BLOG: MTNC Weekend Practical

By: Nick Tolhurst, Chris Potten

October 9^th 2015: Chris and I arrived at the greenhouse to check in and ready to work for 8AM. First thing in the morning we went for an irrigation lesson that Tim was teaching until around 8:30AM. Jeff then instructed us as to what were to be doing. We were told that we were going to be weeding at Z building. I went and got the tools out of the tool room that we would be using. Chris went and got the tractor and trailer, then picked up the tools I set out. We then met at Z building to get started. Jeff then showed up and gave us a walkthrough as to what needed to be done. We completed the front of Z building; weeded and raked to aerate the soil. We then cleaned up and headed back to the greenhouse. We then received a call from our prof. saying that the sliding door cable had snapped in the tool room, so we put a caution sign on it. After that we signed out.

                   

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October 10^th 2015: Chris and I arrived at the greenhouse to check in and ready to work for 8AM. I then drove over to Z building to meet up with Chris. He drove the tractor over with the trailer and tools again. We continued where we left off with the weeding, and raking at Z building. We completed the median of the parking lot, and 3 of the 5 garden sectionals at the front. We raked and weeded the area. We then cleaned up and brought the equipment back. When we arrived back at the greenhouse we had some extra time so we helped Travis and Jeff with some of the greenhouse duties, then signed out.

 

 

October 11^th 2015: Chris and I arrived at the greenhouse to check in and ready to work for 8 AM. Chris went to drive the tractor and trailer with all of the tools but it fell off the hitch. Luckily it unhitched before it left the campus. The knob which holds the trailers coupler was missing the nut. Chris placed the trailer back onto the knob and drove slowly and was able to get it back to C building. We believe the knob was too small for the coupler in the first place. This took a good chunk out of our day to figure it out. We ended up driving our vehicles over to Z building carrying the tools in our cars. We completed the sectional gardens at the front and got ¾ of the side of Z building weeded and raked. We then cleaned the tools, put the equipment back, and headed back to the greenhouse and signed out.