VERY FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BLOG

The first plant I wanted to put in our garden is the pea. The pea is a fruit. It thrives the most in the fall and winter months, since it generally likes the cold. The has a life cycle of about one year. It should grow around the end of our semester. It may come in time for exhibition, but if not, it could still be a valuable asset to the future of the garden. After all, peas have many various culinary applications, so they are a great addition to our garden.

We should grow our pea from a seed, since that is the conventional way of going about it. They may require a few cubic meters to grow (but no more than that). Each seed should probably be separated by a half foot or so. Peas tend to like slightly acidic soil. They also prefer a bit of moist soil. Although there is no exact science to watering them, they prefer to be watered around once a week. One fun fact about peas is that they originate from the middle east, from places like Syria and Jordan.

The second plant I want to put in our garden is a carrot. The carrot is a vegetable. It tends to prefer the summer, but with our San Diego climate, it could still do fine in the fall and winter months. We should grow it from a seed, soaking the seeds in warm water overnight, and then planting them. We should spread the seeds out as we plant them, and plant them at different times, so as to scatter their growing times. Many carrots can be grown in a small area—a few dozen in just a few cubic feet.

Like the peas, the carrots would probably grow to full size at around the end of the semester, so this may be more of a long term commitment to the garden, even though there is a good chance we’ll get a lot of good carrots on this time around. Some of the requirements for maintaining the carrots are that they prefer light soil, which is rich in nutrients, as well as moisture. They also need sunlight. They should be watered every few days. Like peas, carrots also originate from the middle east, Afghanistan being a country of origin.