Family Gardens Part 1

Last year two women's groups and one boarding school started family gardens. It was a great year! The goal of the garden project was to help people have access to fresh vegetables year round. We all learned a lot.
Everyone started a compost pile. Here I am at our house using ingredients from our dry latrine and the dried mango leaves from our mango tree. First a layer of sticks(for air circulation purpupses), then a layer of leaves, then a layer of manure. On top of that, I sprinkled some dirt, and finally water. I continued making layers this way until I ran out of ingredients. A few months later I had a pile of sweet smelling dirt - or organic fertilizer. When we looked at it, Micah wondered where HIS poop was.
We started a drip irrigation garden at our house too, and used the same methods as the women's group. Merideth came over to help us plan and lay the drip irrigation.