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Harvesting Vegetables

In the last two weeks of HRT-1900 with Ken we have harvested carrots, beets, and potatoes. We also transplanted saskatoon bushes. Before starting our objective we were put into groups of four to five and were tasked to efficiently use all of our skills and tools to harvest potatoes. We were given secateurs and a graip (potato fork, or garden fork). After going over safety hazards such as moving vehicles, uneven ground, working with sharp objects and making sure we were equipped with the proper PPE, the HRT1 class was ready to do some harvesting. Our group of five, composed of Ethan, Suzanne, Wes, Taylor, and myself were prepared and set to take on a row with a length of almost fifty meters containing three or four different varieties of potatoes. As a group we decided who was doing what and how we were going to do it. I was set up as a digger along with Suzanne. As we loosened the soil around the Solanum tubersome (potato), Ethan and Wes unearthed the potatoes, setting them on one side of the row and setting the green vegetation on the other side. Taylor came along the rows with containers to hold the potatoes and buckets to dispose of the vegetation. Each of the containers were marked with the variety of potato and set in the back of the John Deer vehicle. There were a couple potatoes harmed in the process but after the first two I started digging more straight down with my graip and injured no more poor potatoes. Something I would like to do better next time is get more comfortable boots or double sock.