff in their classrooms was made and the results […]
Our terrace has been fallow for a year during the time we have been working on our cacao plantation. Now we plan to enlarge, improve and enclose the terrace. The first steps were to mark out the terrace and determine its new size. With students and volunteers we delimited the boundaries of the new […]
On Saturday the 23rd November, Dr Sonia Ospina and her 20 agroforestry students from UniValle, sede Palmira, came to visit Colegio Bolivar to learn about the two agroforestry systems we have in place and to visit a functioning composting area run by our very own Carlos Castillo – second right hand man to the garden, […]
We have just spent a Saturday with volunteers of the garden and students from social service working on digging holes that were staked out by agricultural plant science students. This hard work is necessary to prepare the site for the cacao trees that we intend to plant!
Following the ratification of the project, students have been tasked with measuring the location suggested, and seeing where cacao seedlings will be planted. It was discussed with students how to best minimize soil erosion and nutrient run-off and so as with the coffee plantation, students are using basic methods using an A-Frame to determine the […]
I have met with Dr Nagy, Mr Tim Shirk, and Dr Fayadd to spell out the justification for the Cacao plantation, together with a suggested location and a tentative number of 75 plants that can be planted. Students and I have been researching the spacing of plants, the planting density and the requirements needed for […]
During our Bolivar Garden Saturday this month, the school was visited by Dr Vaast to discuss the viability of planting cacao at the school. The following The area is well suited to the planting of cacao The first step is to peg out the area in a 3mx3m triangular system to see the carrying capacity […]
A NEW YEAR: Year 7 2022-23 This year is the Diamond Jubilee of the school, and quite rightly the Bolivar Garden wants to celebrate this in its own special way. As well as educating 21 students this year in the agricultural plant science elective two large projects are in the pipe-line: the first is to […]
