Johnny Ortega is a landscaper. In this passage, a reporter asks him about his job. Reporter: What do you do as a landscaper? Johnny Ortega: I design gardens. Most of the gardens I design are large. Reporter: How did you get started? Ortega: I started when I was a kid. I used to work with my mom. Every spring, we planted flowers in her garden. My mom taught me to love the land. She also taught me to love the things it can produce. Not a single day passes when I'm not amazed by the power of nature. Reporter: What tools do you use on the job? Ortega: I use four primary tools to do my job. First, I use a garden shovel to dig small holes. Second, I use a regular shovel to dig big holes. Third, I use a wheelbarrow to move dirt. Fourth,
The excerpt is an example of the main figurative language technique used within the speech: analogy. Sanger directly relates parents/individuals to gardeners, children to seeds and the children's upbringing/living environment/advantages and/or disadvantages to soil, sun exposure, space and fresh air. She mentions the importance of weeding and how
The Carrillo Adobe is in a dire situation. It has not only fallen into disrepair from the many years of weather and use by so many individuals, but by visitors and citizens have been less that kind and considerate of its age and the prominence that it deserves. After Carrillo’s death her house was given to three of her daughters, Marta, Juana, and Felicidad. Then her belongings were distributed between all of her children. In the first decade after her death her different children each occupied the house at different times. One of her daughters, Juana and her husband ran the home as a tavern. They then converted the adobe into the first post office in the town of Santa Rosa. After her daughters no longer had a need for the adobe it was turned into a trading post where numerous individuals...
to seek jobs in agricultural work. Francisco Jimenez wrote a story, “The Circuit” published in the
Chavez Ravine was a self-sufficient and tight-knit community, a rare example of small town life within a large urban metropolis, but no matter how much the inhabitants loved thei...
When thinking about nature, Hans Christian Andersen wrote, “Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” John Muir and William Wordsworth both expressed through their writings that nature brought them great joy and satisfaction, as it did Andersen. Each author’s text conveyed very similar messages and represented similar experiences but, the writing style and wording used were significantly different. Wordsworth and Muir express their positive and emotional relationships with nature using diction and imagery.
Flanagan starts by describing how important it is for students to learn as much as they can in a classroom because gardening is actually "robbing an increasing number of American schoolchildren of hours they might
The woodworker had many tools to help him get the job done. Among them, he used saws to cut. Saws were not new tools. They had been used for over 5,000 years by the time the colonial woodworker utilized them. He used different types of sa...
His presence in this scene is pivotal for educating the audience about the prejudice and misrepresentation of Mexican-Americans in court at the time.... ... middle of paper ... ... Without El Pachuco’s presence in these scenes, the clarity of the issues would not have been put at the forefront of the play.
I later understood that gardening is generally associated with a life of leisure, with relaxation. For me, it was a competition. I'd ask my seedlings, 'Who's growing the fastest?' 'Who's the tallest?' Fearing bad karma, I tried to stay impartial, lest a subconscious preference for green beans would cause me to water them more often, while dumping bleach on the onions. Every night I'd give my parents an update on rates of growth, any signs of produce, and my never-realized irrigation plans.
The main tillage tool is the moldboard plow. The moldboard plow was made to turn soil over and cover all crop residue and add air to the soil. Once the plowing is done in the fall then in the spring secondary tools are used. Secondary tools include disks, harrows, and cultivators to even out the soil. A disk has round disks that breaks up the dirt clods and then the farmer would use a harrow or cultivator to make a nice smooth seedbed (economics of conservation tillage).
Blanco talks about real life events that have happened. He speaks of the daily life of kids riding to school on buses, people heading to work, whether it’s the teachers, restaurant workers, grocery clerks or
In Eduardo’s conversation with an illegal immigrant, he explains that he is working to get his family across the border
...e the essays share many of the same ideas, they differ in the message the authors are trying to deliver. Lopez hopes to inspire children to become nature conservationists in “Children in the Woods,” while Bass hopes to offer a glimpse inside a hunter’s mind in “Why I Hunt.” Both essays discuss the importance of a vivid imagination and the strong spiritual relationships that are nurtured in the natural world. Both authors credit their environments for their opportunity to experience nature in a way that most of society is unable to.
My interest in plants came through watching and helping my grandmother in her gardens. Last summer, Jacksonville's historic Cummer Gardens needed workers, so I began volunteering there for several hours each week, planting new flowers, removing old ones, mulching, and weeding. My work there has inspired me to volunteer in other public gardens, such as those in libraries and nursing homes, in the future.
How to create an environment suitable for human living when resources are limited is a challenging problem for modern society. My strong interest in photography and art has compelled me to become especially observant toward the relationship between human beings and the environment. I have come to realize that the environment we live in has suffered much damage from pollution and lacks competent planning, making it difficult to find beautiful scenery to photograph or sketch. I began to think that I could make use of my artistic gift, concern about, and interest in the environment by entering the field of landscape design and putting my effort into beautifying our surroundings. Therefore, after graduating from high school, I entered the Department of Landscape Architecture at ABC University.