Responsabilidades de Jamie:

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Initially, Jamie was told that she would "help" in the vegetable garden and do some office work. What really occured was that Jamie, along with Ricky's help, had to completely create the garden and greenhouse area from scratch. So she spends her days cultivating and caring for la huerta, the new garden addition to Laguna Blanca. This involves creativity, enthusiasm and labor while making plots, sowing seeds, watering plants, pulling weeds, and then starting from the beginning and doing it all again and again... with a smile. Jamie is a mental health therapist, who was happy taking care of people and talking all day long, so now caring for plants and occasionally talking to them is a very different routine for her. However, she is loving the work here and finding it rewarding in it's own way.

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Responsabilidades de Ricky:

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If you dont know already, he is a Master Composter of Tompkins County, NY. Naturally, his duties are associated with compost. He was invited to Laguna Blanca to develop protocols for vermicomposting, thermophilic composting (hot composting), and producing vermicompost teas. All materials are intended to be applied as organic amendments in the field, greenhouses, and garden areas. Additionally, Ricky hopes to make field and greenhouse trials to evaluate the effectiveness of the organic amendments. Ricky and Jamie's work go hand and hand.

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More specifically, some of his responsibilities include:

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