Garden Meeting on Sunday

What? Working on Sunday? Yes, since Sunday is market day and lots of people come into town, it's also the day we have our garden reunion once a month at the office. (The garden groups from last year and this year are invited.) We talked about whether or not the cisterns we help people build are really beneficial (I heard people respond positively saying that the water in the cisterns are CLEAN water and it's incredibly helpful to not have to spend so much time and energy collecting water with their donkeys), shared organic recipes to combat white flies and other insects that damage garden plants, and what else people would like to talk about in the future. Martin and the boys decided not to stay. Instead they took Chispitas home to love and play with. (Chispistas is our friend Zam's dog, whom Tia Merideth was taking care of while Zam was out of town with his family and grandparents.) The boys fell in love with Chispitas.


Chispitas taking a quick nap.



Here Bernadina (from Zacango) is passing on some more information about how to build the earthen stove to Julio from Chiaucingo. Bernadina went to Chiaucingo the day before to teach a group how to build the stoves. It was great to watch them check-in.



Sharing organic recipes for combating unwanted garden guests.




Merideth holding up two radishes that Aquilina brought to show the group.


We talked for about an hour about garden-related things. Then I invited those who were interested in talking more about dry latrines, cisterns and stoves inside the office. Quite a few people came. They started talking about how they could organize themselves and get what they needed in order to build more dry latrines and cisterns. (Stoves use all local resources.)
It was awesome. There was some sweet energy flowing. In the end, they decided to meet again next Sunday, same time, same place (our office!) Once again, all I can say is, "Guide my feet Lord while I run this race."
We'll see what next Sunday brings.