Lifeline's new garden is here! If you read the "Kathy and the Compost" blog a few weeks back, you've been anticipating our garden! The time has come to plant. After weeks of composting, the soil is ready and according to the locals, its the season to plant. A couple weeks ago, plantains were planted on the back part of the garden, and last week a fence was put up around it to keep the goats out. Cayil, our employee in charge of the garden proudly planted the first seeds today with a friend of his we hired for the day. We planted squash, radish, eggplant, watermelon and okra this time around. The kids who have been helping Cayil in the garden made signs with me to label the areas of the garden where each vegetable is planted. We are excited to see the children learning about gardening, Cayil taking leadership and a long anticipated project in motion. The gardens at Lifeline in the past have apparently been ravished by goats or other wandering neighborhood friends. This time, we're hoping the fence will do the job of keeping unwanted snackers out. Along with the trench composting in the garden, our compost bins are getting hot and black and ready to spread as fertilizer to our trees all over the mission. The trees have been growing slowly and looking a bit scraggly to be honest so we're excited to see the home-made fertilizer work its magic.
Keep all of these exciting projects in your prayers. We are currently brainstorming ways to recycle the water used to wash the canteen to water the plants. We'd like to cut down on water wasted during the dry season. The people living outside the gates are also not fond of our waste water that flows past their houses, causing a bit of a stink.
Lifeline's new garden is here! If you read the "Kathy and the Compost" blog a few weeks back, you've been anticipating our garden! The time has come to plant. After weeks of composting, the soil is ready and according to the locals, its the season to plant. A couple weeks ago, plantains were planted on the back part of the garden, and last week a fence was put up around it to keep the goats out. Cayil, our employee in charge of the garden proudly planted the first seeds today with a friend of his we hired for the day. We planted squash, radish, eggplant, watermelon and okra this time around. The kids who have been helping Cayil in the garden made signs with me to label the areas of the garden where each vegetable is planted. We are excited to see the children learning about gardening, Cayil taking leadership and a long anticipated project in motion. The gardens at Lifeline in the past have apparently been ravished by goats or other wandering neighborhood friends. This time, we're hoping the fence will do the job of keeping unwanted snackers out. Along with the trench composting in the garden, our compost bins are getting hot and black and ready to spread as fertilizer to our trees all over the mission. The trees have been growing slowly and looking a bit scraggly to be honest so we're excited to see the home-made fertilizer work its magic. 
Keep all of these exciting projects in your prayers. We are currently brainstorming ways to recycle the water used to wash the canteen to water the plants. We'd like to cut down on water wasted during the dry season. The people living outside the gates are also not fond of our waste water that flows past their houses, causing a bit of a stink.
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