Journal

Tribute to the garden

One of my best memories form last October was pulling rocks out of the ground to get the garden started. ...

July 24, 2009

We recently went on a visit to a local farm. We were AMAZED by what we found and excited about...

July 21, 2009

below is the rough sketch of the landscape as it is now and picture of the site currently... we have...

July 19, 2009

23 farmers came yesterday to watch a impromptu demonstration of permaculture and bio intensive farming. When we arrived in the...

July 18, 2009

I was cordially invited to one of Chugu's( my favorite village) weekly meetings to discuss organic farming as well as...

July 16, 2009

We headed to a much drier region just east of Meru with Sally Kims a friend of Ayub's. She has...

July 16, 2009

Last night on our school excursion to visit Karamana's son we passed a green roof!!!!! I was hoping I would...

July 10, 2009

After beginning a bio intensive and permaculture garden next door to Karamana's kitchen where it would go to good use...

July 08, 2009

It's always a delight to take a stroll around the grounds of KACH or through the community of Kithoka with...

July 07, 2009

Today was a big day! Ayub brought some new plants from the nursery. I had asked for more edibles so we...

July 04, 2009

Gardens are young yet bountiful. The soil is producing amazing veggies.... Excited about the possibilities!

July 03, 2009

Mung Beans: Surprisingly there are lots of bugs in dry mung beans... who would have guessed?....This afternoon, while sitting in...

July 02, 2009