Intern Profile Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are: gain experience and better the community Two things I hope to learn for working at the Dallas Youth Garden are: how to garden and how yo make friends I think my biggest challenge will be: the bureaucracy My favorite vegetable is: beans My least favorite garden task is: seeding My most favorite garden task is: weeding I think a leader is: there is a key difference between a commander and a leader, and that difference is the definition My worst leadership skill or trait is: pacing My best leadership skill or trait is: keeping morale up Garden Plan: (from west to east) cabbage broccoli beans lettuce radishes (icicle) cucumbers tomatoes zucchini zucchini beans beans beans chard beans My favorite plant to plant was: beans My lease favorite plan to plant was: zucchini I think my plan worked because: it was flexible Garden Log: May 14-28: its been a long two weeks bit its been worth it, my beans and radishes are doing so well they're drowning each other, my broccoli are past my knees ,and my cabbages are as big around as car tires, only four more months . June 2nd : not much in my field other than enough straw to feed every cow from here to Berlin. June 9th : still little has changed, my beans are doing well. June 16th : the bees are doing well for the given circumstances. June 23rd : the open house is soon so we have to make our garden look nice June 30th : the open house has come and i got 22lbs of lettuce , and ill be promoted to cadet airman in a matter of hours August 6th : not much eventful, but i do see a couple flower in my beans, and i think i have an odd crossbreed squash August 13th: im starting to get tomatoes August 20th: would it be possible to make sunflower seeds from theses August 27th: school is almost here September 7th: two more days of work and I'm done Leadership Projects: Bank Accounts Problem: being able to have financial independence Solution: setting up bank account Test: i set up a bank account Document Results: due to the bank account I've been able to budget my remaining money easier and still have about $20 left Communication: sitting down with a Wells Fargo representative and opening an account Leadership: taking the affirmative to open my own account Leadership Projects: booth work Problem: How do i draw attention at the master gardeners booth at summer fest Solution: wearing my BDUs Test: when it was my shift at the master gardeners both i wore my BDUs and stood at easy until someone came by the booth at which point i would stand at attention Document Results: i got 2 more contacts than Seth who did not wear BDUs Communication: if you draw attention, be ready to talk Leadership Projects: square zuchs Problem: zuch have alot of wasted space when being packed make the zuchs square test: run the math Document Results: a sphere has about 33% wasted space when packed as where a square has close to 0% Communication: translating raw data into something meaningful leadership: garden inmprovment |
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