Week 1

My first week as a sustainability intern is coming to an end.

The heat has gone up steadily since the first day, climbing from the mid 70s to high 90s. As you can probably imagine, that wasn’t the best for the plants. The chives took the worst hit, with the flowers turning gray and brittle. I am going to talk to my supervisor about that tomorrow to see if I can get anything done. The tomatoes and potatoes are growing the strongest.

Most of my work this week has been weeding. The blueberry patch became more of a weedpatch, full of vines and ivy and weeds. I am not finished, but I made progress. The worst part was the vines. Ground ivy had overrun the bushes, climbing and twisting around the branches and limbs. Other vines with bristles just grew outward and attached itself to the plants, causing me to shred some leaves to remove them. All in all, not fun. 

EDIT: The chives are okay. That was their lifetime.