Bala greenhouse
posted in: Bala Garden, Greenhouse, Harvesting
At Bala, gardener Abdourahmane has planted a variety of local crops, including okra, chilli peppers and cassava.
Tasty dishes cooked by the farm’s youngsters
A local vegetable garden is planned to provide a variety of vegetables and herbs for their personal use.Until the garden is up and running, the vegetables have been bought from Levi’s Nek stores….
Watering the Traversine by the nursery children
posted in: Garden maintenance, Villiot Garden - Paris, Watering
Twice a week, children from the Villiot nursery help to maintain the garden. After enriching the compost with peelings from their canteen, they help to water the vegetable garden.
Maintenance of courgette beds in Yagma
The Yagma garden team prepared courgette and maize beds before the onset of the rainy season. Maize requires a lot of water, so this season is ideal for planting and growing it. Its rapid growth will enable it to be … Read More
Sowing in the Garden of Skill’s greenhouse at Malanti
posted in: Garden maintenance, Greenhouse, Malanti Garden, Seedlings
The women in charge of the Garden of Skills at Malanti in Eswatini are preparing the selection of seeds that they will put into pots in the greenhouse. It’s a painstaking task, so as not to waste this precious resource … Read More
Planting of strawberry plants in the garden of the Traversine Bercy, Paris
This Friday, the children of the elementary school of Bercy planted strawberry plants on the vertical wall of the garden of the Traversine of Bercy. They particularly enjoyed this activity which signs the return of spring!
Harvest of sweet potatoes
posted in: Gardening tutorial, Harvesting, Swaziland
Sweet potatoes at the Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini The sweet potato is very popular in Eswatini, and is also suitable for sloping ground as it produces abundant creeping foliage. After each harvest, the women take cuttings from the harvested … Read More
Daily watering and maintenance of the garden by children at the Petits Princes school, Rufisque, Senegal
posted in: Garden maintenance, Rufique Garden, Senegal, Senegal, Watering
Every day, the children of the inclusive school of the Petits Princes in Rufisque, accompanied by their teachers and Joseph, the person in charge of the garden, take part in the watering and maintenance of the planters.
Children from the Villiot day nursery compost their vegetable waste in the Traversine-Villiot garden
posted in: Compost, Garden maintenance, Villiot Garden - Paris
Every Wednesday and Friday morning, children from the Villiot collective crèche spend an hour in the Traversine-Villiot garden. The children come with some vegetable waste from the crèche kitchen and put it in our compost, along with dead leaves collected … Read More
Technical visit with the Agrosemens team to the Dawady garden
During the seed training course organised by The Ivory Foundation and Agrosemence, the women from the Dawady vegetable garden were given advice on maintaining their collective garden: watering, hoeing the plots, treating diseases with natural treatments such as neem oil. … Read More