Family Gardens Part 2

We meet for workshops once a week. Each week we talked about a different aspect of gardening, such as composting, worm beds, double digging, starting seeds, transplanting, crop rotation, companion planting, drip irrigation, insects, seed collecting and saving....just to name a few. Kiara and I (Liz) worked with the groups from November 2007 through the end of February 2008. Then Merideth came and she and Kiara worked with the groups until the end of June 2008. This coming fall, Merideth and Kiara will be working with three NEW garden groups. I will be accompanying last year's garden groups as they decide what they would like to do next. When I met with them in August, both groups expressed gratitude and appreciation for their gardens and said that now they want to learn how to sew their own clothes. I told them that I can help them make a plan and walk with them as THEY accomplish their goals. It is exciting to watch God in action.
Filling seed trays in Chiaucingo. Isaiah and Micah came along.
Merideth with some children at the boarding school checking out the California worms. Each family built a worm bed. The worms turn donkey manure and kitchen scraps into incredible organic fertilizer for the garden.
From left to right, two daughters and their mother Emilia, who participated in last year's garden group in Teticic