Huerto2-intro,ch1- 22,24,26dec,2,28feb,6mar

Question 1

a great/good way to ensure sustainability (of xyandz)

Answer 1

una buena manera de asegurar la sustentabilidad
manera - way
forma - form-way

de or para OK, needs la because sustentabilidad is an abstract concept

Question 2

sustainable

sustainability

Answer 2

sustentable

sustentabilidad

Question 3

an area planted in rows

Answer 3

una zona plantada en hileras o

un área sembrada en hileras

Question 4

you have to dig, fertilize, water and weed a bed

Answer 4

tiene que excavar, fertilizar, regar y deshierbar una cama

des-yer-bar

Question 5

the method

Answer 5

el método meh-toh-doh

Question 6

they noticed that the crops grew better in the loose soil of landslides

Answer 6

se dieron cuenta de que los cultivos crecían mejor en la tierra suelta de los derrumbes (deh-rroom-bes)

IT IS DARSE CUENTA DE
Me di cuenta de esto
- derrumbar =to demolish/knock-down
- derribar =to demolish-knock-down, overthrow, collapse
- derramar = to spill/shed/spread

Question 7

the purpose of this book is to help you

Answer 7

el propósito de este libro es ayudarte/ayudarle

Question 8

recycling of the nutrients and resupply of the organic material

Answer 8

el reciclaje de los nutrientes y el reabastecimiento de la materia orgánica

see a king (rey) giving enough (abasta) food and seeing me

reabastecimiento=resupply/refueling
el abastecimiento (noun) = supply/provision/provision of supplies
El ejército coordinará el abastecimiento de comida,

Question 9

we throw away/get rid of the nutrients

Answer 9

desechamos los nutrientes
echar = to throw

desperdiciamos - desperdiciar = to waste

we throw in the nutrients - echamos los nutrientes
we discard nutrients - desechamos los nutrientes
throw it to me - échamelo

Question 10

nutrients must be replaced

Answer 10

los nutrientes deben ser reemplazados

emplazar=to locate/site
reabastecimiento=to resupply

Question 11

family of the gramineae

Answer 11

las gramíneas (family of grasses)

gra-MEE-nee-us

Question 12

the best way to provide

Answer 12

la mejor forma de/para proporcionar/proveer

think of proportioning it out equally

Question 13

kitchen waste

Answer 13

los desperdicios de la cocina
also los desechos
desperdiciar = to waste
los desperdicios (noun) =waste,scraps, left-overs (left-overs is also sobras)

think of un (des) lost (perder) - it is not lost it is wasted

Question 14

the root hairs

Answer 14

los vellos radiculares

think of root hairs as beautiful ridiculous hairs - radicals

Question 15

the compost pile

Answer 15

la pila de composta

Question 16

food crops

Answer 16

cultivos alimenticios or alimentarios (VS USE THIS)
alimenticio = food, nourishing
alimentario=food (more in general)

Question 17

I can do various drafts but I would need someone to proofread and edit the manual.

Answer 17

• Puedo hacer varios borradores pero necesitaría que alguien corrigiera y editara el manual,
• can use pero necesitaría que alguien corrija y edite el manual also, just makes it sound closer in time.

Question 18

A good combination of crops to compost is wheat, cereal rye, fava beans and vetch. Also alfalfa.

Answer 18

Una buena combinación de cultivos para compostar es trigo, cereal de centeno, habas y veza.

think of one time (vez) I Velda saw a veza

• maybe no articles because ser doesn´t like to be followed by def article
  habas=broad bean which are fava beans y también alfalfa.

Question 19

high-calorie crops

Answer 19

HS says los cultivos altos en calorías (LCAC) VS USE THIS
Gloria in LC says
- los cultivos con altos niveles de calorías
o maybe cultivos altos en calorías
la caloría - calorías is a noun
- los cultivos de altas calorías (I think this is ok)

Question 20

potatoes, sweet potatoes, garlic, parsnips, turnips

Answer 20

las papas, los camotes, el ajo, las chirivías, los nabos
grandpas parsnips the cheery chiri chiri bang bang way with grandma
turnips are good, nab them first or turnip heads have a knob

Question 21

the barley, the rye

the rye bread that I like is inexpensive to make

Answer 21

- la cebada, el centeno
think say bada things about barley
- rye bread costs a cent with teh o no
sehn-TEH- noh
- el pan de centeno que me gusta es barato de hacer

Question 22

the turnip

Answer 22

el nabo

think of a knobby turnip, think of nabbing a turnip naked and running away with it!

Question 23

the narrow pathways

Answer 23

los pasillos angostos/estrechos
angostar = to narrow
estrechar = to narrow/hug/embrace
estrenar=to wear for the first time/to premier (think estrella)
estirar=to stretch (think throw your arms up in the air and stretch)

Question 24

the moisture bubble

Answer 24

la burbuja de humedad

think Bub Ble, Bur Bu ja ja

Question 25

the retention boards

Answer 25

los tablones/las tablas de retención

Question 26

to promote/encourage/boost

Answer 26

• fomentar also means to foment
• promover - to promote, cause, provoke
• alentar - to encourage/give strength to (THINK Judy is all in to promote and encourage me)